Personnel, Department of
[Record group 147-3]
Agency home page.Agency Function
- The Personnel Department, established by the City Charter, serves a dual function. It is the Mayor's principal advisor and interpreter for human resource management policy. It also serves as the centralized technical and support staff for human resource management within the City government.
The Personnel Department works in partnership with City departments, agencies, boards, and commissions to attract, develop, and retain a well qualified and diverse workforce. The Department is responsible for employee recruitment, examination, classification, compensation, training, labor-management relations, and benefits administration.
- Administrative Subunits
Employment Services
Administrative Services
Management Services
- Agency History
- The Philadelphia Home Rule Charter of 1951 continued the existence of the Civil Service Commission and at the same time created a Personnel Department to assist the Commission in its work in ensuring fair and open examinations for all City positions and to administer the actual preparation and enforcement of Civil Service regulations. The Personnel Director is appointed by the Commissioners. The Director was also appointed a member of the Board of Pensions and Retirement. The Commissioners retain a power of review over and investigation of the Department's operations, and advisory functions to the Director and the Mayor.
- Archival Records
- 147-3.1 Annual Reports (1952-1984, 1986-1992)
147-3.2 Publications and Reports (1952-1972)
147-3.3 Classification Questionnaires (1957-1958)
147-3.4 Position Classification Plan (1952, 1963)
147-3.5 Agreement between the City of Philadelphia and Philadelphia District Council 33 (1953)
- Current Records
- 147-3.a Examinations / Examination History
147-3.aa Benefits Administration / Employee Wage Reports, 4th Quarter
147-3.ab Benefits Administration / COBRA Plan Sponsor Lists
147-3.ac Benefits Administration / COBRA Notification Letter
147-3.ad Benefits Administration / COBRA Benefit Files
147-3.ae Classification / Agendas of Civil Service Commission / Administrative Board
147-3.af Classification / Job Specifications
147-3.ag Classification / Audit History
147-3.ah Classification / Classification History
147-3.ai Classification / Specification Books
147-3.aj Classification / Position Action Database
147-3.ak Classification / Notice of Pay Changes
147-3.al Classification / Questionnaire Folders
147-3.am Classification / Pay Evaluation Folders
147-3.an Equal Employment Opportunity/ Affirmative / EEO Data Sheets
147-3.ao Equal Employment Opportunity/ Affirmative / EE0 - 4 Reports
147-3.ap Equal Employment Opportunity/ Affirmative / Mayor's EEO Reports
147-3.aq Equal Employment Opportunity/ Affirmative / EEO Discrimination Complaints
147-3.ar Labor Relations / Union Contract Negotiations
147-3.as Training and Development / Employee Education/ Training Leave Request
147-3.b Examinations / Provisional Appointments
147-3.c Recruitment / Prospective Applicants
147-3.d Recruitment / Advertising Copy
147-3.e Recruitment / Advertisement Log
147-3.f Recruitment / Recruiting History
147-3.g Recruitment / Interest Cards
147-3.h Certification / Certification Control
147-3.i Certification / Eligible Lists
147-3.j Certification / Certification Referrals
147-3.k Benefits Administration / Regulation 32 Case History
147-3.l Benefits Administration / Transmittals to Health Carriers
147-3.m Benefits Administration / Employee Benefits File
147-3.n Benefits Administration / Sick Leave Reduction Incentive Program Returns
147-3.o Benefits Administration / Annual Certification of Employee Leave Trade
147-3.p Benefits Administration / Benefit Termination Reports
147-3.q Benefits Administration / Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA's)
147-3.r Benefits Administration / Retiree Beneficiary Designations
147-3.s Benefits Administration / Voluntary Accidental Death / Dismemberment Enrollment
147-3.t Benefits Administration / Life Insurance Claims
147-3.u Benefits Administration / Active Life Insurance Claim Recaps
147-3.v Benefits Administration / Retiree Life Insurance Claim Recaps
147-3.w Benefits Administration / Premium Remittance
147-3.z Benefits Administration / Employee Wage Reports, 1st-3rd Quarters
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