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10. ELIGIBLE LISTS
10.01 - TYPE OF LIST. The Director shall establish and maintain such lists of eligibles for the various classes of positions as deemed necessary or desirable to meet the needs of the service. Appointment from the various types of lists shall be made in the order defined in Regulation 11.02.
10.011 - 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 or her position, shall have his or her name placed upon the appropriate layoff list for his or her 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.)
10.012 - CAREER ADVANCEMENT ELIGIBLE LIST. Comprised of all qualified candidates who have permanent civil service status in a career advancement class and are eligible for promotion to the next higher level class in the career advancement series.
10.013 - PROMOTIONAL ELIGIBLE LIST. Comprised of all qualified candidates who have permanent civil service status and who have passed an examination and are ranked in order of relative excellence.
10.014 - DEPARTMENTAL PROMOTIONAL ELIGIBLE LIST. Comprised of all qualified candidates who have permanent civil service status in a specified department and who have passed an examination and are ranked in order of relative excellence.
10.015 - OPEN COMPETITIVE ELIGIBLE LIST. Comprised of all qualified candidates who have passed an examination and are ranked in order of relative excellence.
10.016 - ELIGIBLE LIST FOR UNSKILLED LABORERS. The Director shall establish eligible lists for the class of Laborer and such lists shall be used for certification only to positions allocated to that class or to other similar classes that do not require any previous experience or training. All candidates shall be placed on the eligible list for the class of Laborer according to the method determined by the Director, provided however, that candidates for Laborer need not take written examinations. Rank on the eligible list will be determined in accordance with the provisions of Regulation 9.067. Every applicant for appointment to a Laborer position shall be required to pass such qualifying tests of fitness as may be prescribed by the Director.
10.017 - APPROPRIATE, RELATED LIST. In the absence on an eligible or layoff 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.
10.02 - EFFECTIVE DATE OF ELIGIBLE LIST.
10.021 - PUBLISHED LIST OF CANDIDATES. A list signed and approved by the Director or his/her designee containing the scores, rank and status of all candidates eligible to compete in an examination. The Published List of Candidates will be used to notify candidates of their score, rank and status. The Published List of Candidates may not be used for certification and appointment until it has been established by the Director or his/her designee. The time limit for review of examination results as defined in Regulations 9.09 and 9.11 shall begin on the date that the Published List of Candidates is approved by the Director or his/her designee.
10.022 - ESTABLISHED ELIGIBLE LIST. A Published List of Candidates will be considered an Established Eligible List on the date that the list is signed and approved as ready for certification by the Director or his/her designee. Eligible candidates may be certified and appointed at any time after the list has been established until the list expires or is exhausted or cancelled. The Director may publish a List of Candidates and establish an eligible list at separate times or simultaneously as deemed necessary or desirable to meet the needs of the service. The duration of the eligible list will be determined by the date that the list is signed and designated as an Established Eligible List.
10.07 - DURATION AND REPLACEMENT OF LISTS.
10.071 - NON-CONTINUOUS AND PERIODIC LISTS. Eligible lists established as the result of non-continuous or periodic examinations shall continue in force for at least one year from the date that the list is signed and designated as an Established Eligible List 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 by the more recently established list, or consolidated in accordance with Regulation 10.08 if it has been determined that the selection process used to create both eligible lists is equivalent in content and level of difficulty.
10.072 - OTHER LISTS. Names of eligibles on 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 or on any earlier date as the name removed are also removed and, provided further, that more recently added 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.
10.08 - 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 a newly established list may be consolidated with those on the prior list, provided however, that
The consolidated eligible list shall be considered a single list. Rank on a consolidated list shall be determined as if all of the eligibles had competed in a single examination. Names of eligible candidates will appear on the list, and certification will be made from the consolidated list, in rank order in accordance with Regulation 9.067.
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:
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 - Three times waiving or declining appointment to permanent positions in the class for which the list was established to which he or she has been certified.
10.093 - Separation from the department of the eligible on a promotional list for that department.
10.094 - 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.
10.095 - Notice by postal authorities of their inability to locate the eligible at his or her last known address.
10.096 - Lack of any of the published requisite qualifications established by the Director for the examination for the position for which he or she applied.
10.097 - Practice or attempt to practice any deception or fraud in his or her application, in his or her declarations or in securing eligibility or appointment.
The name of an eligible may be removed from an eligible list by the Director for any of the following reasons:
10.098 - Felony or misdemeanor convictions in this state or elsewhere which relate to the applicant's suitability in such a way as to preclude them from employment in the position for which they applied and/or are being considered.
10.099 - Dismissal from the public service or private employment for inefficiency, delinquency or misconduct.
10.0910 - Previous work performance in either public or private employment found to have been unsatisfactory as to efficiency, delinquency or conduct.
10.0911 - Information revealed during the pre-employment background investigation that indicates that the applicant is unsuitable for appointment to the position for which they applied and/or are being considered.
10.0912 - Disability that prevents the eligible, with or without a reasonable accommodation, from satisfactorily carrying on the duties of the position.
10.0913 - Failing a pre-employment drug or alcohol screen.
10.10 - RESTORATION OF NAMES TO LISTS. An eligible candidate, whose name is removed from an eligible list in accordance with Regulation 10.09, as provided above, may make a written request to the Director for the restoration of his or her name to such list. Such request shall set forth therein the error he or she 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 the Director determines that regulations were erroneously applied, the facts 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.
10.11 - CANDIDATE TEMPORARILY INELIGIBLE OR UNAVAILABLE FOR CERTIFICATION OR APPOINTMENT. During a specified period and/or for specified departments, the name of an eligible candidate shall be passed over to fill vacancies as though the name did not then appear on the list for any of the following reasons.
10.111 - CANDIDATE DECLARATION OF UNAVAILABILITY FOR APPOINTMENT. The eligible candidate files a written statement of un-availability with the Director stating that the eligible is unable to accept appointment. Such statement may be restricted to a limited period of time or for appointment to a department or departments as specified in the statement of unavailability.
During the life of the eligible list, any eligible filing such a restricted statement of unavailability may renew 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.
10.112 - CANDIDATE INELIGIBLE UNTIL ALL REQUIREMENTS HAVE BEEN MET. An eligible candidate may be declared temporarily ineligible for appointment if the candidate:
The candidate's name will remain on the eligible list, but the candidate will not be appointed to any position until the candidate submits adequate documentation that the candidate does possess the published required qualifications, or has successfully passed the qualifying examination or evaluation of fitness required for the position.
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