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RI Gen L § 36-4-17.1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 36-4 - Merit System|Section 36-4-17.1 - Longevity payments.

§ 36-4-17.1. Longevity payments.A state employee in the classified or unclassified service who terminates employment and is subsequently reemployed by the state, notwithstanding any rule, regulation, or provision of the general laws to the contrary, shall be eligible to receive an aggregate longevity increase for the period of initial employment. The provisions of this section shall be applied retroactively to those persons reemployed prior to June 1, 1980, and thereafter.History of Section.P.L. 1981, ch. 409, § 1; P.L. 2011, ch. 151, art. 8, § 1.
RI Gen L § 36-4-17.2 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 36-4 - Merit System|Section 36-4-17.2 - Future longevity payments.

§ 36-4-17.2. Future longevity payments.Beginning on July 1, 2011, notwithstanding any rule, regulation, or provision of the public laws or general laws to the contrary, there shall be no further longevity increases for state employees; provided, however, for employees with longevity provisions pursuant to a collective bargaining agreement in effect on June 1, 2011, longevity increases shall cease beginning on July 1, 2011 or beginning upon the expiration of the applicable collective bargaining agreement, whichever occurs later. To the extent an employee has previously accrued longevity payments, the employee shall continue to receive the same longevity percentage in effect on June 30, 2011, or in the case of an employee with longevity provisions pursuant to a collective bargaining agreement in effect on June 1, 2011, the same longevity percentage in effect on June 30, 2011 or upon the expiration of the applicable collective bargaining agreement, whichever occurs later.History of Section.P.L. 2011, ch. 151, art. 8, § 1.
RI Gen L § 36-4-19 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 36-4 - Merit System|Section 36-4-19 - Placement of names on employment lists - Listing of veterans.

§ 36-4-19. Placement of names on employment lists — Listing of veterans.(a) The names of all persons attaining the minimum final earned rating established by the personnel administrator shall be placed upon the employment list in the order of their ratings; provided, however, that there shall be added to the final earned ratings of examinees who are veterans in competitive tests for entrance into the classified service, but not for promotion in the service, who receive at least the minimum required final earned rating as stated in the public notice, service credits amounting to five (5) points for veterans or service credits amounting to ten (10) points for disabled veterans. On all employment lists, the letter "V" shall be placed opposite the name of each veteran as defined in chapter 3 of this title, who, by reason of his or her final earned rating, is entitled to have his or her name placed on an employment list, and the letters "DV" shall be placed opposite the name of each disabled veteran, as defined in chapter 3 of this title, who, by reason of his or her final earned rating is entitled to have his or her name placed on the list.(b) For the purposes of this section:(1) "War veteran" means any veteran of any conflict war, undeclared war or contingency operation who has earned a campaign ribbon or expeditionary medal for his or her service, in these operations, as noted on acceptable military documentation. The war veteran must have been honorably or generally discharged from the armed forces of this nation.(2) "Veteran" means a person who served on active duty for other than training for a period of more than thirty (30) days and was discharged or released there from with other than a dishonorable discharge; or was discharged or released from active duty because of a service-connected disability; or served as a member of the national guard or reserve forces and served a minimum of twenty (20) years of honorable service in the national guard or reserve forces, has received a certificate of retirement and has been honorably or generally discharged from the national guard or reserve forces.History of Section.P.L. 1939, ch. 661, § 11; P.L. 1952, ch. 2975, § 13; G.L. 1956, § 36-4-19; P.L. 1992, ch. 156, § 3; P.L. 2012, ch. 420, § 1; P.L. 2012, ch. 485, § 1.
RI Gen L § 36-4-20 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 36-4 - Merit System|Section 36-4-20 - Duration of employment lists.

