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10. ELIGIBLE LISTS10.01 - KINDS OF LISTS. There are three kinds of eligible lists: open competitive, promotional, and career advancement. 10.02 - OPEN COMPETITIVE, CAREER ADVANCEMENT, AND PROMOTIONAL LISTS. The Director shall establish and maintain such lists of eligibles for the various classes of positions as he deems necessary or desirable to meet the needs of the service. An open competitive, promotional, or career advancement list shall be in effect from the date on which it is signed by the Director. (Sec. 7-401 (f) C.C.) 10.03 - LAYOFF LIST. An employee having permanent or probationary Civil Service status in a specific class of work, but who is not working in such class because of layoff due to a lack of either work or funds, or a departmental reorganization resulting in abolishment of his position, shall have his name placed upon the appropriate layoff list for his class of employment. Names shall be placed on a layoff list in order of a combination of performance rating credit and seniority in the Civil Service as provided for in Civil Service Regulations 16.012 and 16.013. (Sec. 7-401 (o) C.C.) 10.05 - APPROPRIATE, RELATED LISTS. In the absence on an eligible list for a class within which a vacancy exists, the Director may certify from a list of a related class that the Director determines to be appropriate. Such appropriate, related list should be for a class having substantially the same or higher level requirements than the class in which the vacancy exists. The appropriate related eligible list from which the eligible candidate is certified should be for a class that is paid higher than, equal to, or one range lower than the class in which the vacancy exists and the eligible candidate is appointed. 10.061 - GENERAL PROVISIONS. The Director shall establish, as necessary, eligible lists for unskilled laborers and such lists shall be used for certification only to positions allocated to the class of unskilled laborer. This list shall not be used to fill positions in any classes in the Civil Service for which competitive examinations are required.
10.062 - EXAMINATIONS AND ELIGIBLE LISTS. The Director may provide a special form of application for unskilled laborer positions. Every applicant for appointment to an unskilled laborer position shall be required to pass such medical, physical and other qualifying tests of fitness as may be prescribed by the Director. The candidates who pass such tests shall be placed upon the resulting eligible list solely upon the basis of successfully passing the tests and without regard to rank or scores. An eligible list obtained for unskilled laborers shall be used to certify when necessary to the class specified in Section 10.061 above. 10.063 - APPOINTMENT. The appointing authority may appoint any person who has passed qualifying tests of fitness as prescribed in Section 10.062 above. 10.064 - PROMOTION AND DEMOTION. A person appointed to an unskilled laborer class may be promoted to a higher unskilled laborer class at the discretion of the appointing authority with pay increases in accordance with Section 6.092 of the Regulations. Demotions, voluntary or involuntary, shall be made in accordance with Sections 6.093, 6.094 and 17.01 of the Regulations. 10.065 - DURATION OF ELIGIBLE LISTS FOR UNSKILLED LABORERS. An eligible list for unskilled laborers shall continue in force for at least one (1) year from the date of its establishment and thereafter until exhausted or replaced by a more recently prepared list but in no case longer than two (2) years. 10.07 - DURATION AND REPLACEMENT OF LISTS. 10.071 - NON-CONTINUOUS AND PERIODIC LISTS. Open competitive and promotional lists, established as the result of non-continuous or periodic examinations, shall continue in force for at least one year from the date of establishment thereof and thereafter until exhausted or replaced but in no case longer than two years. When a more recent list has been established for a class, the Director may determine that a previous non-continuous or periodic list for that class, which is more than one year old, shall be canceled and replaced. 10.072 - OTHER LISTS. Names of eligibles on open competitive, promotional, and career advancement lists established as the result of continuous examinations shall be retained on such lists for at least one year from the date on which the name is placed on the list or until appointed or removed but in no case longer than two years. The Director may remove a name from a continuous list at any time after the name has been on such list for one year, provided however, that all names added to the list on the same date as the name removed, or on any earlier date, are also removed and, provided further, that in the case of continuous lists, more recent names remain on the list. Names of persons laid off or demoted in lieu thereof shall be retained on the appropriate layoff lists for a period not to exceed two years. 10.073 - CONSOLIDATED LISTS. For the purpose of this section, separate lists which have been consolidated shall be treated as separate lists. 10.08 - CONSOLIDATION OF LISTS. In event of the apparent early depletion of an eligible list, the Director may announce a new examination from which to secure a new eligible list for such class. The names of eligibles on this new list may be consolidated with those on the prior list, if any remain, provided however, that such consolidation shall not be effected earlier than twelve (12) months following the date of promulgation of the prior list. Names from both lists shall take rank upon the consolidated list in accordance with the ranking procedure prescribed by these Regulations. 