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V.I. Code tit. 3, § 494 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 3 - Executive|Chapter 25 - Personnel Merit System, Compensation, Expenses and Miscellaneous Benefits|Subchapter III - Position Classification System|§ 494. Position classification under the Education System

 (a) Positions determined by the Director of Personnel to be under the Education System shall be placed in appropriate grades of that schedule in accordance with the following provisions: Grade 1—In this grade shall be placed a position occupied by a person who has graduated from high school but has less than 30 semester units of college work or its equivalent. Grade 2—In this grade shall be placed a position occupied by a person who has graduated from high school and has 30 but less than 60 semester hours of college work or its equivalent in quarter units. Grade 3—In this grade shall be placed a position occupied by a person who has graduated from high school and has 60 but less than 90 semester hours of college work or its equivalent in quarter units. Grade 4—In this grade shall be placed a position occupied by a person who has graduated from high school and has 90 but less than 120 semester hours of college work or its equivalent in quarter units. Grade 5—In this grade shall be placed a position occupied by (1) a person who has graduated from college with a bachelor's degree; (2) a person without a college degree who, as of July 1, 1968, has completed at least 15 years of service in the public schools of the Virgin Islands; (3) a person serving as a Trade and Industry vocational teacher who has had three years of experience at the journeyman level; and (4) a person serving as an instructor in practical nursing. Grade 6—In this grade shall be placed the position occupied by (1) a person who has graduated from college with a master's degree, and (2) a person serving as a Trade and Industry vocational teacher who has three years of experience at the journeyman's level and who has graduated from college with a bachelor's degree in a related field. Grade 7—In this grade shall be placed the position of a person who has graduated from a university with a doctor's degree. (b) Supervisory and administrative positions in the professional education, guidance, and library services of the Department of Education shall be classified according to function and difficulty under common titles and the incumbents shall receive the pay differentials set forth in subchapter V of this chapter for such positions. The Director of Personnel after consideration of the views of the Commissioner of Education shall make final determinations with respect to the classification of these positions for pay differential purposes. (c) The Director of Personnel may, upon the recommendation of the Commissioner of Education, place administrative and professional employees, excluding teachers and principals, in either the General Schedule or the Education Schedule and may transfer such employees from one schedule to the other.
V.I. Code tit. 3, § 496 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 3 - Executive|Chapter 25 - Personnel Merit System, Compensation, Expenses and Miscellaneous Benefits|Subchapter III - Position Classification System|§ 496. Classification appeals

 (a) Any employee affected by the classification or allocation of a position shall file with the Director of Personnel a written request for review of such classification or allocation, within thirty (30) days thereafter and shall be given a reasonable opportunity to be heard thereon. The Director of Personnel shall make a prompt review and notify the employee in writing of his decision. (b) Any employee who, after appealing to the Director of Personnel or his duly authorized representative for an adjustment of his classification or allocation, continues to be dissatisfied therewith, may appeal to the Governor within 10 days after the decision of the Director of Personnel. The Governor shall refer the appeal to the Public Employees Relations Board, which shall conduct a hearing on such appeal within 30 days after the filing of the appeal, at which the employee may be present, and shall make a recommendation in the matter within 10 days after the close of the hearing. In its recommendation, the Board may grant or deny the request of the appellant, or allocate his position to a higher classification or pay grade. All recommendations of the Board in such appeals shall be submitted to the Governor for final decision, which shall be made within 30 days.
V.I. Code tit. 3, § 497 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 3 - Executive|Chapter 25 - Personnel Merit System, Compensation, Expenses and Miscellaneous Benefits|Subchapter III - Position Classification System|§ 497. Service standards and ratings

 In cooperation with the department heads, the Director of Personnel shall establish, and shall from time to time amend, standards of performance for employees in each class of positions subject to the position classification system provided in this subchapter, and shall establish a system of service ratings based upon such standards.
V.I. Code tit. 3, § 521 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 3 - Executive|Chapter 25 - Personnel Merit System, Compensation, Expenses and Miscellaneous Benefits|Subchapter IV - Tests, Appointments, Promotions, and Dismissals|§ 521. Competitive examinations

 Except as otherwise specified in this chapter, all appointments and promotions to positions in the classified service shall be made on the basis of merit and fitness, to be ascertained by competitive examinations.
V.I. Code tit. 3, § 523 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 3 - Executive|Chapter 25 - Personnel Merit System, Compensation, Expenses and Miscellaneous Benefits|Subchapter IV - Tests, Appointments, Promotions, and Dismissals|§ 523. Admission to tests; rejections and removals; appeals

