Illinois Administrative Code › Title 80 - PUBLIC OFFICIALS AND EMPLOYEES › Part 620 - MERIT AND FITNESS › Subpart A - APPLICATION AND EXAMINATION › Section 620.200 - Appointments - Positions Subject to the Code

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 28, July 12, 2024
Positions which are covered by the Code shall be filled in
				  one of the following ways:
a) By
				appointment of an applicant ranking among the three highest on an eligible list
				which is numerically rated;
b) By
				appointment of an applicant from the highest ranking group of eligibles from an
				eligible list which is not numerically rated;
c) By present employees, as of January 1,
				1989, who have passed the probationary period and who shall be continued in
				their positions without further examination;
d) By an appointment to a position through
				promotion of an employee who is qualified pursuant to Section
				620.610;
e) By emergency appointment for a period not
				in excess of ninety (90) calendar days to meet emergency situations. Emergency
				appointments may be made without regard to eligible lists. Such appointments
				may not be renewed;
f) By temporary
				appointments to positions which are temporary or seasonal in nature as
				determined by the Director. Such appointments shall not exceed six (6) months
				out of any twelve (12) month period;
g) By provisional appointments to positions
				without competitive examination when there is no appropriate eligible list.
				Provisional appointments may not exceed six (6) months out of any twelve (12)
				month period;
h) By the transfer of
				employees from one position to another if the qualifications, responsibilities,
				duties, and salary range are similar.
i) By reinstatement of persons who formerly
				held certified status under the Code, the Personnel Code (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1989,
				ch. 127, pars. 63b101 et seq.), the Secretary of State Merit Employment Code
				(Ill. Rev. Stat. 1989, ch. 124, pars. 101 et seq.), the Comptroller Merit
				Employment Code (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1989, ch. 15, pars. 401 et seq.), or the State
				Universities Civil Service System (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1989, ch. 24 1/2, pars. 38b1
				et seq.). To be eligible for reinstatement, such persons shall have resigned
				while in good standing or shall have been laid off from employment within their
				respective merit systems.
j) By
				reemployment of an employee whose name appears upon a reemployment list;
				reemployment may be made to positions in the same or lower salary range as the
				salary range applicable to the position from which the person to be reemployed
				was laid off; reemployment appointments shall be qualified employees and shall
				be made after consideration of seniority and performance records;
k) By the appointment of trainees into
				training programs approved by the Director; appointments may be made with or
				without examination of applicants; trainees do not acquire any rights under the
				Code by virtue of trainee appointments;
l) By the reduction in rank or class of an
				employee, for cause, with the prior approval of the Director;
m) By the transfer of active, certified
				employees from the jurisdictions of the Personnel Code, the Secretary of State
				Merit Employment Code, the Comptroller Merit Employment Code, or the State
				Universities Civil Service System; persons so transferred shall retain the same
				status under the Code as that which they held under their previous merit
				employment.