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discharged employees and the Civil Ser-
yice Commission has received only four
or five appeals for hearing. In these lat-
tek fesses,\findings have been in favor of
the employee or Stfp^ryisof about equal-
6. ARE CIVIL SERVICE EXAM IN
ATIONS PRACTICAL? I
The Civil,Service Commission makes
every ^effort to prepare examinations
which will fairly measure knowledge
and ability. Individual work assign
ments of the employees vary somewhat
4. W H O PAYS FOR CIVIL SER in each classification and it would be
both wasjgrul and impractical to test
VICE?',!'
each individual^ employee on the basis
Civil Service costs are I paid by pro of his one specific job. (Because of
rata assessment of alLstate divisions who transfer and promotional opportunities
'have^ ^ S ^ ^ ^ g e employees. W^his?was itl’is more desirable to recruit a generally
done because of the difficulty of mak well-rounded employee than an em
ing a general, appropriation which would ployee who knows only one thing. Ex
rdlsfribute / these administrative'1 costs aminations are not 100 % accurate) but
j^ji^tably
large number of it has been proven through experience'
different revenue accounts under which that applicants who rank highest on ex
H a ie em œ ffi|igarë paid.) The Oregon am inations results will have greater
Lw gB Service
which is reviewed probability of job success than those
other d|partm ent bu||g^H g)n the who do poorly.) In am cases there is a
per employeS/coVs is consider further test of a six month probation
ably less than most other public juris period during which time the employee’s
dictions which have a comparable Civil performance -is observed. This period
Service law to administer. ’( I tis also jn- serves- as a definite part of the examina
-rffiesfitma to noté that recentllstudies tion process.
B b » , many ‘ larger private business or
7. ARE RETIREM ENT AND CI
ganizations spent substantially more for VIL SERVICE T H E SAME TH IN G ?
^personnel activities than is usually the
Civil Service Administration.'is com
¿^ase among public jurisdictions.'^^
pletely separate from the administration
I ARE B n EMPLOYEES ON A
of State Retirement (Public Employees
40-HOUR W ORK WEEK?
Retirement Board.) These systems oper
The 40-hour work week is in effffec^ ate under two separate acts, although
¿for slightly over half of the state em- they-^are related in that they are aimed
ployees. In many types of work the Civil jag improving the standards, of the pub
Ig^rajgg Commission has ruled that a 40- lic service.
8. CA N I ADD T H E 2-DAY
hour work week is not practical, par-
ticularly under prescrit^ employment EMERGENCY T O MY VACATION?
£\[o. The Civil Service Rules expressly
conditions. The Commission" has,? how
ever, tried to recognize longerw orking forbid the linking of this leave to any
hours in the salary: rate and has con- other paid leave. The 2-day emergency
sistently fought for similar working leave is provided only for unforeseen
hours for its employees who do the same events for which the regular leave does
kind of work. Department heads have not make provision.
feithority to use fafefive, day week when
9. IF I BELIEVE MY CLASSIFICA
they-believe it desirable so long as all T IO N IS N O T CO RRECT BUT MY
necessary services are provided by'-the SUPERVISOR DOES N O T SUPPORT
department on Saturdays and, where ME, CA N I APPEAL DIRECTLY TO
necessary, Sundays. The work or plan TH E CIVIL SERVICE COMMIS
for Oregon employees is similar to the SION?
préyailing: practices of private employ
Yes. The Civil Service Rules provide
ment in Oregon.
that a request to review the classifica-
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