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2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 06 - Local Government, Public Employees, Elections › Chapter 240 - State Personnel Relations › Section 240.311 - Delegation of authority and responsibility by division; post-audit review.

(1) Delegations of authority and responsibility to operating agencies shall be subject to appropriate post-audit review by the Personnel Division.
(2) Controversies between operating agencies and the division arising from post-audit reviews shall be resolved by the Director of the Oregon Department of Administrative Services. [1979 c.468 §22]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 06 - Local Government, Public Employees, Elections › Chapter 240 - State Personnel Relations › Section 240.316 - Trial service; regular status; procedures for transfer, demotion and separation of employees.

(1)(a) Persons initially appointed to or promoted to a permanent or seasonal position in state service shall be subject to a trial service period.
(b) An appointing authority has the discretion to subject an employee to a trial service period when:
(A) A management service employee or a classified, unrepresented employee transfers to a different agency;
(B) A management service employee or a classified, unrepresented employee transfers back to the same agency after an absence of more than one year;
(C) A former management service employee or former classified, unrepresented employee is reemployed by the same agency after an absence of more than one year; or
(D) A former management service employee or former classified, unrepresented employee is reemployed by a different agency.
(c) Any employee who serves the trial service period designated by the Personnel Division or a delegated operating agency for a given classification or as described in paragraph (b) of this subsection shall be given regular employee status.
(2) Employees who have acquired regular status will not be subject to separation except for cause as defined by ORS 240.555 or lack of work, curtailment of funds, or reorganization requiring a reduction in force.
(3) Procedures shall be established by the division to provide for the layoff and opportunity for reemployment of employees separated for reasons other than cause, which shall take into account the needs of the service, qualifications, quality of performance, relative merit and length of service.
(4) Procedures shall also be established by the division for the transfer, discipline or demotion of employees for the good of the service or separation of employees whose conduct or performance continues to be improper or inadequate after reasonable attempts have been made to correct it, where appropriate. [1979 c.468 §23; 1981 c.155 §1; 1989 c.134 §1; 1989 c.890 §11]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 06 - Local Government, Public Employees, Elections › Chapter 240 - State Personnel Relations › Section 240.321 - Collective bargaining; effect of collective bargaining agreements on personnel rules; grievance procedures.

(1) All collective bargaining between the state and its agencies and any certified or recognized exclusive employee representative of classified employees shall be under the direction and supervision of the Director of the Oregon Department of Administrative Services.
(2) Notwithstanding any of the provisions of ORS 240.235, 240.306, 240.316, 240.430 and 240.551, employees of state agencies who are in certified or recognized appropriate bargaining units shall have all aspects of their wages, hours and other terms and conditions of employment determined by collective bargaining agreements between the state and its agencies and the exclusive employee representatives of such employees pursuant to the provisions of ORS 243.650 to 243.809, except with regard to the recruitment and selection of applicants for initial appointment to state service.
(3) The provisions of rules adopted by the Oregon Department of Administrative Services, the subjects of which are incorporated into collective bargaining agreements, shall not be applicable to employees within appropriate bargaining units covered by such agreements.
(4) The department shall ensure the speedy resolution of employee grievances by adopting a grievance procedure resulting in a final employer determination within 60 days of the filing of a written grievance, with appeal thereafter to the Employment Relations Board, the Civil Rights Division of the Bureau of Labor and Industries, or other appropriate review agency. Employees in collective bargaining units shall have their grievances resolved as provided for by the collective bargaining agreement. [1979 c.468 §24; 1997 c.23 §1]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 06 - Local Government, Public Employees, Elections › Chapter 240 - State Personnel Relations › Section 240.395 - Suspension of merit system in emergencies; reinstatement.

(1) In the event of emergency or abnormal employment conditions due to disaster, national defense, war or conflict in which the Armed Forces of the United States are participating and because of which Oregon citizens are subject to induction into the Armed Forces, if a critical shortage of persons available and employable to fill positions and discharge duties in the classified service results, and the Personnel Division so finds and the Governor so certifies, the examination, certification and appointment procedures required by law shall be suspended for the duration of the emergency as to all or any classes of positions in which there is a shortage of employees.
(2) When the division determines that the emergency or abnormal condition no longer exists, and the Governor so certifies, the regular examination, certification and employment procedures shall be reestablished. Temporary appointments made with the approval of the division during the emergency period shall terminate 90 days after the date of establishment of eligible lists for positions to which temporary appointments have been made. [Amended by 1969 c.80 §68]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 06 - Local Government, Public Employees, Elections › Chapter 240 - State Personnel Relations › Section 240.400 - Designation by appointing authority of staff employees to act as alternates.