 (a) Admission to tests shall be open to all persons who are desirous of taking the examination in accordance with specified regulations issued by the Director of Personnel with the approval of the Governor. The Director of Personnel may, however, reject the application of any person for admission to a test or may remove the name of any person from a list or refuse to certify the name of any person from a list for a position if he finds that such person lacks any of the required qualifications. The Director of Personnel may also reject any applicant who is found physically unfit to perform effectively the duties of the position in which he seeks employment, or is addicted to the habitual excessive use of drugs or intoxicating liquor, or has been convicted of a crime or guilty of any notoriously disgraceful conduct, or has been dismissed from the public service or has made a false statement of material fact or practiced or attempted to practice any fraud or deception in his application or test or in attempting to secure appointment. (b) Any person refused admission to any test because of prejudice may appeal to the Board. Upon certification by the Board that such person possesses the necessary qualifications, the Board shall order that he be permitted to take a test. If, as the result of such test, the applicant is found to be eligible, the Board shall have his name placed on the list.
V.I. Code tit. 3, § 524 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 3 - Executive|Chapter 25 - Personnel Merit System, Compensation, Expenses and Miscellaneous Benefits|Subchapter IV - Tests, Appointments, Promotions, and Dismissals|§ 524. Results of tests; ratings and lists; notice; inspections; correction of errors

 The rating of each test shall be completed and the resulting list established not later than thirty days after the date on which the test was held, unless such time is extended by the Director of Personnel for reasons which he shall record in the official records of his office. Each person competing in any test shall be given written notice of his final earned rating and of his relative standing on the list, or of his failure to attain a place on the list. Each person competing in a test shall, in accordance with regulations adopted by the Director of Personnel be entitled to inspect his ratings and test papers. A manifest error in rating a test shall be corrected if called to the attention of the Director of Personnel within one month after the establishment of the list, but such correction shall not invalidate any appointment previously made from such a list.
V.I. Code tit. 3, § 524a (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 3 - Executive|Chapter 25 - Personnel Merit System, Compensation, Expenses and Miscellaneous Benefits|Subchapter IV - Tests, Appointments, Promotions, and Dismissals|§ 524a. Removal of material from personnel files

 Any employee or agent of the Government of the United States Virgin Islands who willfully removes or causes to be removed any item or items from an employee's personnel file for the express purpose of denying or withholding such item or items from an employee shall be dismissed from the Government Service.
V.I. Code tit. 3, § 525 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 3 - Executive|Chapter 25 - Personnel Merit System, Compensation, Expenses and Miscellaneous Benefits|Subchapter IV - Tests, Appointments, Promotions, and Dismissals|§ 525. Ratings of veterans of armed forces

 (a) For the purposes of this section “Veteran” means a person who served in the active military service of the United States, and who was discharged or released therefrom under conditions other than dishonorable (b) For the purposes of this section “disabled veteran” means a veteran with a service-connected disability and currently rated 10 percent or more disabled by a Veterans' Administration disability board (c) Every veteran shall be entitled to have added to his final earned rating 10 points of his total score on any test for an initial appointment, which new score shall then become the new final rating and be listed accordingly. Every disabled veteran capable of physically performing the functions of the position which he is seeking shall be entitled to have added to his final earned rating 15 points of his total score on any test for any initial appointment, which new score shall then become the final rating and be listed accordingly. The widow or spouse of a disabled veteran shall be entitled to the same benefit granted to disabled veterans under this subsection.
V.I. Code tit. 3, § 526 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 3 - Executive|Chapter 25 - Personnel Merit System, Compensation, Expenses and Miscellaneous Benefits|Subchapter IV - Tests, Appointments, Promotions, and Dismissals|§ 526. Certification and appointment from lists

