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News from
Civil Service
By JAMES M. CLINTON
Acting Director
MERIT RATING PERIOD CHANGE
E ffe B a g t l S year state departments
will only be required to submit Merit
Ratings to the Civil Service Commis
sion once per year. Heretofore ratings
have been completed in June and De
cember each year. Under the new plan
the department will select the date it
wishes to close its rating period and
will rate on that date each year there
after. Departments wishing to continue
semi-annual ratings or make special
ratings for trial service personnel and
others , may do so.
Civil Service Commission. Between
650 and 750 persons have been given
open continuous tests each month this
winter. Hundreds more have visited
the office each month seeking inf or-,
mation about state jobs, many of
whom are either not qualified or are
interested in classes for which no cur
rent exemaniations are being given. I
EXPANDING EXAMINATION
PROGRAM
Administration of examinations for
hospital workers such as Hospital Aide
I and II, Practical Nurse I and II, and
Hospital Aide Supervisor I and II dur?
ing March will provide regular status/,
to approximately 600 state employees.
CLASSIFICATION STUDIES
A survey of the Income Tax Auditor
positions having been completed early
this fall, the remaining positions in
MERIT RATING RESULTS
M eh Income Tax Division of the State
Studies of past merit -ratings indi • Tax Commission are being studied fiy
ca te supervisors are making more and
the classification unit of Qivil Servic^J
more objective ratings as time goes by. The surveyw ill be ¿completed in the
Results of the December, 1948 ratings next few weeks. Supervisory positions
were: Unsatisfactory 0.5%, Fair 7 .ffiS
Good 58.|h, Excellent 29.1%, and Out in the Secretary of , State department
were studied recently and , plaiis are
standing ^0^9 This is; compared to under way for completing the survey
the rating in June, 1947, which was: of the other positions in that depart
Unsatisfactory 0.6%, Fair 4.4%, Good ment. Also nearing completion is a
58.8;^B Excellent 29.1%, and Outstand-
survey of cook and domestic worker
6.9%.
positions in the dormitories at Oregon
MANY FILE CHANGES
State College,
During the 48-49 fiscal year the Civil VETERAN NFORMATION
Service Commission processed 30,385
The Civil Service Commission hag?
personnel actions which required pay requested information from the de
roll changes. The present fiscal year partments concerning the veteran sta
will top that figure from present indi tus of all employees to bring the civil
cations. This last July alone, there were service files up to date in this regard.
13,237 payroll changes because of the Requests have been received from Vet
revised pay plan.
erans organizations for current infor
PORTLAND FILING
mation concerning the number of vet
CLASS SCHEDULED
erans hired by the state.
The filing methods class instructed SALARY SURVEY SLATED
by David Duniway, state archivist, is'
A salary survey has been slated for
being repeated in Portland. The first this summer to determine the current
class’was scheduled for Feb. 17. On comparability of I state salaries with
February 3, nearly 50 employees in the those in private ‘industry and other
Portland area completed the first filing public agencies. Such a survey is re
class which was&the initial service quired by law prior to each legisla
wide training class sponsored b y ?civil tive session.
service in Portland.
MANY SEE WORK
The state-wide unemployment of the
® nter months has been felt by the
STAFF EXPANDED
Robert Shepherd of La Grande has
been appointed to a Personnel Assist
ant position with the Civil Service