Evening star., 1955-02-14

HEADED PerSQnnei Group.
ule D for policy cy-function jobs
The present schedule C., which
now contains policy-making jobs
would be confined to jobs of 1
personal or confidential nature
The Hoover group asked fol
substantial changes in Govern
ment layoff rules. IT said tht
present system is costing thu
Government some of its mos
able and experienced employees
The proposal would modify
veterans preference in order tt
give nonveteran career employees
with Is years or more service
more job retention rights in re.
duction-in-force programs.
Career category employe:
would be divided in three cate
gocies in reduction -in-force pro-
grams: Cd veterans with com.
pensable service-connected disa-
bilities, (2) all other veterans
and non-veterans of Is or more
years of Federal service; and 81
all other employees.
Military Service Credit.
In calculating Federal service
each full six months of military
service during time of war OF
extended military action would
count for one year of civilian
Federal service. Each year in
which a civil service employe re-
ceived a meritorious or outstand-
ing service award would be
counted as 11a years of civilian
Federal service.
In layoffs, veterans with COM
pensable service-connected dis
abilities would have absolute job
retention rights over all other
competing employees. Where dis
abled veterans were competing
against each other, the one with
the higher number of retention
would have preference.
Veterans with competitive
status having no compensate
would have prefer
ence in layoffs over all ether en-
ployes except veterans with COM
pensable disabilities and non
veteran employees with status and
15 or more years of service. A
veteran. with competitive status
who had no compensate dis
ability would have job retention
rights over a non-veteran career
enipIoye only if he had an equal
or greater number of retention
rights.
For example, q non-veteran
career employe with Is years OF
Federal service would have job
retention rights over a veteran
career worker with only Is years
Of service. But a veteran with
years of Federal service would
have job retention rights over q
non-veteran with IA years OF
service.
Dumping" Rights.
Also. it was proposed that, ex-
cept for veterans with, compen-
sable service-connected diSabili-
ties, that no employe with less
than five years of service have
reassignment t"bumping'') rights
in reductions-in-force.
2 Turning to the Governments
performance rating system. the
Hoover group recommended it be
abolished. The commission said
it was "burdensome" and vir-
tually meaningless.
] Instead, it proposed that a new
system be established under
which the supervisor would re-
port at least once year only on
those, employees with potential
for further development
and higher responsibilities. en-
ployes deserving meritorious
awards, employees miscast in their
present assignments and who
should be reassigned or retrained
for other work, employees unde-
serving Of automatic within
grade pay boosts because Of un-
deserving work (employes not SC
designated would get their in
creases automatically. and en-
ployes requiring dismissal.
Appeals by Veterans.
Another recommendation was
that veterans appeals to the
Civil Service Commission on FIR
ings and other agency actions
be limited to the first five years
after their appointment to the
Federal service. After that. the
Hoover group said, veterans
should have only the limited ap-
peal rights now available to nom
veteran employees.
Nonveterans can appeal to the