The County Fire Civil Service System shall be established and administered in a manner that will provide for the effective implementation of the following merit principles:

(1) recruiting, selecting, and advancing employees on the basis of their relative ability, knowledge, and skills, including open consideration of qualified applicants for initial appointment;

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Terms Used In Utah Code 17-28-2.6

  • Equitable: Pertaining to civil suits in "equity" rather than in "law." In English legal history, the courts of "law" could order the payment of damages and could afford no other remedy. See damages. A separate court of "equity" could order someone to do something or to cease to do something. See, e.g., injunction. In American jurisprudence, the federal courts have both legal and equitable power, but the distinction is still an important one. For example, a trial by jury is normally available in "law" cases but not in "equity" cases. Source: U.S. Courts
  • Sex: means , in relation to an individual, the individual's biological sex, either male or female, at birth, according to distinct reproductive roles as manifested by:
         (34)(a) sex and reproductive organ anatomy;
         (34)(b) chromosomal makeup; and
         (34)(c) endogenous hormone profiles. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
(2) provision of equitable and adequate job classification and compensation systems, including pay and benefits programs;
(3) training of employees as needed to assure high-quality performance;
(4) retention of employees on the basis of the adequacy of their performance and separation of employees whose inadequate performance cannot be corrected;
(5) fair treatment of applicants and employees in all aspects of personal administration without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, political affiliation, age, or disability, and with proper regard for their privacy and constitutional rights as citizens;
(6) provision of information to employees regarding their political rights and prohibited practices under the Hatch Act; and
(7) provision of a formal procedure for processing the appeals and grievances of employees without discrimination, coercion, restraint, or reprisal.