An appointing authority may file in writing with the Personnel Division names of staff employees to act in the name of the appointing authority and to perform any act or duty of the appointing authority authorized under the provisions of this chapter. [1971 c.695 §5; 1979 c.468 §14]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 06 - Local Government, Public Employees, Elections › Chapter 240 - State Personnel Relations › Section 240.406 - Right of unclassified or exempt employee to be accompanied to employer-requested interview.

An employee in the state service employed in an unclassified or exempt position who is not a confidential employee, managerial employee or supervisory employee, as defined in ORS 243.650, and who is not represented by an exclusive representative as defined in ORS 243.650 may be accompanied by an individual selected by the employee to be present during any interview with the employee requested by the appointing authority, manager or supervisor of the employee. [2011 c.687 §6]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 06 - Local Government, Public Employees, Elections › Chapter 240 - State Personnel Relations › Section 240.410 - Removals during trial period.

At any time during the trial service period, the appointing authority may remove an employee if, in the opinion of the appointing authority, the trial service indicates that such employee is unable or unwilling to perform duties satisfactorily or that the habits and dependability of the employee do not merit continuance in the service. [Amended by 1979 c.468 §15]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 06 - Local Government, Public Employees, Elections › Chapter 240 - State Personnel Relations › Section 240.425 - Regular seasonal employees.

Positions which occur, terminate and recur periodically and regularly regardless of the duration thereof shall be designated by rule, policy or procedure of the Personnel Division as seasonal positions. An employee who satisfactorily serves in a seasonal position the trial service period designated by the division or a delegated operating agency for the classification to which the seasonal position is allocated is entitled to permanent status as a regular seasonal employee. [Amended by 1969 c.80 §70; 1981 c.156 §1]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 06 - Local Government, Public Employees, Elections › Chapter 240 - State Personnel Relations › Section 240.430 - Merit ratings.

In cooperation with appointing authorities, the Personnel Division shall establish a system of merit ratings to determine the quality of performance and relative merit of employees in the classified service. [Amended by 1969 c.80 §71; 1979 c.468 §16]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 06 - Local Government, Public Employees, Elections › Chapter 240 - State Personnel Relations › Section 240.435 - State Management Credentials Program required; purpose.

The Oregon Department of Administrative Services shall establish a state management credentials program for state agency managers and employees on a career track to become agency managers. The state management credentials program shall include training opportunities for agency employees and training requirements for existing agency managers. The purpose of the state management credentials program is to insure that agency managers have the necessary training and skills to be effective leaders and team builders and to provide training in management skills as part of a professional development program for nonmanagement agency employees. To that end, the department shall:
(1) Identify necessary job skills for state managers, including team-building skills;
(2) Identify skills and training needs for state managers to meet workplace requirements in the future;
(3) Identify incentives for employees to participate in the program; and
(4) Identify continuing education resources in the public sector and through in-service training to implement the state management credentials program. [1993 c.724 §13a(1)]
Note:
240.435 was enacted into law by the Legislative Assembly but was not added to or made a part of ORS chapter 240 or any series therein by legislative action. See Preface to Oregon Revised Statutes for further explanation.
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 06 - Local Government, Public Employees, Elections › Chapter 240 - State Personnel Relations › Section 240.546 - Payments in lieu of sick leave with pay; rules; exclusions.

The Personnel Division may adopt rules, policies and procedures for state agencies to provide employees in the classified and unclassified service with payments on account of sickness in lieu of accrued and any future sick leave with pay. The Legislative Assembly, state courts and Department of Education may similarly adopt rules, policies and procedures providing unclassified employees with such payments. Payments on account of sickness may be made directly or from an insured plan, but the payments may not include medical treatment, hospitalization, dental or eye or other health care or duplicate any group insurance coverage otherwise provided in whole or in part by employer contributions. [1981 c.567 §9; 1995 c.612 §15; 2005 c.751 §3]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 06 - Local Government, Public Employees, Elections › Chapter 240 - State Personnel Relations › Section 240.551 - Working hours, holidays, leaves of absence and vacations of employees in state classified service.

The Personnel Division shall establish the hours of work, holidays, leaves of absence with and without pay and vacations of employees in the state classified service. The division may delegate this responsibility to individual operating agencies where appropriate. [1979 c.468 §21]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 06 - Local Government, Public Employees, Elections › Chapter 240 - State Personnel Relations › Section 240.555 - Suspension, reduction, demotion or dismissal.

