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Civil Service Notations
By Jam es M. Clinton
P iWejcnBr- Civil Sew Jee Commission
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CSC Adds to Staff
F o u r • p erso n n el technicians have
b een a p p < |g rtd fiy , th e civM service
com m ission. Two of th e technicians
are ad d itions to the staff and tw o are
rep lacem en ts. Tom F aught, g ra d u ate
of O regon S ta te college, w as appointed
to fill a new ly created position h e a d
ing u p th e jK o m n ^ ^ ^ w M g re c ru itin g
activities. T he. com m ission plan s to
e 5 & ^ r e B i i t i n g ^ e f f ^ t s to not
only a ttra c t .candidat^ w o r / e x a m in a -
tions b u t to give I th e d ep a rtm en ts as
sistan ce in fillin g positions fo r w hich
ex am in atio n s h av e n o t yet been ed -
M r a g f t e r e d .I C h arles Bocci, g ra d u ate of
of P o rtla n d ,., has .been ad r
ded to th e ex a m in a tio n staff. His d u
ties w ill in clu d e p re p a rin g and am -
m in isterin g
ex am inations.
F lorence
G oodridge; W illam ette u n iv e rsity g ra -
d u ate, h as been ap p o in ted to replace
M rs. M arg aret W hite, w ho has accep t
ed a position w ith the ta x com m is
sion. Miss G oodridge w ill be assigned
to th e clerical tests. R oger W agner,
U n iv ersity of O regon g rad u ate, has
b een ap p o in ted mmBSBgl thM Ssan-
m ission’s P o rtla n d office replacing
m I^BR o ^ W ebster (A rlene W illiam s)
w ho ¿resigned follow ing h e r m arria g e
to m ove to S eattle.
Salary Increase Plan Adopted
T he civil service com m ission has
a d o ||H | th e a n n iv e rsa ry date salary
in crease plan. H e reto fo re em ployes
e g » receiv e a n n u a l salary in creases
only on J a n u a ry 1 or Ju ly s 1- U n d er
th e n ew p lan em ployes w ill becom e
elig ib le one y ea r a fte r th e ir last sa l
ary increase. T he p re sen t six m o n th s’
in crease follow ing th e firs t six m onths
of service or six m onths a t th e m in i
m um of th e salary r a l ^ ^ H ^ fe tin iie d
b u t em plo^ s ^ w ill h av e to w a it u n til
th e first of w ? m o n th follow ing com
p letion of six m onthsM ervicPi .fo r th e
increase. S alary increases continue to
be based on m e rit/o f p erfo rm an c e a n d
a re not autom atic. It is a n tic ip a te d
th a t lltpç a .u s ^ o f th e re d u ced b u d g e ts
of m an y d ep a rtm en ts th a t sa la ry i n -
creases w ill be h a r d e r to e a rn d u rin g
th is b ien n iu m an d th e com petition
w ill be k een to w in th e m oney a v a il
a b le ’. fo r th is purpose. E m ployes are
rem in d e d th a t th e d e p a rtm e n ts w ere
allow ed to ask fo r fu n d s to p e rm it
only one ra ise fo r each em ploye fo r th e
tw o y e a r period. In o th e r Sw ords, if
m ore th a n one ra ise in tw o, y ea rs is
to b e given to an y one em p lo y e th e
m oney m u st be saved th ro u g h efficien t
o p e rf||o n .
P ay P la n Now E ffective
T he p ay p la n ap p ro v ed by th e re -
cent lég islatu re f e ^ m e effectiv e on
J u ly 1. The sta te w ill em ploy h e w
perso n n el at a low er ra te in five clas-
Jhlg^m pFg a n d e r this plan. P erso n s on
th e p ay ro ll before J u ly 1 in these
classes w ill not be reduced. T he $10
cost of liv in g a d ju stm e n t is now a p a r t
of th e re g u la r ’ p ay plan. Em ployes in
salary ranges beginning above $400
w ill now get th e $10 a d d itio n al given
to‘ all o th er em ployes la st N ovem ber 1.
S tatus of Exam P ro g ram
1. As of J u n e 1, 1951, in itia l regiS-
ters h i ® 'been ë^BMÆh ed fo r 175, of
th e 606 classifications (28.M |gH ÏÏ
2.. Of th e ^ n a m i n g 421 u n ex a m in e d
classes-
(a) th e re a re 15 w ith ".Sffior m ore
e m p lo y e s®
(b) th e re are 15 w ith 25 to 50
em ployes,//:
(c) th ere a r e Î5 1 $ v B i 10 to 25 e m -
ployes.
-(d) th e re a re 340 w ith 0 to 10 e m -
ployes.
3. A p p ro x im ate ly 76.3% of th e to ta l
classified e m p lo y e s/ ( 12,128) a re in