 Procedure  (a) Whenever a department head wishes to fill a vacancy in the classified service, he shall submit to the Director of Personnel a statement showing the position to be filled and the duties of the position. The Director of Personnel shall then certify to the appointing authority the names of no fewer than three eligibles for such position. Upon receiving certification of eligibles, the appointing authority, after consultation with the department head shall appoint one of those whose names are certified to each vacancy he is to fill. Appointments to the classified service shall be effective as and when made by the Governor in accordance with this chapter pursuant to the personnel merit system as incorporated in this chapter. Ranking of eligibles certified; exhaustion, insufficiency, or absence of lists  (b) The eligibles certified shall be the highest ranking eligibles willing to accept employment ranked in the following order for certification from employment lists: first, all the eligibles on the appropriate reemployment list, if any; second, those on the appropriate promotion list, if any; third, those on the appropriate employment list. All the names of any list shall be exhausted before any names are certified from any other list, but the names certified may be taken from two or more lists if necessary to make a certification of three eligibles. Names shall be certified from each list in the order of their rank on that list. If appropriate employment lists do not contain the names of a sufficient number of eligibles willing to accept appointment to make possible the certification of at least three names, then less than three names may be certified. All persons of equal rank and eligibility shall have an equal opportunity to be selected for available vacancies. Certification shall be made from the appropriate list, but if no such list exists then the Director of Personnel may certify from such other list as is the next more nearly appropriate list. (c) The highest ranking eligibles certified by the Director of Personnel to an appointing authority from the personnel list who are not selected to fill the vacancy shall be advised in writing by the appointing authority, within 10 days of the filling of the vacancy. Any person aggrieved by the failure to be appointed to a position for which he was certified may appeal such decision to the Government Employees Service Commission for appropriate action provided the appeal is requested within 30 days after receipt of the written reasons for why such person was not appointed.
V.I. Code tit. 3, § 527 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 3 - Executive|Chapter 25 - Personnel Merit System, Compensation, Expenses and Miscellaneous Benefits|Subchapter IV - Tests, Appointments, Promotions, and Dismissals|§ 527. Probational appointments; reports to Director of Personnel; removals

 Every person appointed to a position in the classified service from a list shall serve a probational period or working test before being given a status as a regular employee. The probational period shall begin on the effective date of appointment to the position, and shall continue for such time as shall be determined by the rules. Periodically during the working tests period and in such manner as the Director of Personnel requires, the department head concerned shall report to the Director of Personnel his observation of the employee's work, and his judgment as to the ability of the employee to perform satisfactorily the duties of the position. Ten days prior to the completion of the working test period the department head shall notify the Director of Personnel in writing as to whether or not the employee should be continued in the position. If at any time during the probational period the department head reports that the employee is unable or unwilling to perform satisfactorily the duties of the position, the Director of Personnel may recommend to the appointing authority the removal of such employee. Such recommendation and the reason for it shall be entered in the records of the Office of the Director of Personnel. The Director of Personnel may recommend the removal of an employee during his probational period if he finds, after giving the employee notice and an opportunity to be heard, that such employee was appointed as a result of fraud or error.
V.I. Code tit. 3, § 528 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 3 - Executive|Chapter 25 - Personnel Merit System, Compensation, Expenses and Miscellaneous Benefits|Subchapter IV - Tests, Appointments, Promotions, and Dismissals|§ 528. Provisional appointments; period; permanent appointments of provisional or emergency employees

 Whenever a department head desires to fill a vacancy in the classified service, and the Director of Personnel cannot certify eligibles for such vacancy because there is not an appropriate list or because there is not a sufficient number of persons on the appropriate list who are willing to accept appointment, the Director of Personnel shall promptly report this fact to the appointing authority. The appointing authority may then fill the vacancy by making a provisional appointment of any person qualified to perform the duties of the position. A provisional appointee shall hold position only until an appropriate list has been established and the required certification can be made. No provisional appointment shall last more than six months. Provided, that any provisional or emergency employee shall, upon the completion of 60 days' service as such, be entitled to a departmental work evaluation by the department head or his designee. If the said evaluation shows that the work performance of such employee has been fully satisfactory, the department head, with the approval of the Governor, may certify such provisional or emergency employee to the appointing officer for permanent appointment, subject to the provisions of section 527 of this title.
V.I. Code tit. 3, § 528a (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 3 - Executive|Chapter 25 - Personnel Merit System, Compensation, Expenses and Miscellaneous Benefits|Subchapter IV - Tests, Appointments, Promotions, and Dismissals|§ 528a. Transition appointments

 Transition appointments shall be made from the highest ranking eligibles on an appropriate register or list kept for such appointments and may be made to provide personnel for specified local programs or federally-funded programs designed to be of more than six months but less than two year duration. Individuals appointed to transition positions are eligible for all benefits of permanent employment except that they shall not acquire tenure beyond the life of the project for which they were appointed.
V.I. Code tit. 3, § 528b (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 3 - Executive|Chapter 25 - Personnel Merit System, Compensation, Expenses and Miscellaneous Benefits|Subchapter IV - Tests, Appointments, Promotions, and Dismissals|§ 528b. Temporary appointments; federally funded appointments