The appointing authority in any division of the service may suspend, reduce, demote or dismiss an employee thereof for misconduct, inefficiency, incompetence, insubordination, indolence, malfeasance or other unfitness to render effective service. [Amended by 1969 c.80 §77; 1975 c.427 §11; 1979 c.468 §17]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 06 - Local Government, Public Employees, Elections › Chapter 240 - State Personnel Relations › Section 240.560 - Appeal procedure.

(1) A regular employee who is reduced, dismissed, suspended or demoted, shall have the right to appeal to the Employment Relations Board not later than 30 days after the effective date of the reduction, dismissal, suspension or demotion. The appeal must be in writing. The appeal is timely if it is received by the board or postmarked, if mailed postpaid and properly addressed, not later than 30 days after the effective date of the reduction, dismissal, suspension or demotion. The board shall hear the appeal within 30 days after the board receives the appeal, unless the parties to the hearing agree to a postponement. The board shall furnish the division of the service concerned with a copy of the appeal in advance of the hearing.
(2) The hearing shall be conducted as provided for a contested case in ORS chapter 183.
(3) If the board finds that the action complained of was taken by the appointing authority for any political, religious or racial reasons, or because of sex, marital status or age, the employee shall be reinstated to the position and shall not suffer any loss in pay.
(4) In all other cases, if the board finds that the action was not taken in good faith for cause, it shall order the immediate reinstatement and the reemployment of the employee in the position without the loss of pay. In lieu of affirming the action, the board may modify the action by directing a suspension without pay for a given period, and a subsequent restoration to duty, or a demotion in classification, grade or pay. The findings and order of the board shall be certified in writing to the appointing authority and shall be forthwith put into effect by the appointing authority. [Amended by 1957 c.205 §1; 1959 c.689 §6; 1969 c.80 §78; 1971 c.734 §35; 1975 c.427 §12; 1977 c.400 §1; 1977 c.770 §6; 1993 c.778 §24; 2003 c.213 §1]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 06 - Local Government, Public Employees, Elections › Chapter 240 - State Personnel Relations › Section 240.570 - Classified employee filling position in unclassified, exempt or management service.

(1) Positions in the unclassified, management and exempt services may be filled by classified employees. After an employee is terminated from the unclassified or exempt service or removed from the management service, for reasons other than those specified in ORS 240.555, the state agency that employed the employee before the appointment to the unclassified, exempt or management service may, at the agency’s sole discretion, restore the employee to a position held in the agency before the appointment if the employee meets the position requirements. If an employee is restored to a former position, the employee is subject to any applicable agency collective bargaining agreement.
(2) An appointing authority may assign, reassign and transfer management service employees for the good of the service and may remove employees from the management service due to reorganization or lack of work.
(3) A management service employee is subject to a trial service period established pursuant to rules of the Personnel Division under ORS 240.250. Thereafter, the management service employee may be disciplined by reprimand, salary reduction, suspension or demotion or may be removed or dismissed from the management service if the employee is unable or unwilling to fully and faithfully perform the duties of the position satisfactorily.
(4) Management service employees who are assigned, reassigned, transferred or removed, as provided in subsection (2) of this section, and employees who are disciplined, removed or dismissed from the management service as authorized in subsection (3) of this section may appeal to the Employment Relations Board in the manner provided by ORS 240.560.
(5)(a) Management service employees with immediate prior former regular status in the classified service who are removed from trial service pursuant to ORS 240.410 have a right to be restored to their former positions.
(b) Except as provided in paragraph (a) of this subsection, management service employees with immediate prior former regular status in the classified service who are appointed to the management service and who have not been dismissed from the management service for a reason specified in ORS 240.555:
(A) Prior to January 1, 2015, have the right to restoration to the classified service for three years from the date of appointment to the management service.
(B) After December 31, 2014, have no right to restoration to the classified service. [1955 c.738 §6; 1979 c.468 §18; 1981 c.409 §4; 1985 c.121 §3; 1987 c.269 §1; 2005 c.766 §1; 2014 c.22 §1]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 06 - Local Government, Public Employees, Elections › Chapter 240 - State Personnel Relations › Section 240.580 - Service credits for service in unclassified service.

An employee who is initially appointed to a position in the unclassified service as a member of the Oregon State Police under ORS 181A.050, who separates voluntarily from that service and who, within two years after the separation, is appointed to a position in the classified service, whether within a bargaining unit covered by a collective bargaining agreement or not, and acquires regular employee status shall be entitled, for purposes of layoff and opportunity for reemployment after separation for reasons other than cause, to service credit for the service in the unclassified service preceding the service in the classified service. ORS 240.321 (3) does not apply to service credit granted under this section. [1983 c.746 §2; 2011 c.547 §41]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 06 - Local Government, Public Employees, Elections › Chapter 240 - State Personnel Relations › Section 240.590 - Reemployment of employee in exempt service.

