Rhode Island General Laws 36-3-10. Appeals to appeal board
(a) The personnel appeal board shall hear appeals:
(1) By any person with provisional, probationary, or permanent status in a position in the classified service aggrieved by an action of the administrator of adjudication for the department of administration on matters of personnel administration.
(2) By any person with provisional, probationary, or permanent status in a position in the classified service who has been discharged, demoted, suspended, or laid off by any appointing authority.
(3) By any person who holds the belief that he or she has been discriminated against because of his or her race, sex, age, disability, or his or her political or religious beliefs in any personnel action.
(4) By any person who by the personnel policy of the state of Rhode Island or by contractual agreement with the state of Rhode Island is vested with the right of appeal to the board.
Terms Used In Rhode Island General Laws 36-3-10
- Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
- Appointing authority: means the person or group of persons having the power by virtue of the constitution, a state statute, or lawfully delegated authority to make appointments. See Rhode Island General Laws 36-3-3
- Classified service: means all offices and positions of trust or employment in the state service except those placed in the unclassified service by chapter 4 of this title or any other legislation. See Rhode Island General Laws 36-3-3
- Department: means the department of administration. See Rhode Island General Laws 36-3-3
- person: may be construed to extend to and include co-partnerships and bodies corporate and politic. See Rhode Island General Laws 43-3-6
- Personnel administration: means the legal framework of the state government personnel system, i. See Rhode Island General Laws 36-3-3
- Position: means any office or place of employment in the state service. See Rhode Island General Laws 36-3-3
(b) Appeals shall be taken in accordance with the provisions of this chapter and chapter 4 of this title of the personnel rules provided, however, that the personnel appeal board may dismiss the appeal of a person who has already appealed or seeks to appeal the same matter under provisions of a contractual agreement or other law or regulation.
History of Section.
P.L. 1951, ch. 2727, art. 2, § 3; P.L. 1952, ch. 2975, § 7; G.L. 1956, § 36-3-10; P.L. 1961, ch. 29, § 1; P.L. 1962, ch. 197, § 2; P.L. 1977, ch. 65, § 1; P.L. 1980, ch. 188, § 2; P.L. 1981, ch. 146, § 1; P.L. 1987, ch. 212, § 2; P.L. 1992, ch. 212, § 1; P.L. 1997, ch. 150, § 9.