Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-10-11
STATE WILL CLASSIFY
ALL OF ITS employees
Blanks Will BE Sent $500 Under
New Plan Worked Out by
n Governor Davis.
FIND 900 PAY ROLL TITLES
Will Study Ability and Degree Of
Efficiency Of Commonwealth
= Workers by Learning Their
Qualifications.

Thirty-five hundred employees OF
the Commonwealth of Virginia will
soon IN out blanks which are being
through the Governors office in the
classification OF State employees I'M
der the plan worked out by Gov
eTnor Westmoreland Davis last
month. The Governors Advisory
Board has approved tho plan, by
which all employees of the Common
wealth Will be divided into groups
group standards.
According TO developments since
the new system was agitated it has
been found that there are 900 diff
classes OF employees now working for
the State. The classification OF the
men and women Will determine many
things. The plan is being tested in
lnauguratcd by the Governor.
When the blanks have been re-
turned, the Commonwealth will have
detailed information concerning the
experience, schooling, training and
general fitness of its workers.
heretofore no record of the eN-
OF the States employees has been
kept. There have been no ways in
which information concerning the
ability OF an cmploye could be OBJ
tion by Governor Davis revealed the
fact that this state OF affairs has led
to injustice, in that some employees
have received greater compensation
Tor their efforts than others. con-
s!dering the abilities OF the persons
in question.
Ask for General Information.
On the blanks which are being dis
of employe and department in which
employed. The present title of the
person in question is also asked, with
age in years. whether married or
ND Law Of t.,
service. The card calls for informa-
ton concerning the number OF years
and months the worker has filed his
or her present position, and the
length OF time in service in the class
of work at which employed. The
date OF appointment to service I'M
der the CommonWehlth and the
method through which appointment
:, Under the heading OF perauisites,
the employe is asked to cnumerate
services or things provided by the
State by virtue OF the employment OF
the person in question. Next a state
nent OF the general education. ex-
pe-ience. indicating the name of In
stitutions at which studied and time
spent in each. is asked. Courses OF
study pursued, degrees obtained and
previous positions held and work
performed is included in the ques-
lions on the blank.
Asked to Describe Work.
Another provision is a request that
the worker write out a description
OF his or her work in detail and
statement Of what an average days
work consists of. Whether work Is
uniform or varies throughout the day
Is asked. and the variance of work
with the seasons of the year.
Whether the blank nuer surpervises
work or not. and the number OF en-
ployes he or she has in charge The
name and title of the Immediate SUI
pcrior OF the employe in question is
requested. For typlsts is "A request
for the average speed in words
minute in taking ordinary dictst:on
and in operating a typewriter.
First proofs of the new blank have
been received by Colonel Leroy
Hodges. aide to the Governor. and in
direct charge OF the work.
II Is proposed TO divide tho crI-
ployes OF the Commonwealth into
classes or groups in regard TO en-
ployment. training, pay and ability.
AT the present time IL is claimed that
there is no relation between the SAL
airy and experience OF employees, and
no efficient way OF discovering
whether salaries are at Il par with
ability or above or below. Working
out OF the details Of tho plan Will he
done In connection with the Gov
errors budget system. and under the
supervision OF Colonel Hodges.