An employee in the exempt service who has been employed full-time for at least 12 months consecutively in such service may be noncompetitively reemployed in a position for which qualified within two years from the date of separation, if separated from state service in good standing. However, such reemployment shall occur only after current bargaining unit members have exhausted any rights under an applicable collective bargaining agreement. [1985 c.635 §5]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 06 - Local Government, Public Employees, Elections › Chapter 240 - State Personnel Relations › Section 240.610 - Mediation service fee; labor relations and negotiation training fee; amount; payment; disposition of fees.

(1) Notwithstanding ORS 662.435, when the Employment Relations Board assigns a mediator under ORS 243.712 or 662.425 to resolve a labor dispute or labor controversy between a local public employer and the exclusive representative of the public employees of that employer, the board may charge a fee for the mediation services provided by the board. The local public employer and the exclusive representative shall each pay one-half of the amount of the fee to the board.
(2) Notwithstanding any other law, the fee charged by the board under this section may not exceed:
(a) $1,000 for the first two mediation sessions;
(b) $625 for the third mediation session;
(c) $625 for the fourth mediation session; and
(d) $1,000 for each additional mediation session.
(3) Notwithstanding any other law, in addition to fees for mediation services, the board may establish fees for providing labor relations and negotiation training. The fees are not subject to the provisions of subsection (2) of this section.
(4) Fees received by the board under this section shall be deposited to the credit of the Employment Relations Board Administrative Account.
(5) As used in this section:
(a) "Exclusive representative" and "labor dispute" have the meanings given those terms in ORS 243.650.
(b) "Local public employer" means any political subdivision in this state, including a city, county, community college, school district, special district and a public and quasi-public corporation. [1993 c.711 §2; 1995 c.79 §84; 1995 c.448 §1; 2007 c.296 §7; 2011 c.593 §1; 2017 c.383 §1]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 06 - Local Government, Public Employees, Elections › Chapter 240 - State Personnel Relations › Section 240.710 - Certain acts unlawful.

(1) No person shall make any false statement, certificate, mark, rating or report with regard to any test, certification, or appointment made under this chapter, or in any manner commit or attempt to commit any fraud preventing the impartial execution of this chapter and the rules.
(2) No person shall, directly or indirectly, give, render, pay, offer, solicit or accept any money, service or other valuable consideration for or on account of any appointment, proposed appointment, promotion or proposed promotion to, or any advantage in, a position in the classified service.
(3) No employee of the Personnel Division, examiner or other person shall defeat, deceive or obstruct any person in the right of the person to examination, eligibility, certification or appointment under this chapter, or furnish to any person any special or secret information for the purpose of affecting the rights or prospects of any person with respect to employment in the classified service. [Amended by 1969 c.80 §80]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 06 - Local Government, Public Employees, Elections › Chapter 240 - State Personnel Relations › Section 240.750 - When discipline action not to be retained in personnel file.

No copy of a personnel discipline action that has been communicated orally or in writing to the employee and subsequently reduced in severity or eliminated through collective bargaining, grievance or personnel process shall be placed or otherwise retained in the personnel file of the employee unless agreed to by the employer and the employee. [1985 c.813 §2]
Note:
240.750 was enacted into law by the Legislative Assembly but was not added to or made a part of ORS chapter 240 or any series therein by legislative action. See Preface to Oregon Revised Statutes for further explanation.
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 06 - Local Government, Public Employees, Elections › Chapter 240 - State Personnel Relations › Section 240.850 - Policy on work environments; duties of state agencies.

It is the policy of the State of Oregon to encourage cooperative, participatory work environments and team-based management practices in all state agencies. To that end, when feasible and appropriate, state agencies shall:
(1) Delegate responsibility for decision-making and service delivery to the lowest possible level;
(2) Involve all workers, especially frontline workers, in the development and design of processes and program improvements;
(3) Simplify and eliminate internal administrative rules and policies that unduly impede the attainment of the agency’s mission and delivery of services;
(4) Eliminate layers of organizational hierarchies;
(5) Envision state government as a high performance organization in which training and technology are viewed as an investment in the workforce; and
(6) Promote continuous improvement of state services through the involvement of all workers in process design and performance-based outcome development. [1993 c.724 §13b]
Note:
240.850 was enacted into law by the Legislative Assembly but was not added to or made a part of ORS chapter 240 or any series therein by legislative action. See Preface to Oregon Revised Statutes for further explanation.
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 06 - Local Government, Public Employees, Elections › Chapter 240 - State Personnel Relations › Section 240.855 - Telecommuting; state policy; agencies to adopt written policies; identification of barriers and solutions.

