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() 55 ILCS 5/Div. 3-12
(55 ILCS 5/Div. 3-12 heading)
Division 3-12.
Merit Employment System
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55 ILCS 5/3-12001
(55 ILCS 5/3-12001) (from Ch. 34, par. 3-12001)
Sec. 3-12001.
Creation or abolition of Personnel Policy Commission.
The County Board of any county having a population of 350,000 or more but
less than 1,000,000 inhabitants as determined by the last preceding federal
census, may by ordinance create a Personnel Policy Commission.
If the county board does not by ordinance create a Personnel Policy
Commission pursuant to the provisions of this Division, a
petition may be filed with the county clerk, signed by not less than 1% of the
registered voters of the county, requesting the submission to a
referendum of the following proposition: shall the county board
of..... county create a Personnel Policy Commission pursuant to the
provisions of Division 3-12 of the Counties Code?
If such a petition is filed, the county clerk shall submit the
proposition to the voters at an election to be held in accordance with the
general election law.
If a majority of the voters voting on the proposition vote in favor
of it, the county board shall, by ordinance, create a Personnel Policy
Commission pursuant to the provisions of this Division.
At any time after the creation of a Personnel Policy Commission
pursuant to this Division, a petition may be filed with the county clerk,
signed by not less than 1% of the registered voters of the county,
requesting the submission to a referendum of the following proposition:
shall the county board of..... county abolish the Personnel Policy
Commission established pursuant to the provisions of Division 3-12 of
the Counties Code?
The election authority shall submit the proposition to the voters at an
election to be held in accordance with the general election law.
If a majority of the voters voting on the proposition vote in favor
of it, the county board shall, by ordinance, abolish such Personnel
Policy Commission.
(Source: P.A. 86-962.)
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55 ILCS 5/3-12002
(55 ILCS 5/3-12002) (from Ch. 34, par. 3-12002)
Sec. 3-12002.
Definitions.
The following words and terms found in
this Division have the meaning defined in this Section unless the context
clearly indicates that a different meaning is intended.
(a) Appointing authority: the officer, individual, board or group,
who by law or legally delegated authority, has the authority to appoint
or to remove personnel from positions as county employees.
(b) Appointment: the offer and the acceptance of employment in the
county service.
(c) Board: a county board.
(d) Class: one or more positions sufficiently similar with respect
to duties and responsibilities that the same descriptive title may be
used with clarity to designate each of said positions; that the same
minimum qualifications are appropriate for the performance of each such
position; that the same test of fitness may be used to rank applicants
on the basis of merit; and that the same schedule of pay may be applied
to all such similar positions.
(e) Classification plan: a list of the classes in the classified
service by official title. For each class, a specification shall be
prepared which shall set forth the duties, responsibilities and
authority thereof, and the minimum qualifications necessary for entry
into any of the positions in the class.
(f) Classified service: all positions and employees in the county
service subject to the provisions of this Division.
(g) Commission: the County Personnel Policy Commission established
under this Division.
(h) County: the County government.
(i) Department: a county governmental unit under the control of an
appointing authority which has a separate operating budget approved by
the Board.
(j) Director: Director of the County Personnel Department.
(k) Eligible: a person who has attained a passing score on an
examination for a specific class.
(l) Employee: a person who is paid a wage, salary or stipend from
public monies in accordance with official entries on a county payroll.
(m) List of eligibles: the persons who have met the minimum
requirements for entry into a class.
(n) Part-time employee: an employee who works less than 30 hours per week.
(o) Permanent employee: any employee in the classified service who
has satisfactorily completed the probationary period and has been so
certified by the appointing authority.
(p) Personnel department: the personnel director and the employees
under the director's supervision.
(q) Position: a specific employment whether occupied or vacant,
involving duties requiring the services of one person.
(r) Probation: a specified period of employment following
appointment, reemployment, transfer, promotion or demotion; it is the
final step in the examination process during which work performance of
an employee is evaluated.
(s) Promotion: a change in the assignment of an employee from a
position in one class to a position in another class having a higher
range of pay.
(t) Suspension: the temporary separation of an employee from his/her
position for disciplinary reasons.
(u) Temporary employee: an employee who by prearrangement works at a
given position for not more than 4 months per year.
(v) Unclassified service: all positions in the county service which
are exempt from the provisions of this Division and from the
rules pertaining thereto.
(Source: P.A. 86-962.)
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55 ILCS 5/3-12003
(55 ILCS 5/3-12003) (from Ch. 34, par. 3-12003)
Sec. 3-12003.
Classified and unclassified service.
