The Connecticut labor news., 1925-03-14
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 (Continued from Page One.) persons as have authority by law to act generally for and in place of an Immediate superior who is i'll the policy forming group and persons who are found to be holding other really conf dential positions. Also if it shall be found impracticable to obtain com parative ratings among candidates for any other officet, such office may be placed in the exempt classification by the commission. To avoid misunder- standing the commission is required to justify any such exemption i'll its next subsequent public report.
 The Classified Service consists of all of the ordinary business offices and employments in the state service which do not fall in either of the other two classes.
 The purpose of this act is to provide means for selecting and promoting every official and employe in the clas- sihed service upon the sole basis ot his proven ability to perform the duties of his office or employment more eff ciently than any other candidate there for.
 To carry out this purpose this Civil Service Commission has power to make rules, the detaisl of which must be adequately advertised to the public. The commission is required both to re- cruit desirable candidates and to hold tests of the capacity of the candidates; such tests must be public and competl- tive and must also be practical i'll their character and must relate to those matters which will fairly disclose the relative capacity of the persons tested to discharge the duties of the positions to which they seek to be appointed. Ample public notice of tests is re- uuired in order to insure the maximum competition; thus the commission ac- tually acts as recruiting agency and develops the best possible material for its eligible lists.
 After the tests have been completed and the candidates persumable quail 1 fcations discovered, their names are placed on an eligible list in the order of their desirability as determined by hte test. Tests may cover physical fit ness, personal character and reputation, manual or technical skill, experience and mental qualifications, or any other subjects which will in fact tend to measure the candidates capacity to perform the duties of the office.
 The appointing officer or board IS required to select person from among those who stand highest upon the eligible list for a probationary appoint ment. In order to avoid questions of personal incompatibi1ity without dis credit to a candidate ,the appointing officer may discharge a candidate at will at the close of specified period of probation. The candidate or appoin- tee may be discharged at any time either during probation or after ap- pointment upon the filing of written statement with the commission giving | any adequate reasons for discharge which are neither political nor religi- ous.
 The person who has been so re- moved may, if they wish, also file with the commission ill writing any proper answer but nothing in the act may be construed to require the examination of witnesses or any trial or hearing after reduction or removal; experience in other states and in the Federal Gov ernment has proved that too few re- movals of incompetents are ordinarily made, rather than that the removal of competent public servants takes place in any actual administration under a civil service law.
 Similar provisions are made for the selection of employees eligible for pro- lmotion in the classified service and 1t is required that the eligible list for promotion shall be based on efficiency in service, seniority in service and spe- cial test.
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