(1) As used in this section:
(a) "State agency" means any state office, department, division, bureau, board and commission, whether in the executive, legislative or judicial branch.
(b) "Telecommute" means to work from the employee’s home or from an office near the employee’s home, rather than from the principal place of employment.
(2) It is the policy of the State of Oregon to encourage state agencies to allow employees to telecommute when there are opportunities for improved employee performance, reduced commuting miles or agency savings.
(3) Each state agency shall adopt a written policy that:
(a) Defines specific criteria and procedures for telecommuting;
(b) Is applied consistently throughout the agency; and
(c) Requires the agency, in exercising its discretion, to consider an employee request to telecommute in relation to the agency’s operating and customer needs.
(4) Each state agency that has an electronic bulletin board, home page or similar means of communication shall post the policy adopted under subsection (3) of this section on the bulletin board, home page or similar site.
(5) The Oregon Department of Administrative Services, in consultation with the State Chief Information Officer and state agencies, shall work to identify barriers to telecommuting for state employees and identify solutions to promote telecommuting. [Formerly 283.550; 2019 c.278 §22]
Note:
240.855 was enacted into law by the Legislative Assembly but was not added to or made a part of ORS chapter 240 or any series therein by legislative action. See Preface to Oregon Revised Statutes for further explanation.
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 06 - Local Government, Public Employees, Elections › Chapter 240 - State Personnel Relations › Section 240.990 - Penalties.

(1) Subject to ORS 153.022, any person who willfully violates any provision of this chapter or of the rules thereunder commits a Class A misdemeanor.
(2) Any person who fails to appear in response to a subpoena or to answer any question or produce any books or papers pertinent to any investigation or hearing authorized by this chapter commits a Class A misdemeanor.
(3) A state officer or employee who fails to comply with any provision of this chapter or of any rule, regulation or order thereunder is subject to all penalties and remedies provided by law for failure of a public officer or employee to do an act required of a public officer or employee by law.
(4) Any person who is convicted of a Class A misdemeanor under this chapter shall, for a period of five years, be ineligible for appointment to or employment in a position in the state service, and if the person is an officer or employee of the state, shall be deemed guilty of malfeasance in office and shall be subject to forfeit of the office or position. [Amended by 1999 c.1051 §301; 2011 c.597 §172]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 06 - Local Government, Public Employees, Elections › Chapter 241 - Civil Service for County Employees › Section 241.002 - Creating or changing county civil service by election; definitions.

(1) If the majority of electors of any county voting at a regular general election pursuant to ORS 241.006 approve a proposal to establish, substitute or amend a system of civil service under which county employees shall be employed, the system or amendments to an existing system of civil service approved by the electors shall apply to such county.
(2) If ORS 241.016 to 241.990 become applicable in a county, "board of county commissioners" as used in ORS 241.016 to 241.990 means the county court of a county which does not have a board of county commissioners.
(3) If ORS 242.702 to 242.824 become applicable in a county, "governing body" as used in ORS 242.702 to 242.824 means the board of county commissioners or county court of a county, as the case may be. [1959 c.315 §2]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 06 - Local Government, Public Employees, Elections › Chapter 241 - Civil Service for County Employees › Section 241.004 - ORS 241.002 to 241.009 not exclusive method for approval of system.

ORS 241.002 to 241.009 shall not be construed to be an exclusive method by which counties may approve a system of civil service for county employees. [1959 c.315 §6; 1983 c.350 §58]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 06 - Local Government, Public Employees, Elections › Chapter 241 - Civil Service for County Employees › Section 241.006 - Submitting proposals relating to county civil service.

At any general election, if a county does not have in operation a system of civil service for all county employees or if an existing system of civil service for all county employees is to be amended or substituted for by another system, there may be submitted to the electors of the county a proposal:
(1) To make ORS 241.016 to 241.990, providing a system of civil service under which county employees shall be employed, applicable to such county;
(2) To make ORS 242.702 to 242.824, providing a system of civil service under which certain political subdivisions shall employ firefighters, applicable to such county for all county employees;
(3) That provides a system of civil service which substantially accomplishes the general purposes of ORS 241.016 to 241.990 or 242.702 to 242.824, including methods of recruitment and promotion of county employees by competitive examinations and provisions for job tenure for county employees; or
(4) That amends an existing system of civil service previously approved by the electors under subsection (3) of this section. [1959 c.315 §3; 1983 c.350 §59; 1991 c.67 §60]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 06 - Local Government, Public Employees, Elections › Chapter 241 - Civil Service for County Employees › Section 241.009 - Initiative or referendum; election procedure.