§ 36-4-20. Duration of employment lists.Each employment list shall remain in force until exhausted, until replaced, or combined with a more recently prepared list or until two (2) years from the date of its preparation, except that the personnel administrator may extend the duration of any list for a period not to exceed two (2) years.History of Section.P.L. 1939, ch. 661, § 11; P.L. 1952, ch. 2975, § 13; G.L. 1956, § 36-4-20; P.L. 1981, ch. 335, § 2.
RI Gen L § 36-4-21 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 36-4 - Merit System|Section 36-4-21 - Open continuous competitive tests.

§ 36-4-21. Open continuous competitive tests.The personnel administrator may use open continuous competitive tests to establish lists and fill vacancies in an agency or agencies where there is a continued shortage of available qualified persons or where there is a manifest imbalance of minorities (as currently defined in employment law as Blacks, Hispanics, American Indians including Alaska Natives, and Asians including Pacific Islanders) in the job category. Open continuous competitive tests shall be subject to the conditions established in this chapter for the preparation of employment lists.History of Section.P.L. 1952, ch. 2975, § 13; G.L. 1956, § 36-4-21; P.L. 1994, ch. 133, § 7.
RI Gen L § 36-4-22 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 36-4 - Merit System|Section 36-4-22 - Promotion examinations and lists.

§ 36-4-22. Promotion examinations and lists.(a) (1) Promotional examinations shall be conducted in the same manner as open competitive examinations subject to the following conditions:(i) A person is eligible for promotional examination provided the employee is currently employed in the classified, unclassified, or nonclassified service as of the official closing date of the examination announcement or twenty one (21) calendar days prior to the administration of the first phase of the examination, whichever is later, and meets one or more of the following requirements:(A) Any employee who holds or within three (3) years has held permanent status in the classified service;(B) Any employee who is serving in a probationary period as of the official closing date of the examination announcement;(C) A minority (as currently defined in federal employment law as Blacks, Hispanics, American Indians including Alaska Natives, and Asians including Pacific Islanders) who is a qualified exam applicant seeking entry to a classification where there is a manifest imbalance in the job category; or(D) Any employee who has served twelve (12) months service in the classified, unclassified, or nonclassified service and, in addition, meets the minimum requirements established in the class specification.(ii) Promotion lists shall remain in effect for a period of three (3) years or until exhausted or until combined with or replaced by a more recently prepared list.(b) This section shall not apply to the Rhode Island state police or the legislative branch of state government.(c) An employee who is not on the promotional list shall be eligible to take the promotional examination for the position the employee occupies.History of Section.P.L. 1952, ch. 2975, § 13; G.L. 1956, § 36-4-22; P.L. 1981, ch. 335, § 2; P.L. 1985, ch. 181, art. 38, §§ 1, 2; P.L. 1986, ch. 375, § 1; P.L. 1987, ch. 212, § 1; P.L. 1994, ch. 133, § 7.
RI Gen L § 36-4-23 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 36-4 - Merit System|Section 36-4-23 - Preferred reemployment list.

§ 36-4-23. Preferred reemployment list.Any person in the classified service who holds permanent status and is laid off as a result of reorganization, abolishment of positions by reason of reduction of force due to lack of work or lack of funds shall be placed on the list in the order of length of service and appointment therefrom shall be in the same order.History of Section.P.L. 1986, ch. 418, § 3; P.L. 1991, ch. 44, art. 69, § 1.
RI Gen L § 36-4-23.1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 36-4 - Merit System|Section 36-4-23.1 - Reemployment lists.

