General Circular No. 001374

To: Heads of State Agencies and Human Resource Directors

Subject: New Rule To Pilot Direct Entry Of Actions

Issue Date: November 8, 1999

The State Civil Service Commission will hold a public hearing on December 8, 1999, to consider the following Rule proposal. The hearing will begin at 9:00 a.m. and will be held in the Department of State Civil Service Second Floor Hearing Room, DOTD Annex Building, 1201 Capitol Access Road, Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

ADOPT RULE 20.1

Chapter 20 PILOT OF TRANSACTION APPROVAL CHANGES

20.1 The Director may authorize an appointing authority to effect certain personnel actions without obtaining approval of the Director. Every personnel action must comply with Civil Service Rules and the uniform classification and pay plan adopted by the Commission. No employee shall gain any entitlement or property right to any position or pay found to have been awarded to him or her in violation of these Rules.

 EXPLANATION

The Department of Civil Service is pursuing plans to alter the methods used to review personnel actions for compliance with the Civil Service Rules. An essential part of these alterations will be to allow agencies to enter personnel actions with immediate effect. Civil Service review of actions will occur after their effective date. The Rule proposed will allow the Director to authorize appointing authorities to enact certain personnel actions without the Director’s prior review of each action. The requirement for personnel actions to be taken in accordance with the Rules remains unchanged.

Sincerely,

Allen H. Reynolds

Director