17-75-402. Merit principles.
It is the policy of this state that each county may establish a personnel system administered in a manner that will provide for the effective implementation of the following merit principles:
(1) recruiting, selecting, and advancing county employees on the basis of relative ability, knowledge, and skills, including open consideration of qualified applicants for employment for initial appointment;
(2) providing equitable and adequate compensation to county employees;
(3) training county employees as needed to assure high-quality performance;
(4) retaining county employees on the basis of the adequacy of the county employee's performance;
(5) separating from county employees whose inadequate performance cannot be corrected;
(6) treating applicants for employment and county employees fairly in all aspects of personnel administration without regard to: race; color; religion; sex; national origin; political affiliation; age; or disability;
(7) having proper regard for each county employee's privacy and constitutional rights as citizens;
(8) providing county employees information regarding a county employee's political rights and prohibited practices under the Hatch Act; and
(9) providing a formal procedure for processing a county employee's appeals and grievances without: discrimination; coercion; restraint; or retaliation.