§ 36-4-23.1. Reemployment lists.Any person who holds full status in the classified service and resigns in good standing shall be entitled to have his or her name placed on an appropriate reemployment list, provided that the person so requests in writing within three (3) years of the date of his or her termination from the state service. Any person with full status who has resigned and whose appointing authority has failed to certify that he or she has resigned in good standing or any person with full status who has been dismissed from the classified service may request in writing within three (3) years of the date of his or her termination that his or her name be placed on the appropriate reemployment list and the request may be granted at the discretion of the personnel administrator. Each name placed on a reemployment list shall be stricken therefrom at the expiration of three (3) years from the official termination date.History of Section.P.L. 1939, ch. 661, § 11; P.L. 1941, ch. 1050, § 6; P.L. 1950, ch. 2456, § 1; P.L. 1952, ch. 2975, § 13; G.L. 1956, § 36-4-23; P.L. 1986, ch. 418, § 1; P.L. 1991, ch. 44, art. 69, § 1.
RI Gen L § 36-4-24 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 36-4 - Merit System|Section 36-4-24 - Removal of disqualified names from lists.

§ 36-4-24. Removal of disqualified names from lists.The personnel administrator may remove the name of any person from any list or lists who is physically so disabled as to be rendered unfit for performance of the required duties; or who is addicted to the use of narcotics or excessive use of intoxicating liquors; or who has been found guilty of any infamous or notoriously disgraceful conduct; or who has made false statement of material fact in his or her application; or who has terminated or retired from state service, except as provided under § 36-4-23.1; and those individuals who have had their certification notices returned with no forwarding address provided the notice was sent by certified mail.History of Section.P.L. 1952, ch. 2975, § 13; G.L. 1956, § 36-4-24; P.L. 1987, ch. 556, § 1; P.L. 1990, ch. 313, § 1.
RI Gen L § 36-4-25 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 36-4 - Merit System|Section 36-4-25 - Designation of appropriate list for filling of vacancies.

§ 36-4-25. Designation of appropriate list for filling of vacancies.The preferred reemployment list shall have precedence over all other lists for the filling of vacancies of comparable or less comparable positions in state service until the list is exhausted. Vacancies in positions in the classified service shall be filled as far as practicable by promotional appointments. Whenever a vacancy does exist in any position in the classified service, the appointing authority may choose to use either the employment, promotion, or reemployment list to fill the vacancy and shall request the personnel administrator to certify the names of persons eligible for appointment from the designated list; provided, however, that in the event of the reorganization of a department or division, or the abolishment of a position or positions in state service, any classified employee with permanent status affected thereby shall be placed in a comparable position within the department or division. If, however, placement within the department or division is not possible, then the affected employee shall be placed in a comparable position elsewhere in state service. Whenever a position is allocated or reallocated upward, the classified employee with permanent status holding that position shall be given an opportunity to qualify for the allocated or reallocated position by taking a qualifying examination and shall be placed on leave of absence from the old position until the employee has gained status or failed to qualify for the position.History of Section.P.L. 1939, ch. 661, §§ 12, 14; P.L. 1941, ch. 1050, §§ 8, 9; P.L. 1952, ch. 2975, § 14; P.L. 1955, ch. 3527, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 36-4-25; P.L. 1965, ch. 234, § 1; P.L. 1986, ch. 418, § 2.
RI Gen L § 36-4-26 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 36-4 - Merit System|Section 36-4-26 - Certification and appointment to positions in classified service.

