Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-12
Appeals Body for Govern
ment Employees Is Asked
by Brookhart.
NEW EFFICIENCY RATING
SYSTEM ALSO IS URGED
Work Of Classification Would Be
Turned Over to Civil
Service Commission.

Abolition of the Personnel Classifica-
ton Board, creation of a board Of ap-
peals for government employees and the
establishment of a new system of ef-
ficiency rating are provided for in a
bill Of far-reaching interests to Fed
eral workers, introduced in the Senate
this afternoon by Senator Brookhart,
Republican, Of Iowa.
The work of the Personnel ClaSsit1-
cation Board and all its papers and
records would be turned over to the
Civil Service Commission.
Text Of Amendment.
Section 4 of the classification law
relating to ALLEGATION Of employees would
be amended by the Brookhart bill to
read as follows:
"That the head Of each department
shall allocate all new positions in his
department in the District OF Columbia
to their appropriate grades in the COM
pensation schedule prescribed by section
13 of the act of 1928, as amended.
Such ALLEGATIONS shall be reviewed and
may be revised by the commission
(meaning the Civil Service Commission)
and shall become final upon approval
by the commission, except that there
shall be right Of appeal from the
action of the commission by either the
head Of the department or the emplcye
concerned, to the board Of civil service
appeals hereinbefore created. When
ever the head of a department or an
employe concerned believes that any
position heretofore or hereafter allo-
Gated is not properly allocated accord
ing to law, application may be filed by
either or both with the commission Tor
re-allocation Of such position"
Function Of Appeals Board.
The bill also provides for review in
the last mentioned type Of cases by the
board Of appeals. This newly created
board would be required to give the
head of the department, the employe
concerned and the commission a chance
to be heard. The decision of the
board of appeals would be in writing
with the reasons stated, and the action
Of the board would be final and con-
elusive.
The board would be composed oi
three members appointed by the Presi-
dent and confirmed By, the Senate, *
be paid $4,000 q year with Six-yeal
terms. Not more than two members o1
LLic D0aTu COulQ De OF the same pOllL-
ical party and one would have to be a
woman.
New Efficiency Rating.
The bill directs the setting up of a
new system of efficiency rating for Gov
ernment employees to be followed by all
departments. under which employees
would be grouped into four classes as
follows:
First, excellent, rated from 90 to 100;
second, good, 80 to 80 per cent; third,
fair, rated from IS to- 70, and fourth,
inefficient, below S."
Senator Brookhart has felt for some
time that there should be a tribunal
to which a Government employe could
go for a review when he or she felt
fair treatment had not been accorded
In the matter of salary or rating. He
believes this board would fill that need.
Mrs. Margaret Hopkins Worrell, presi-
dent of the League of American Civil
Service, said today the Brookhart bill
was one of the most important pieces
Of legislation In this respect that has
ever been proposed in Congress.