Section 600.610  Introduction

a)         General

1)         Subject

            This Subpart establishes the basic policies governing personnel in the Office of the Auditor General.

2)         Equal Employment

            The Office of the Auditor General does not discriminate against any individual on any unlawful basis, including race, color, religion, sex, age, marital status, physical or mental disability, national origin, citizenship, political affiliation, ancestry, military status or unfavorable discharge from military service.

3)         Scope

            All payroll employees of the Office of the Auditor General are subject to the provisions of this Subpart.

b)         References

1)         Authority

            This Subpart is promulgated under the authority of Sections 2-10 and 2-12(a) of the Illinois State Auditing Act (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1991, ch. 15, pars. 302-10 and 302-12(a)) [30 ILCS 5/2-10 and 2-12(a)].

2)         Incorporations

            The following materials are incorporated by reference and made a part of this Subpart:

A)        Standards of Construction for Rules, 74 Ill. Adm. Code 440.Subpart A; and

B)        Definitions, 74 Ill. Adm. Code 440.Subpart B.

c)         Definitions

            "Auditor General" means the Auditor General of the State of Illinois.

            "Certified Employee" means an employee who has satisfactorily completed a required period of probation and attained certified status in any position during the employee's most recent period of continuous service with the Office.

            "Certified Status" means status achieved through the completion of a probationary period.

            "Deputy Auditor General" means Deputy Auditor General of the State of Illinois.

            "Director" means a designated head of an organizational unit as reflected in the organizational chart.  Where appropriate, the term "director" includes the Auditor General and Deputy Auditor General.

            "Executive Employee" means a Director, a Legal Counsel, the Assistant to the Auditor General, and other employees as designated in their position descriptions.

            "Immediate Family" means spouse, parents, stepparents, children, stepchildren, siblings, grandparents, grandchildren, and other persons abiding within the same household. For bereavement purposes, the term includes parents-in-law, brother- or sister-in-law, and children-in-law.

            "Office" means Office of the Auditor General.

            "Probationary Employee" means an employee serving a probationary period after initial hiring from outside the Office.

            "Probationary Period" means a period of approximately six calendar months preceding receipt of notice of certification and after initial hiring from outside the Office or of approximately four (4) months after appointment to a position within the Office in which the employee has not previously been certified.

            "State Auditor" means a State payroll employee of the Office who has been authorized by the Auditor General to conduct audits, investigations and studies and who has been appointed State Auditor in accordance with this Subpart.

(Source:  Amended at 28 Ill. Reg. 14457, effective December 1, 2004)