§ 36-4-26. Certification and appointment to positions in classified service.If the appointing authority has designated the employment list, the personnel administrator shall immediately certify the names of the six (6) persons standing highest thereon who are available for appointment, if there are as many as six (6) names thereon, or all the names on the list if there are less than six (6). If any of the eligibles notifies the personnel administrator that he or she is unavailable for appointment, another name shall be certified to the appointing authority. The appointing authority shall appoint one of the persons so certified to the position from the appropriate list, or in accordance with the special certification provided for in § 36-4-26.1 of this chapter. If he or she has designated the promotional list, certification shall be made in the manner prescribed for the employment list. If he or she has designated the reemployment list, the names of all available eligibles on the list shall be certified to him or her for appointment. He or she may choose from any of the names so certified. If there are as many as three (3) available eligibles certified from an employment list, a promotion list, or a reemployment list, the appointing authority shall make an appointment from one of these lists. If there are less than three (3) available eligibles certified from any of these lists, the appointing authority may choose to appoint one of the persons so certified. If the appointing authority decides not to make an appointment from any of the names so certified when there are less than three (3) available eligibles, the personnel administrator shall certify the names of three (3) available eligibles from any list which he or she shall declare to be appropriate and the appointing authority shall appoint one of the persons so certified. If there are less than three (3) available eligibles certified from an appropriate list, the appointing authority may elect to appoint one of the names so certified or may make a temporary appointment of some other person as hereinafter provided. Whenever the personnel administrator is requested to certify names to fill more than one vacancy in a given class, he or she shall certify to each of the appointing authorities concerned one additional name for each additional vacancy.History of Section.P.L. 1939, ch. 661, §§ 12, 14; P.L. 1941, ch. 1050, §§ 8, 9; P.L. 1952, ch. 2975, § 14; P.L. 1955, ch. 3527, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 36-4-26; P.L. 1994, ch. 133, § 8.
RI Gen L § 36-4-27 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 36-4 - Merit System|Section 36-4-27 - Unlawful procurement of waiver or withdrawal.

§ 36-4-27. Unlawful procurement of waiver or withdrawal.An appointing authority or other person who shall procure the signing of a waiver or otherwise induce an eligible to withdraw his or her name through fraud, misrepresentation, duress, or promise shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.History of Section.P.L. 1952, ch. 2975, § 14; P.L. 1955, ch. 3527, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 36-4-27.
RI Gen L § 36-4-28 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 36-4 - Merit System|Section 36-4-28 - Probationary period.

§ 36-4-28. Probationary period.All original appointments and promotional appointments to the classified service shall be for a probationary period of six (6) months, during which time the appointment authority shall report to the personnel administrator every sixty (60) days concerning the work of the employee and at the expiration of the probationary period unless the appointing authority files with the personnel administrator a statement in writing that the services of the employee during the probationary period have not been satisfactory and that it is not desired that he or she be continued in the service, he or she shall receive permanent status in this classification. Any employee may be dismissed by the appointing authority during the probationary period for reasons relating to the employee's qualifications or for the good of the service stated by the appointing authority in writing and filed with the personnel administrator. The probationary period is further defined to be one hundred and thirty (130) days worked in the classified position to which the person has been appointed.History of Section.P.L. 1939, ch. 661, § 12; P.L. 1952, ch. 2975, § 14; G.L. 1956, § 36-4-28; P.L. 1961, ch. 29, § 2; P.L. 1970, ch. 211, § 1; P.L. 1980, ch. 365, § 1.
RI Gen L § 36-4-29 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 36-4 - Merit System|Section 36-4-29 - Restoration to former position of promotional appointees dismissed during probation.

§ 36-4-29. Restoration to former position of promotional appointees dismissed during probation.Any promotional appointee who is dismissed from the position to which he or she was promoted during the probationary period or at the conclusion thereof by reason of the failure of the appointing authority to file a request for his or her continuance in the position shall be restored to the position from which he or she was promoted even though it should be necessary to lay off a person holding his or her former position.History of Section.P.L. 1939, ch. 661, § 14; P.L. 1941, ch. 1050, § 9; P.L. 1952, ch. 2975, § 14; G.L. 1956, § 36-4-29.
RI Gen L § 36-4-30 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 36-4 - Merit System|Section 36-4-30 - Repealed.

§ 36-4-30. Repealed.History of Section.P.L. 1939, ch. 661, § 11; P.L. 1941, ch. 1050, § 7; P.L. 1952, ch. 2975, § 14; G.L. 1956, § 36-4-30; P.L. 1987, ch. 72, § 1; P.L. 1987, ch. 197, § 1; Repealed by P.L. 2007, ch. 332, § 2, effective July 6, 2007; P.L. 2007, ch. 435, § 2, effective July 6, 2007.
RI Gen L § 36-4-32 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 36-4 - Merit System|Section 36-4-32 - Emergency appointments.