(1) A proposal under ORS 241.006 may be submitted to the electors of the county:
(a) By the initiative procedure; or
(b) By referral to the electors by the board of county commissioners or the county court.
(2) ORS 250.165 to 250.235 govern the manner of exercising the initiative unless ORS 250.155 makes ORS 250.165 to 250.235 inapplicable to the county. [1983 c.350 §61 (enacted in lieu of 241.008 and 241.012)]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 06 - Local Government, Public Employees, Elections › Chapter 241 - Civil Service for County Employees › Section 241.016 - Definitions for ORS 241.016 to 241.990.

As used in ORS 241.016 to 241.990, unless the context requires otherwise:
(1) "Appointing power" includes every person or group of persons who, acting singly or as a board or commission, are vested by law with authority to select, appoint or employ any person to hold any position subject to civil service.
(2) "Appointment" includes all means of selecting or employing any person to hold any position subject to civil service.
(3) "Commission" means a civil service commission created under ORS 241.016 to 241.990.
(4) "Commissioner" means a member of the civil service commission created under ORS 241.016 to 241.990.
(5) "Position" includes any office, place or employment. [Formerly 241.060]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 06 - Local Government, Public Employees, Elections › Chapter 241 - Civil Service for County Employees › Section 241.020 - Counties subject to ORS 241.016 to 241.990.

Except as provided in ORS 241.002 the provisions of ORS 241.016 to 241.990 apply to all counties of this state having a population of 500,000 persons or more. [Formerly 241.005; 1991 c.656 §1]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 06 - Local Government, Public Employees, Elections › Chapter 241 - Civil Service for County Employees › Section 241.025 - Positions subject to civil service; exceptions.

All appointees to positions in the public service of the county are subject to civil service, except the following:
(1) Any officer chosen by popular election, or appointed to fill a vacancy caused by the death, resignation or removal of any officer chosen by popular election.
(2) Any official reporter, bailiff or crier, subject to appointment by any court or judge or justice thereof.
(3) Any person employed to perform manual labor, skilled or unskilled, in the construction, maintenance and repair of county property; provided, that electrical workers, members of road and bridge crews and laborers permanently employed shall be subject to civil service unless otherwise provided in ORS 241.016 to 241.990.
(4) Any special deputy sheriff or deputy constable appointed to act without compensation from the county.
(5) Any member of the county civil service commission.
(6) Any deputy district attorney.
(7) Any doctor, nurse, intern or superintendent or other executive officer, employed by, in or at the county hospital, county poor farm, or any home maintained by the county for the detention or care of juveniles.
(8) The roadmaster of the county.
(9) Any temporary, part-time or seasonal employee.
(10) Any person holding a position subject to the jurisdiction of the commission created by ORS 242.706.
(11) Any chief examiner appointed under ORS 242.716.
(12) Any assistants to a board of county commissioners.
(13) Any undersheriff, deputy undersheriff or administrative aide to a sheriff. [Formerly 241.010; 1961 c.135 §1; 1963 c.331 §9; 1981 c.48 §6]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 06 - Local Government, Public Employees, Elections › Chapter 241 - Civil Service for County Employees › Section 241.065 - County civil service commission; members; compensation.

There is created in each county subject to ORS 241.016 to 241.990 a civil service commission composed of three members appointed by the board of county commissioners, who shall serve without compensation and shall devote due time and attention to their duties.
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 06 - Local Government, Public Employees, Elections › Chapter 241 - Civil Service for County Employees › Section 241.070 - Qualifications of commissioners.

No person shall be appointed a member of the commission who is not a citizen of the United States, a resident of the county for at least three years immediately preceding the appointment and an elector of the county. None of the commissioners shall hold any other public or official position.
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 06 - Local Government, Public Employees, Elections › Chapter 241 - Civil Service for County Employees › Section 241.075 - Term of office and removal of commissioners.

(1) The term of office of each commissioner is six years with the term of one commissioner expiring every two years.
(2) Any commissioner may be removed from office by the board of county commissioners for incompetency, incompatibility or dereliction of duty, or other good cause.
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 06 - Local Government, Public Employees, Elections › Chapter 241 - Civil Service for County Employees › Section 241.080 - Quorum.

