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About The Oregon state employee. (Salem, Oregon.) 1944-195? | View Entire Issue (Nov. 1, 1947)
16 than two vacancies, 5/rds of the num ber of vacancies. This gives the ap pointing authority | more latitude in choice of appointment. Third, that part-time positions for unskilled, domestic of custodial work may be filled without requiring formal teSts., . / ' Fourth, clarified terminology. The words I "voluntary t.r a n s f e>r7 were changed to "voluntary demotion” in cases where an employee is reduced from a position, in one class to a position in I a lower rank.. Fifth, provided that examinations should -start not later than July T5th, 1947. Sixth, that employees,,, haying six months’ service prior to the establish ment of an employ me nt.^Lisf- covering their classification, and who were rec ommended by their appointing author i t y , should be given the staitiJ^ eTf'^eg- ular employees. Employees with less than six; months’ I service, would be given trial- service' status.' S. B. 205, as originally introducedi proyided for veteran's preference on each promotion, but as adopted, the bill was amended to -provide that only’ those, veterans who . were employed by the state prior to 'th e war and who re turned to state employment, should be given a veterans preference on promo tions and that this preference should apply to the first promotion only. S. B. 266, as adopted, provided that all directors and assistant directors in the state police should be unclassified. S. B. 401 (substitute for H . B. 137„)’ as adopted, provides that" brand inspec tors are to be exempt from>the civil service act. , S. B. 458 was, introduced to meet a situation at the Klamath Fafh Voca tional Training ;School. It provides, that the professional and technical teaching staff of vocational and technical schools should be exempt from the act. This bill-was adopted by the Senate and House on the f inal day of the I session, April 5. | S. B. 462 provided that .certain bond ed auditors in the tax department should wou be exempt from the civil service apt. part This was requested by Mr. Earl Fish- coul er, Tax Commissioner, because he con- of tended that he needed a freer hand re- offi garding the selection and salary pay- tion meats of certain "auditors in order to Sen batch up on the examination of inpome Wo tax returns. This bill was also: adopted ■ ih by the Senate and the House on the pj; final day of the session, but was amend- < e d to be effective for two years only. H. B. 282, 297 and 300. The A. F. cor of L. caused three bills to be intro- wo duced. T hey’were H. B. 297, which eve provided for a "closed back door” re- pol g a rd in g the discharge of employees; Jact H, B. 300, which requested a vacation | : I based upon a minimum of a day .and by quarter instead qf one day of credit (1 for each calendar H month of service; |a and H. B. 282, which provided for ad- 1 be« justment of salary ranges upward or me downward, in accordance w ith any be change within the range. These three ea: bills covered administrative details, If« their introduction was short-sighted (3 ¿$hd their effect was to redupe the pres- 1 tige of all state employees w ith the leg- 1 w islators. All three died in pommittee. to . H. B. 387, originally sought to tran s- 1 vi fer the county veterans affairs to the I la , state, enlarge and exclude the person- pi nel from civil service. The bill died in re • committee, so that the personnel will p1 remain county employees. I It was proposed to the House Judi- 8 ciary Committee, that S. B. 266, to B amend the Civil Service Act, be amend-1 tl ed by providing that any classification p or compensation plan effecting positions g ;'|o, the office of the Secretary of State, 1 State -Treasurer, Attorney ^Ggneral or ■ Department of Labor, could not be j effective except w ith the consent .and e approval of the elective officer at the I head of such department, and likewise H that no classification or compensation 1 plan could be adopted without similar H approval if it effected positions in the | .’ .State institutions or the office of the J Board of (Control and State Land Board. I The effect of zsuch an amendment I
