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News From
Civil Service
By Jam es M. Clinton
“W orking f o r ^ S « S | the state em
ployees’ handbook, has attracted in ter-
natio n al attention for design and con
tent. The book was the subj ect - for
dis'cw g s^ n / at a recent conference of
personnel pebble for the U. S. and
C anada and m any recnanM
received for copies of the book from
public j urisdictions in in both coun
tries. Up un tilW ^ ^ E ^ ^ ^ o n k has been
^distributed to nCvi|| | |em p l^ ^ m ^ f orilv
afte r th ey have served six m onths w ith
th e state, b u t effective last m onth the
dep artm en ts have been authorized to
keep a supply of the book Qf f B r o and
issue them to all new employees at
th e tim e of appointm ent. Any state
em ployee who does not have a copy
of “W orking for O regon” m ay re
quest l I l ^ f r Qm his" personnel officer.
M any V eterans W ork fo r State
T here w ere 3,025 m ale w ar veterans
em ployed by the state in positions for
w hich th e Civil Service m aintains p er-
sonnel records as of M arch 1, 1950, a
file count revealed. W ar veterans com
pose 41 p er cent of the m ale w orking
force. T here are 124 fem ale w a r v et
erans, m aking the total num ber of
v eteran s 3,149. T here are 7,398 m ales
and 4,990 fem ales in the CSC files>
W ar v eteran s account for 26 per cent
of th e total.
E xam ination T abulation
D uring the first six m onths of the
cu rren t fiscal y ear (Ju ly 1 to Decem
ber 31, 1949), th e civil serviqe exam
in atio n section received applications
from 4,748 persons. T h irty -th re e ap
plications w ere rejected, 860 failed to
ap p e ar for the exam inations, 1,309
w ere elim inated, 3 w ithdrew during
th e exam inations, a W » 2.543 w e r e
placfed on eligible lists as a re su lt of
thegexam inations. B oth open continu
ous and scheduled exam inations are
included in th e tabulation.
News L etter Issued
A new publication entitled “Civil
Service News L etter” is to be d istrib
uted to all state employees. The letter
w ill be p jjb W ied periodically and w ill
discuss in te rp re ta tiS H a f the ru le M M B
regula tions and answ er at length thé
most frequently asked questions con
cerning civil service policies.
Proposed R ule Changes
Two proposed rule changes w ill be
the subject of public hearings o n A j l
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the lim it on em ployees who m ay, after
overtim e pay from
classes w ith a m inim um salary of $280
to classes w ith a m inim um salary of
$300 and outlining the types of w ork
w h ic jS |B |æ I ly req u ire irre g u la r w S I
schedules and for w hich overtim e is
not allowed. The second change clari
fies conditions under w hich employees
reinstated or reem ployed m ay have
prev-icprsly accrued leave credits re
stored to th em .
N um bers in Each Class
A file count has ju st been com
pleted of the n u M B l S f e m n lB BBjm
each classification in the state service.
TooQ engthy to re p rin t here, some of
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