Title 36, Title 36 Officers and Employees

(a) After reasonable opportunity to be heard has been given to employees, appointing authorities, and the general public, and after incorporating any modification, change, or amendment he or she considers desirable, the director shall submit the plan to the governor who shall app…

Any person receiving an incentive pay increase increment under this chapter is ineligible to benefit from any other educational incentive program such as contained in chapter 28.1 of title 42, §§ 42-28.4-1, 42-56.1-1, and 8-4.1-1, or any other chapter relating to an educational i…

Pay rates shall be established for new classes of positions, and amendments to the existing pay plan may be made upon recommendation of the personnel administrator, recommendation of the director, after public hearing, and approval by the governor. This action may be initiated by…

(a) For purposes of this section, “specialized information technology position” means a technical or specialized job classification in state service under the supervision of the division of enterprise technology strategy and services (“ETSS”) within the department of administrati…

Upon the effective date of this section [June 20, 2005], the unclassified pay plan board shall be abolished, and all powers, duties and obligations of the board conferred thereon pursuant to the provisions of this chapter shall be transferred to and administered by the department…

(a) It is the duty of the department of administration to maintain a pay plan for unclassified employees of the state, including any rules and regulations that are necessary to implement and complement the plan. In maintaining the pay plan, it will be the duty of the department o…

(a) In the month of March of each year, the department of administration shall conduct a public hearing to determine salaries to be paid to directors of all state executive departments and secretaries serving as the head of any state executive department or executive office, incl…

Sections 36-4-16.2 and 36-4-16.4 of this chapter shall have no application to those positions enumerated in subdivisions 36-4-2(1), 36-4-2(2) and 36-4-2(3), and the department of administration shall have no jurisdiction over the status, tenure or salaries of those said enumerate…

The personnel administrator shall, as in his or her estimation the need requires, prepare for the several classes of positions in the classified service statewide or regional lists of persons eligible for original appointment to positions in those classes. Each employment list sh…

A state employee in the classified or unclassified service who terminates employment and is subsequently reemployed by the state, notwithstanding any rule, regulation, or provision of the general laws to the contrary, shall be eligible to receive an aggregate longevity increase f…

Beginning on July 1, 2011, notwithstanding any rule, regulation, or provision of the public laws or general laws to the contrary, there shall be no further longevity increases for state employees; provided, however, for employees with longevity provisions pursuant to a collective…

The competitive tests shall be designed to determine fairly the capacity of the persons examined to perform the duties of the positions in the classes for which the lists are prepared. The competitive tests shall be open to applicants who are residents of the state of Rhode Islan…

(a) The names of all persons attaining the minimum final earned rating established by the personnel administrator shall be placed upon the employment list in the order of their ratings; provided, however, that there shall be added to the final earned ratings of examinees who are …

(a) The classified service shall comprise all positions in the state service, now existing or hereinafter established, except the following specific positions which, with other positions heretofore or hereinafter specifically exempted by legislative act, shall constitute the uncl…

The appointment, promotion, salaries, tenure, and dismissal of employees of the legislative and judicial departments shall not be subject to control in any manner or degree by the personnel administrator, or by any other officer or board of the executive branch of government.

Each employment list shall remain in force until exhausted, until replaced, or combined with a more recently prepared list or until two (2) years from the date of its preparation.

The personnel administrator may use open continuous competitive tests to establish lists and fill vacancies in an agency or agencies where there is a continued shortage of available qualified persons or where there is a manifest imbalance of minorities (as currently defined in em…

(a)(1) Promotional examinations shall be conducted in the same manner as open competitive examinations subject to the following conditions: (i) A person is eligible for promotional examination provided the employee is currently employed in the classified, unclassified, or nonclas…

Any person in the classified service who holds permanent status and is laid off as a result of reorganization, abolishment of positions by reason of reduction of force due to lack of work or lack of funds shall be placed on the list in the order of length of service and appointme…

Any person who holds full status in the classified service and resigns in good standing shall be entitled to have his or her name placed on an appropriate reemployment list, provided that the person so requests in writing within three (3) years of the date of his or her terminati…

The personnel administrator may remove the name of any person from any list or lists who is physically so disabled as to be rendered unfit for performance of the required duties; or who is addicted to the use of narcotics or excessive use of intoxicating liquors; or who has been …

The preferred reemployment list shall have precedence over all other lists for the filling of vacancies of comparable or less comparable positions in state service until the list is exhausted. Vacancies in positions in the classified service shall be filled as far as practicable …

If the appointing authority has designated the employment list, the personnel administrator shall immediately certify all of the names. If any of the eligibles notifies the personnel administrator or appointing authority that he or she is unavailable for appointment, or if the pe…

(a) To eliminate the overall adverse impact of systemic barriers to the employment of minorities as a protected class, the office of personnel administration shall provide all appointing authorities the necessary flexibility to remedy the effects of systemic discriminatory practi…

An appointing authority or other person who shall procure the signing of a waiver or otherwise induce an eligible to withdraw his or her name through fraud, misrepresentation, duress, or promise shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.