Two members of the commission shall constitute a quorum and, except in matters requiring the unanimous consent of the commission, as provided in ORS 241.016 to 241.990, the votes of any two commissioners concurring shall be sufficient for decision in all matters and transactions pursuant to ORS 241.016 to 241.990.
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 06 - Local Government, Public Employees, Elections › Chapter 241 - Civil Service for County Employees › Section 241.085 - Secretary of commission.

The commission shall appoint a secretary, who shall keep records of its proceedings, preserve all reports made to it, superintend and keep a record of all examinations and investigations held or made under its direction, and perform such other duties as it may prescribe. The secretary shall hold office during the pleasure of the commission and shall receive such salary as the board of county commissioners may fix.
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 06 - Local Government, Public Employees, Elections › Chapter 241 - Civil Service for County Employees › Section 241.090 - Offices and clerical help for commission.

The board of county commissioners shall provide the commission with suitable and convenient rooms and accommodations at the county courthouse, and cause the same to be furnished, heated, lighted and supplied with all office supplies and equipment necessary to carry on the business of the commission. The board shall also provide the commission with such clerical assistance as may be necessary.
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 06 - Local Government, Public Employees, Elections › Chapter 241 - Civil Service for County Employees › Section 241.095 - Officers and employees to assist commission.

All county officers and employees of the county shall aid in all proper ways in carrying out the provisions of ORS 241.016 to 241.990, and such regulations as may, from time to time, be prescribed by the commission thereunder, and to afford the commission, its members and employees all reasonable facilities and assistance to inspect all books, papers, documents and accounts applying or in any way appertaining to any and all offices, places, positions and employments subject to civil service, and also to produce such books, papers, documents and accounts, and attend and testify, whenever required so to do by the commission, or any commissioner.
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 06 - Local Government, Public Employees, Elections › Chapter 241 - Civil Service for County Employees › Section 241.100 - Legal representation of commission.

The district attorney of the county shall be the legal adviser of the commission and shall prosecute all violations of ORS 241.016 to 241.990. However, the board of county commissioners may employ special counsel for that purpose and may also employ special counsel to represent county elective officials in hearings before the commission. [Amended by 1957 c.197 §1]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 06 - Local Government, Public Employees, Elections › Chapter 241 - Civil Service for County Employees › Section 241.105 - Preservation and destruction of records and examinations; public records.

(1) The commission shall keep on file all examination papers and their markings and all other papers, documents and communications received by it. All such reports and files of the commission shall be public records and accessible at convenient times in like manner as other public records.
(2) The commission may destroy any reports and files of the commission which are:
(a) Not less than four years old.
(b) Less than four years old, provided they have been recorded by means of photography, microphotography, photocopying or filming and the commission determines that they have no further evidential value. [Amended by 1961 c.135 §3]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 06 - Local Government, Public Employees, Elections › Chapter 241 - Civil Service for County Employees › Section 241.110 - Rules of commission; notice.

(1) The commission shall make suitable regulations, not inconsistent with ORS 241.016 to 241.990, to carry out the provisions of ORS 241.016 to 241.990. The regulations shall provide in detail the manner in which examinations shall be held, and appointments, promotions, transfers, reinstatements, suspensions and discharges shall be made. The regulations may be changed, from time to time, and the same, together with all changes, shall forthwith be printed for distribution.
(2) The commission shall, not less than 10 days prior to the time when the regulations shall take effect, give notice, in a newspaper printed and published in the county and having a general circulation therein, of the place where printed copies of the regulations and changes therein may be obtained.
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 06 - Local Government, Public Employees, Elections › Chapter 241 - Civil Service for County Employees › Section 241.115 - Notice by publication.

All publications required to be made pursuant to ORS 241.110 and elsewhere in ORS 241.016 to 241.990 shall be made in a newspaper which is printed and published not less than once a day for at least six days of each week.
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 06 - Local Government, Public Employees, Elections › Chapter 241 - Civil Service for County Employees › Section 241.120 - Investigation and inspection by commission.

The commission shall make investigations concerning, and report upon all matters touching, the enforcement and effect of the provisions of ORS 241.016 to 241.990, and the regulations prescribed thereunder; inspect all county institutions, departments, offices and positions affected by ORS 241.016 to 241.990, and ascertain whether ORS 241.016 to 241.990 and the regulations are being obeyed. An investigation may be made by the commission, or by any commissioner designated by the commission for that purpose.
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 06 - Local Government, Public Employees, Elections › Chapter 241 - Civil Service for County Employees › Section 241.125 - Compelling attendance of witnesses and production of documents.

