Title 67 — STATE GOVERNMENT AND STATE AFFAIRS

67-5301. Establishment of division of human resources and declaration of policy. There is hereby established the division of human resources in the office of the governor, which is authorized and directed to administer a personnel system, including the provision of personal and p…

67-5302. Definitions. As used in this chapter and other applicable sections of the Idaho Code, each of the terms defined in this section shall have the meaning given in this section unless a different meaning is clearly required by the context. Such terms and their definitions ar…

67-5303. Application to state employees. All departments of the state of Idaho and all employees in such departments, except those employees specifically defined as nonclassified, shall be classified employees who are subject to this chapter and to the system of personnel adminis…

67-5304. Existing merit systems and personnel systems. The personnel system administered by the division of human resources created by this act is hereby designated as the "merit system," "civil service system" or "personnel system" as may be required by any other section of the …

67-5306. Applicability of federal merit system standards. Notwithstanding any other provision, wherever federal merit system standards are applicable to any department covered by this act, financed in whole or in part by federal funds, rules shall be established or modified by th…

67-5307. Organization of commission. (1) The Idaho personnel commission is hereby created in the office of the governor and shall consist of five (5) members, not more than three (3) of which at any time may belong to the same political party. The members of the commission shall …

67-5308. Authority and duties of the division of human resources — Selection of administrator. (1) It shall be the duty of the division of human resources to administer this chapter. The administrator of the division of human resources shall have the duty, power and authority to …

67-5309. Rules of the division of human resources and the personnel commission. The administrator of the division of human resources shall have the power and authority to adopt, amend, or rescind such rules as may be necessary for proper administration of this chapter. Such rules…

67-5309A. State employee compensation philosophy. (1) It is hereby declared to be the intent of the legislature of the state of Idaho that the goal of a total compensation system for state employees shall be to fund a competitive employee compensation and benefit package that wil…

67-5309B. Idaho compensation plan. (1) The administrator of the division of human resources shall establish benchmark job classifications and shall assign all classifications to a pay grade utilizing the Hay profile method in combination with market data. Pay grades established o…

67-5309C. Annual surveys, reports, and recommendations. (1) The administrator of the division of human resources shall conduct or approve annual salary and benefit surveys within relevant labor markets to determine salary ranges and benefit packages that represent competitive lab…

67-5309D. Other pay delivery options. (1) In addition to pay increases authorized in section 67-5309B, Idaho Code, the department director may grant a classified employee bonus pay not to exceed two thousand dollars ($2,000) in any given fiscal year based on exemplary performance…

67-5310. Service to other political subdivisions. Subject to the approval of the administrator, agreements may be entered into with any political subdivision of the state of Idaho to furnish services and facilities of the division and staff to such political subdivisions in the a…

67-5311. Limitation of political activity. (1) No employee of a state department covered by this act shall: (a) Use his official authority or influence for the purpose of interfering with an election to or a nomination for office, or affecting the result thereof; (b) Directly or …

67-5312. Violations. Any person willfully violating any of the provisions of this act or of the rules or regulations established thereunder shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.

67-5313. Veterans’ preference. Veterans’ preference as provided in title 65, chapter 5, Idaho Code, shall be observed except that entrance probationary periods are governed exclusively by the provisions of this chapter.

67-5314. Method of financing. (1) There is hereby created in the state treasury the division of human resources fund. All participating departments are hereby authorized and directed to pay out of their funds to the state treasurer their respective shares of the authorized budget…

67-5315. Establishment and adoption of employee problem solving and due process procedures. (1) Each participating department shall, on or before July 1, 1999, establish and adopt an employee problem solving procedure within such department, which shall be reduced to writing and …

67-5316. Appeal procedure. (1) Appeals shall be limited to the following: (a) Any classified employee who has successfully completed the entrance probationary period may, after completing the departmental due process procedure, appeal a disciplinary dismissal, demotion or suspens…

67-5317. classified employee Petition for review procedure. (1) If a classified employee files a petition for review, the personnel commission shall review the record of the proceeding before the hearing officer, briefs submitted in accordance with any briefing schedule it orders…

67-5318. Appeal to district court. Upon the appeal of a decision of the commission, the district court may affirm, or set aside and remand the matter to the commission upon the following grounds, and shall not set the same aside on any other grounds: (1) That the findings of fact…

67-5328. Hours of work and overtime. (1) It is hereby declared to be the policy of the legislature of the state of Idaho that all state employees shall be treated substantially similar with reference to hours of employment. The policy of this state as declared in this act shall n…

67-5332. Credited state service — Applicability — Computation. (1) For the purposes of payroll, vacation or annual leave, sick leave and other applicable purposes, credited state service shall be earned by: (a) Eligible classified and nonclassified officers and employees of any d…

67-5333. Sick leave. (1) Sick leave shall be computed as follows: (a) The rate per hour at which sick leave shall accrue to eligible classified and nonclassified officers and employees earning credited state service shall be at the rate represented by the proportion 96/2080. Sick…

67-5333A. sick leave transferred — PUBLIC EDUCATION ENTITY AND STATE EDUCATIONAL AGENCY. Any employee who becomes an eligible employee of a state educational agency immediately following termination of employment with a public education entity shall be credited by the state of Id…

67-5334. Vacation time. (1) Vacation time shall be computed as follows: (a) Vacation time shall not accrue to any officer or employee on any kind of leave of absence without pay, suspension without pay or layoff. Vacation leave shall accrue while an officer or employee is on appr…

67-5337. Moving expense reimbursement. In order for the state to attract and retain professional staff, it may be necessary to defray normal intrastate and interstate moving expenses. The head of any department, office or institution of the state shall have the authority to decid…

67-5338. Red cross disaster services. An employee of the state of Idaho, who is a certified disaster service volunteer, shall be granted paid leave for an aggregate of up to one hundred twenty (120) work hours, consecutively or nonconnectively, in any twelve (12) month period to …

67-5339. loan repayment program. (1) There is hereby created an educational loan repayment program for eligible physicians, psychologists, and mid-level practitioners at state hospital north, state hospital south, and state hospital west. (2) For purposes of this section, the fol…

67-5340. Leave of absence with pay in lieu of worker’s compensation benefits. (1) Whenever any employee of the state of Idaho who is categorized as a police officer for retirement purposes pursuant to section 59-1303, Idaho Code, is physically disabled by a serious injury arising…

67-5342. Severance pay for state employees. Upon termination from state service, no classified, nonclassified, or exempt employee shall be eligible for severance pay and no employer shall provide or pay severance pay to such an employee or former employee. As used in this section…

67-5342A. severance pay — purchase of membership service prohibited. The provisions of this section shall apply to classified, nonclassified, and exempt state employees of the legislative and executive branches of government. For purposes of this chapter, the term "severance pay"…

67-5343. Leave of absence for bone marrow or organ donation. (1) A full-time employee shall be granted a leave of absence for the time specified for the following purposes: (a) Five (5) workdays to serve as a bone marrow donor if the employee provides the appointing authority wri…