Oregon Statutes 240.316 – Trial service; regular status; procedures for transfer, demotion and separation of employees
(1)(a) Persons initially appointed to or promoted to a permanent or seasonal position in state service shall be subject to a trial service period.
Terms Used In Oregon Statutes 240.316
- Appointing authority: means an officer or agency having power to make appointments to positions in the state service. See Oregon Statutes 240.015
- classification: means a group of positions in the state classified service sufficiently alike in duties, authority and responsibilities that the same qualifications may reasonably be required for, and the same schedule of pay can be equitably applied to, all positions in the group. See Oregon Statutes 240.015
- Regular employee: means an employee who has been appointed to a position in the classified service in accordance with this chapter after completing the trial service period. See Oregon Statutes 240.015
- State service: means all offices and positions in the employ of the state other than those of commissioned, warrant and enlisted personnel in the military and naval services thereof. See Oregon Statutes 240.015
- Trial: A hearing that takes place when the defendant pleads "not guilty" and witnesses are required to come to court to give evidence.
(b) An appointing authority has the discretion to subject an employee to a trial service period when:
(A) A management service employee or a classified, unrepresented employee transfers to a different agency;
(B) A management service employee or a classified, unrepresented employee transfers back to the same agency after an absence of more than one year;
(C) A former management service employee or former classified, unrepresented employee is reemployed by the same agency after an absence of more than one year; or
(D) A former management service employee or former classified, unrepresented employee is reemployed by a different agency.
(c) Any employee who serves the trial service period designated by the Personnel Division or a delegated operating agency for a given classification or as described in paragraph (b) of this subsection shall be given regular employee status.
(2) Employees who have acquired regular status will not be subject to separation except for cause as defined by ORS § 240.555 or lack of work, curtailment of funds, or reorganization requiring a reduction in force.
(3) Procedures shall be established by the division to provide for the layoff and opportunity for reemployment of employees separated for reasons other than cause, which shall take into account the needs of the service, qualifications, quality of performance, relative merit and length of service.
(4) Procedures shall also be established by the division for the transfer, discipline or demotion of employees for the good of the service or separation of employees whose conduct or performance continues to be improper or inadequate after reasonable attempts have been made to correct it, where appropriate. [1979 c.468 § 23; 1981 c.155 § 1; 1989 c.134 § 1; 1989 c.890 § 11]
[Amended by 1969 c.80 § 58; repealed by 1979 c.468 § 1]