Civil Service Rules

Table Of Contents

The State Civil Service Rules govern personnel practices and are binding for state classified employees in all state agencies and departments. These Rules are adopted and amended in open hearings by the State Civil Service Commission. Authority for the rules is derived from Article X of the Louisiana State Constitution. Civil Service Policy and Rule related resources can be found here.

Civil Service Article

Program Assistance Division

• Chapter 1 - Definitions of terms used in the rules
• Chapter 2 - Civil Service Commission - their powers, public meetings, procedures for adopting and amending rules, etc
• Chapter 3 - Duties of the Director of Civil Service
• Chapter 4 - Classified and unclassified positions
• Chapter 5 - Classification plan - allocation of positions, reallocations, job corrections, job specifications and job evaluation
• Chapter 6 - Pay rules (for promotion, demotion, reallocation, details, merit increases, etc.)
• Chapter 7 - Examinations and eligible lists; non-competitive jobs
• Chapter 8 - Certification of eligible applicants and types of appointments
• Chapter 9 - Probationary period
• Chapter 10 - Performance planning and review
• Chapter 11 - Hours of work and types of leave such as annual, sick, compensatory, special, etc
• Chapter 12 - Discipline; Corrective Actions; Separations
• Chapter 13 - Civil Service appeals
• Chapter 14 - Prohibited activities
• Chapter 15 - Effecting and Reporting Actions
• Chapter 16 - Investigations
• Chapter 17 - Layoff Avoidance Measures, Layoffs, and Post Layoff
• Chapter 18 - Transition Rules - This chapter is no longer used as it applied to the 1987 transition from the old classification and pay plan to the present one
• Chapter 19 - Transition to New Pay Structure
• Chapter 20 - Pilot of Transaction Approval Changes
• Chapter 21 - Overtime and Overtime Compensation