 (a) Temporary appointments.  (1)  (A) “Temporary appointment” means an appointment of an employee made to a position for a specified timeframe not to exceed a period of one year. (B) Temporary appointments must be filled utilizing certification and appointment procedures which are the same as if the appointment is permanent. (2) In the event that a temporary appointment is made to work on a special project or to fill in for an employee who is out on long term leave and it is necessary to extend the leave to ensure the efficient continuation of government services, the temporary appointment may be extended, but in no case may the extension last for a period in excess of one additional year. (3) Individuals appointed to full-time temporary appointments are eligible for all benefits of permanent employment except they shall not acquire tenure beyond the life of the project for which they were appointed. (4) Every temporary employee, upon completion of 60 days of service, must receive a departmental work evaluation by the employee's respective department head or the department head's designee then at regular scheduled intervals thereafter until the expiration of the appointment. If such evaluation shows that the work performance of the employee has been satisfactory or better in all categories, the department head may certify the temporary employee to the appointing officer for permanent appointment, subject to the provisions of § 527 of this chapter. (b) Federally funded appointments.  (1)  (A) A federally funded appointment is defined as an appointment of an employee to a position which is dependent on the availability of federal funds. (B) Such appointments must be filled utilizing certification and appointment procedures which are the same as if the appointment is permanent. (2) Individuals appointed to fulltime federally funded appointments are eligible for all benefits of permanent employment except they do not acquire tenure beyond the life of the project for which they were appointed or beyond the availability of federal funds, whichever is first. (3) A federally funded appointment is not restricted to any negotiated unionized salary scale.
V.I. Code tit. 3, § 529 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 3 - Executive|Chapter 25 - Personnel Merit System, Compensation, Expenses and Miscellaneous Benefits|Subchapter IV - Tests, Appointments, Promotions, and Dismissals|§ 529. Emergency appointments; maximum employment periods; restrictions

 When an emergency makes it impossible to fill a position in the classified service under any other provision of this chapter the appointing authority may appoint any qualified person to such position in order to prevent stoppage of public business or loss or serious inconvenience to the public. Any such person shall be employed only during the emergency and for a period not exceeding 60 days in any twelve-month period. A vacancy of which the department head concerned has had a reasonable notice, or an employment condition of which he has, or might with due diligence have had, previous knowledge, shall not be considered an emergency under this section.
V.I. Code tit. 3, § 530a (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 3 - Executive|Chapter 25 - Personnel Merit System, Compensation, Expenses and Miscellaneous Benefits|Subchapter IV - Tests, Appointments, Promotions, and Dismissals|§ 530a. Judicial review

 (a) Any party aggrieved by any final order of the PERB issued under section 530 or 531 of this chapter, may appeal to the Superior Court of the Virgin Islands. An application for review must be filed within 30 days after the date of the Final Order and name the PERB as a party respondent. The rules of procedure of the Superior Court regarding a writ of Review shall govern the appeal proceeding. An application not filed in a timely manner shall entitle the prevailing party or PERB to summary judgment enforcing the final order of the PERB. (b) In a review by appeal under this section, all questions of fact determined by the PERB shall be conclusive, if supported by substantial evidence in the record considered as a whole. No objection not made before the PERB shall be considered in a review by the Superior Court, unless the failure to make the objection is excused by the court because of extraordinary circumstances. (c) In reviewing a final order of the PERB, the court may enforce the order, modify the order and enforce it, set the order aside, or return the matter to the PERB with instructions for further proceeding not inconsistent with this chapter. (d) The Supreme Court of the Virgin Islands shall have appellate jurisdiction of any decision of the Superior Court made pursuant to this chapter, unless otherwise provided by law.
V.I. Code tit. 3, § 531 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 3 - Executive|Chapter 25 - Personnel Merit System, Compensation, Expenses and Miscellaneous Benefits|Subchapter IV - Tests, Appointments, Promotions, and Dismissals|§ 531. Discrimination on account of nonmerit factors; appeals

 (a) No question in any form of application or in any examination shall be so framed as to elicit information concerning the political or religious opinions or affiliations or race, age or sex of any applicant, nor shall any inquiry be made concerning such opinions or affiliations, and all disclosure thereof shall be discountenanced. No discriminations shall be exercised, threatened, or promised by any person in the government service against or in favor of any person in recruitment, examination, appointment, training, promotion, retention or any other personnel action, because of political or religious opinions or affiliations or because of race, age or sex, national origin, or any other nonmerit factor. (b) Any applicant or employee who has reason to believe that he has been discriminated against because of religious or political opinions or affiliations or race, age or sex or national origin in any personnel action may appeal to the Board. The appellant and the person responsible for the alleged discriminatory action shall have the right to be heard and to present evidence. If the Board finds that there was discrimination on any of the above nonmerit factors it shall order appropriate corrective action and its decision shall be final. (c) The limitation for filing a claim under this section is 180 days from the date the alleged discriminatory conduct is known by the applicant or the employee. (d) The Government shall promote the prevention of workplace discrimination and inform all applicants and employees of their rights against workplace discrimination, harassment and retaliation.