All original appointments and promotional appointments to the classified service shall be for a probationary period of six (6) months, during which time the appointment authority shall report to the personnel administrator every sixty (60) days concerning the work of the employee…

Any promotional appointee who is dismissed from the position to which he or she was promoted during the probationary period or at the conclusion thereof by reason of the failure of the appointing authority to file a request for his or her continuance in the position shall be rest…

The classified service shall be divided into a competitive branch and a noncompetitive branch. The competitive branch shall consist of all positions in the classified service except those assigned to the noncompetitive branch as hereinafter provided.

(a)(1) Whenever it is not possible to certify the required number of eligible persons for appointment to a vacancy in the classified service because no appropriate list exists, the appointing authority may nominate a person to the personnel administrator and if the nominee is fou…

In case of emergency, an appointing authority may request an emergency appointment of any person to any position without regard to provisions of this chapter to carry on work that must be continued in the public interest, but no such emergency appointment shall continue for more …

Whenever in time of war a vacancy exists in any position in the classified service by reason of the position having been vacated by a person entering the armed forces of the United States or assigned to a position in a federal agency by action of the governor, the vacancy shall b…

An appointing authority may at any time transfer any classified employee under his or her jurisdiction from one position to another in the same class of position. In every such case the appointing authority shall give written notice of his or her action to the personnel administr…

(a) The director of the department of administration (the “director”) is hereby authorized to transfer any employee within the executive branch who is not covered by a collective bargaining unit as provided in chapter 11 of this title. Any employee may be transferred to a compara…

An appointing authority may demote a classified employee under his or her jurisdiction from a position in a class to a position in a lower class, subject to the personnel rules therefor prescribed. In every case the appointing authority shall give the personnel administrator and …

An appointing authority may, for disciplinary purposes, suspend a classified employee without pay for a period or periods not exceeding a total of thirty (30) days in any twelve (12) month period. In every case the appointing authority shall on or before the effective date of the…

An appointing authority may lay off a classified employee whenever he or she deems it necessary because of a material change in duties or organization, or shortage or stoppage of work or funds. In every case of layoff, the appointing authority shall, before the effective date of …

A classified employee with temporary status may be dismissed at the pleasure of an appointing authority under the provisions of § 36-4-31. A classified employee with provisional or probationary status may be dismissed for reasons relating to the employee’s qualifications or for t…

When an employee has become physically or mentally incapable of or unfit for the efficient performance of the duties of his or her position by reason of infirmities due to advanced age or other disability, it shall be the duty of the appointing authority to transfer the employee …

The noncompetitive branch shall include classes of positions that require the performance of routine, laboring, custodial, domestic tasks, or positions that are subject to continuing supervision. In addition to the foregoing, classes of positions that require licenses, certificat…

Any person with provisional, probationary, or permanent status who feels aggrieved by an action of the personnel administrator may, within ten (10) calendar days of the mailing of the notice of that action, make a request in writing for an appeal hearing to the administrator of a…

The administrator of adjudication or his or her designee shall hear all appeals from decisions of the personnel administrator as provided in this chapter and chapter 3 of this title. The administrator of adjudication shall hear such other appeal requests as may be provided by law…

(a) Immediately upon receipt of a written appeal request, the administrator of adjudication shall send a notice to all parties involved, pursuant to § 42-35-9. Hearings shall be held in an informal manner. However, the rules of evidence shall be followed whenever possible and a r…

Any person with provisional, probationary, or permanent status who feels aggrieved by a decision of the administrator of adjudication may, within thirty (30) calendar days of the rendering of a decision, request in writing for the personnel appeal board to review the decision or …

Any state employee with provisional, probationary, or permanent status who feels aggrieved by an action of an appointing authority resulting in a demotion, suspension, layoff, or dismissal or by any personnel action which an appointing authority might take which causes the person…

Conditions of service such as hours of work, attendance regulation, overtime, holidays, pay plan regulation, and leave regulation shall be prescribed by the personnel rules.

The personnel administrator shall cooperate with appointing authorities and other supervising officials in the conduct of employee training programs to the end that the quality of service rendered by persons in the classified service may be continually improved.