(1) In the course of an investigation, the commission, or designated commissioner, may administer oaths, subpoena and require the attendance of witnesses and the production by them of books, papers, documents and accounts appertaining to the investigation. Attendance of witnesses, either with or without books, papers, documents or accounts may not be compelled, unless such witnesses are personally served with subpoena within the county wherein the commission has jurisdiction.
(2) The circuit court in the county may compel the attendance of witnesses, the giving of testimony, and the production of books, papers, accounts and documents, as required by any subpoena duly issued by the commission, or designated commissioner, under this section, and may punish the disobedience of such witnesses as a contempt.
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 06 - Local Government, Public Employees, Elections › Chapter 241 - Civil Service for County Employees › Section 241.130 - Depositions of witnesses.

The commission, or designated commissioner, may, in any investigation or hearing, cause the deposition of witnesses residing within or without the state to be taken in the manner prescribed by law for like depositions in civil actions in the circuit court. To that end, the commission may compel the attendance of witnesses and the production of books, papers, documents and accounts.
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 06 - Local Government, Public Employees, Elections › Chapter 241 - Civil Service for County Employees › Section 241.135 - Conduct of hearings and investigations; rules.

All hearings and investigations before the commission, or designated commissioner, shall be governed by ORS 241.016 to 241.990 and by rules of practice and procedure to be adopted by the commission. In the conduct thereof neither the commission, nor designated commissioner, shall be bound by the technical rules of evidence.
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 06 - Local Government, Public Employees, Elections › Chapter 241 - Civil Service for County Employees › Section 241.140 - Conclusiveness of orders, decisions, rules or regulations; necessity for unanimity.

No informality in any proceeding or hearing, or in the manner of taking testimony before the commission, or designated commissioner, shall invalidate any order, decision, rule or regulation made, approved or confirmed by the commission. However, no order, decision, rule or regulation made by any designated commissioner conducting any hearing or investigation alone shall be of any force or effect whatsoever unless and until concurred in by the other two members of the commission.
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 06 - Local Government, Public Employees, Elections › Chapter 241 - Civil Service for County Employees › Section 241.145 - Witness fees.

Any person served with a subpoena requiring attendance before the commission, or any commissioner, shall be entitled to the fees and mileage as are allowed by law to witnesses in ORS 44.415 (2), except that no person shall be entitled to any fees or mileage for such attendance who is employed in the public service of the county in which the person is called as such witness. The fees and mileage allowed by this section need not be prepaid, but the county clerk shall draw a warrant for the payment thereof when it is certified by the commission. [Amended by 1989 c.980 §10c]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 06 - Local Government, Public Employees, Elections › Chapter 241 - Civil Service for County Employees › Section 241.150 - Reports of appointments and separations.

Each appointing power shall:
(1) Report to the commission forthwith upon each appointment the name of the appointee, the title or character of the position to which the appointment is made, the date of the commencement of service, and the salary or compensation therefor.
(2) Report from time to time, and upon the date of official action in, or knowledge of, each case, any separation of any person from any position, or other changes.
(3) Furnish such other information as the commission may require in order to keep the roster mentioned in ORS 241.155.
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 06 - Local Government, Public Employees, Elections › Chapter 241 - Civil Service for County Employees › Section 241.155 - Official roster.

The commission shall keep in its office an official roster of all persons holding positions under the provisions of ORS 241.016 to 241.990, and shall enter therein all appointments, promotions, demotions, transfers, reinstatements, resignations, suspensions, leaves of absence, removals and discharges, setting forth in each instance the date of commencement or termination of service, or other change, the nature of the duties performed, and the salary or compensation therefor, together with sufficient information to show why and how such appointments, or other changes, were made. The roster shall be kept so as to disclose readily to any one desiring to inspect the same all such matters in connection with each position in each department of the county government, subject to civil service, and in connection with each person employed therein.
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 06 - Local Government, Public Employees, Elections › Chapter 241 - Civil Service for County Employees › Section 241.205 - Basis of appointment and promotion generally.

Except as otherwise expressly provided in ORS 241.016 to 241.990, the appointment and promotion of all persons to or in all positions subject to the provisions of ORS 241.016 to 241.990 shall be made solely upon merit, efficiency and fitness, which shall be ascertained by open competitive examination and impartial investigation.
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 06 - Local Government, Public Employees, Elections › Chapter 241 - Civil Service for County Employees › Section 241.210 - Board of county commissioners to control creation of positions and fixing of compensation.

All positions subject to civil service in the county shall be created by the board of county commissioners and the board is authorized to fix the compensation of all employees employed therein. In the creation of each position subject to civil service, and in determining the amount of compensation thereof, the board shall give due consideration to the recommendation of the civil service commission and the appointing power of the department under which the position is created.