10.081 - ELIGIBLES REMAINING ON PRIOR LISTS. An eligible remaining on the prior list shall have the option of taking the new examination with the possibility of attaining a higher final average. If such eligible fails to take the new examination or fails the examination, his name shall be retained on the consolidated list with a rank based on his prior final average. If such eligible takes the new examination and attains a lower final average, his name shall be placed on the consolidated list first, with rank based on his prior final average for the duration of the prior list and thereafter, with rank based on his new final average for the duration of the new list. If such eligible takes the new examination and obtains a higher final average, his name shall be placed on the consolidated list only with rank based on the new final average. 10.09 - REMOVAL OF NAMES FROM LISTS. The name of an eligible shall be removed from an eligible list for any of the following reasons: 10.091 - Appointment through certification from such list to fill a permanent position
10.092 - Filing a statement of unavailability by the eligible with the Director stating that the eligible is unable, for good and proper reasons therein set forth, to accept appointment. Such statement may be restricted to a limited period of time therein specified and, if so restricted, the name of the eligible shall, during the specified period, be passed over in certification to fill vacancies as though his name did not then appear on the list. Any eligible filing such a restricted statement of unavailability may renew his eligibility at any time during the period of time specified in the statement by filing with the Director a written withdrawal of such statement. Not more than two such restricted statements of unavailability will be honored for any individual eligible during the life of any eligible list. 10.093 - Three times waiving or declining appointment to permanent positions to which he has been certified from the same eligible list.
10.094 - Separation from the department of the eligible on a promotional list for that department. 10.095 - Disability that prevents the eligible from satisfactorily carrying on the duties of the position. 10.096 - Failure to respond or report, within the time specified in the notice, to any inquiry of the Director or appointing authority concerning availability of employment. 10.097 - Notice by postal authorities of their inability to locate the eligible at his last known address. 10.098 - Lack of any of the published requisite qualifications established by the Director for the examination for the position for which he applied. 10.099 - Physically so disabled as to be rendered unfit for the performance of the duties of the position to which he seeks appointment. 10.0910 - Addiction to the intemperate use of intoxicating liquors or to the use of harmful drugs. 10.0911 - Addiction to gambling or immoral practices or habits. 10.0912 - Practice or attempt to practice any deception or fraud in his application, in his declarations or in securing his eligibility or appointment. 10.0913 - Failure to pay the required examination application fee. The name of an eligible may be removed from an eligible list by the Director for any of the following reasons: 10.0914 - Conviction in this state or elsewhere, whether sentenced or not and, whether subsequently pardoned or not, of any: (a) felony; (b) misdemeanor in the nature of crimens falsi; (c) offense against public morals or decency; (d) offense the nature of which is malum per se, or tends to lead to corruption, debauchery or lowering of moral standards, or which may adversely affect the health or general welfare of the citizenry; (e) crime of violence, including assault and battery; (f) offense, whether indictable or not, involving dishonesty, fraud or cheating; (g) offense against the public peace, but not including disorderly conduct; or 10.0915 - Dismissal from the public service or private employment for inefficiency, delinquency or misconduct. 10.0916 - Previous work performance in either public or private employment found to have been unsatisfactory as to efficiency, delinquency or conduct. 10.0917 - Information revealed during the pre-employment background investigation that requires removing the employee from the position. 10.10 - RESTORATION OF NAMES TO LISTS. An eligible whose name is removed from an eligible list, as provided above, may make a written request to the Director for the restoration of his name to such list. Such request shall set forth therein the error he believes to have been made in applying the provisions of Section 10.09 of this Regulation and any evidence which might render the Regulation inapplicable or explain or excuse any dereliction on the part of the eligible. The name of the person shall be restored by the Director to its former place on said list only in case he determines that regulations were erroneously applied, the facts he relied on were incomplete or not true, or that a clearly satisfactory excuse exists for the eligible's dereliction. 10.101 - REJECTED PROBATIONARY EMPLOYEE. A probationary employee who is rejected during his probationary period may have his name restored to the eligible list from which he was appointed upon the recommendation of the appointing authority and approval of the Director. END OF REGULATION 10.Philadelphia Civil Service Regulations |