§ 36-4-32. Emergency appointments.In case of emergency, an appointing authority may request an emergency appointment of any person to any position without regard to provisions of this chapter to carry on work that must be continued in the public interest, but no such emergency appointment shall continue for more than thirty (30) working days in a twelve (12) month period nor shall successive emergency appointments be made. Approvals for these appointments shall be requested in writing in advance to the personnel administrator. The appointments must be approved by the personnel administrator and the state budget officer.History of Section.P.L. 1939, ch. 661, § 13; P.L. 1952, ch. 2975, § 16; G.L. 1956, § 36-4-32; P.L. 1981, ch. 335, § 2.
RI Gen L § 36-4-33 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 36-4 - Merit System|Section 36-4-33 - War duration appointments.

§ 36-4-33. War duration appointments.Whenever in time of war a vacancy exists in any position in the classified service by reason of the position having been vacated by a person entering the armed forces of the United States or assigned to a position in a federal agency by action of the governor, the vacancy shall be filled in the manner prescribed in §§ 36-4-25 — 36-4-27; provided, however, that any appointment made to a position vacated by a person entering the armed forces of the United States in time of war shall be known as a "war duration appointment"; and any person appointed to that position shall, while he or she holds that position, be entitled to the same rights and privileges enjoyed by persons appointed to permanent positions except that those rights and privileges shall be limited by and subject to any existing prior rights of another employee on leave from that position even if the exercise of those prior rights shall result in the separation from the position of the person whose appointment bears the later date.History of Section.P.L. 1939, ch. 661, § 13; P.L. 1943, ch. 1350, § 1; P.L. 1952, ch. 2975, § 16; G.L. 1956, § 36-4-33.
RI Gen L § 36-4-34 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 36-4 - Merit System|Section 36-4-34 - Transfers within classified service.

§ 36-4-34. Transfers within classified service.An appointing authority may at any time transfer any classified employee under his or her jurisdiction from one position to another in the same class of position. In every such case the appointing authority shall give written notice of his or her action to the personnel administrator, according to the rules therefor prescribed. Transfer of a classified employee from a position under the jurisdiction of one appointing authority to a position under the jurisdiction of another appointing authority may be made subject to rules established therefor, with the approval of the personnel administrator and of both appointing authorities concerned.History of Section.P.L. 1939, ch. 661, § 15; P.L. 1952, ch. 2975, § 15; G.L. 1956, § 36-4-34; P.L. 1980, ch. 365, § 1.
RI Gen L § 36-4-34.1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 36-4 - Merit System|Section 36-4-34.1 - Transfer of state employees.

§ 36-4-34.1. Transfer of state employees.(a) The director of the department of administration (the "director") is hereby authorized to transfer any employee within the executive branch who is not covered by a collective bargaining unit as provided in chapter 11 of this title. Any employee may be transferred to a comparable position upon the approval of the director of the department of administration and the personnel administrator. The transfers may be initially authorized for a period up to one year's duration and may be further extended with the approval of the personnel administrator (the "personnel administrator").(b) Within seven (7) days of making a transfer of any employee or further extending the duration of a transfer, the director making the transfer or the personnel administrator extending the transfer shall file a written report with the speaker of the house, the senate president, and the chairpersons of the house and senate finance committees, for each employee to be transferred. This report shall include:(1) The identity of the employee;(2) The employee's current work position and location, and the proposed new work position and location;(3) The reason(s) for the employee transfer;(4) The specific task(s) to be assigned to and completed by the transferred employee;(5) An explanation of how the task(s) to be completed by the transferred employee relates to the mission of the transferee department, division, or agency; and(6) The anticipated duration of the employee's transfer.History of Section.P.L. 1996, ch. 326, § 5; P.L. 2017, ch. 302, art. 5, § 6; P.L. 2019, ch. 88, art. 4, § 11.