The county
service shall be divided into the classified and unclassified service. All
offices and positions of the county shall be in the classified service
unless specially designated as being in the unclassified service by this
Division. Positions in the unclassified service shall include the following:
(1) officials elected at large in the county and up to three chief
assistants to each such elected official;
(2) department managers;
(3) officials and employees whose appointment and removal is
otherwise provided by law;
(4) attorneys;
(5) chief deputies, assistant chief deputies, first assistants to
department managers and second assistants to department managers, according
to the following standards:
a. in offices of fewer than 20 full time employees, one chief
deputy or first assistant to the department manager;
b. in offices of more than 20 people, the chief deputy or first
assistant and the assistant chief deputy or second assistant;
(6) private secretaries to all those exempted persons except
attorneys below the rank of second assistant; and
(7) all part-time or temporary employees.
(Source: P.A. 86-962.)
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55 ILCS 5/3-12004
(55 ILCS 5/3-12004) (from Ch. 34, par. 3-12004)
Sec. 3-12004.
Membership of commission.
(a) There shall be
a Personnel Policy Commission consisting of 5 members selected from the
general public by the county board chairman with the consent of the county
board.
(b) From the membership of the Personnel Policy Commission the
county board chairman shall select a chairman of the commission.
(c) Appointments to the Personnel Policy Commission shall be made as
follows:
(1) two members shall be appointed for a term ending the first
Monday of July, 1979;
(2) two members shall be appointed for a term ending the first
Monday of July, 1980;
(3) one member shall be appointed for a term ending the first
Monday of July, 1981;
(4) thereafter, not later than the first Tuesday of June, each
member shall be appointed in the same manner for a term of 3 years,
except that any person appointed to fill a vacancy occurring prior to
the expiration of a term shall be appointed in the same manner for the
remainder of the term. Each member of the commission shall hold office
until his successor is appointed and qualified.
The Personnel Policy Commission shall meet at such time
and place as shall be specified by call of the commission chairman. At
least one meeting shall be held quarterly; three members shall
constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. Commission members
shall serve without compensation; however, they shall be reimbursed for
travel and other necessary and reasonable expenses in accordance with
the established procedures of the county.
(d) Commission members shall be subject to the following
qualifications restrictions:
a. not more than 3 members shall be of the same political party;
b. no commissioner shall hold another lucrative office or
employment under the United States, the State of Illinois or any
municipal corporation or political division thereof;
c. no commissioner shall be a member of any local, state or
national committee of a local political party or an officer or member of
standing committees of any partisan political group or organization;
d. no commissioner can be a candidate for any partisan elective
public office;
e. commissioners may be removed from office by the county board
chairman, with the consent of the county board, for neglect of duty or
malfeasance in office.
(e) The county board shall make appropriations from the general fund
to meet the estimated cost of administering the provisions of this
resolution.
(f) The Director of Personnel shall serve as executive secretary of
the Personnel Policy Commission.
(Source: P.A. 86-962.)
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55 ILCS 5/3-12005
(55 ILCS 5/3-12005) (from Ch. 34, par. 3-12005)
Sec. 3-12005.
Powers and duties of commission.
The commission shall:
(a) be empowered to promulgate and amend rules, pertaining to the
merit employment system, within the scope of Section 3-12007.
Such rules and amendments thereto, upon adoption by majority vote of the
commission, shall be submitted through the county board chairman to the
county board and shall become effective 60 days thereafter unless the
board enacts a resolution of non-acceptance within that time.
(b) by its rules, provide for promotion on the basis of ascertained
merit, examination and seniority, and provide, where practicable, that
vacancies shall be filled by promotion. The commission shall submit to
the appointing authority the names of not more than 5 applicants for
each promotion.
(c) review any grievance or disciplinary action concerning an
employee where appealed by such employee, and issue a final determination.
(d) investigate or require the Director of Personnel to investigate
any matter, as it considers necessary, concerning the management of
county personnel.
(e) make periodic recommendations and reports as required by the
county board.
(f) perform such other duties as may be expressly set forth in this
Division and in the regulations adopted pursuant thereto.
(Source: P.A. 86-962.)
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55 ILCS 5/3-12006
(55 ILCS 5/3-12006) (from Ch. 34, par. 3-12006)
Sec. 3-12006.
Director of Personnel.
The Director of Personnel
shall be a person experienced in the field of personnel administration,
particularly in the application of merit principles and scientific methods
to public employment, and shall be appointed by the county board chairman
with the advice and consent of the county board.
In addition to other duties as may be imposed by the Personnel Policy
Commission, the duties of the Director of Personnel shall be to:
(a) apply and carry out the provisions of this Division and
the rules and regulations adopted hereunder;
(b) be empowered to establish a system of examinations and
procedures for appointment and removal of employees and other persons
subject to the merit employment system;
(c) prepare a register for each grade or class of positions of the
persons whose general average standing upon examination is not less than
the minimum fixed by the commission and who are otherwise eligible,
listing each person in order of relative excellence;
(d) be empowered to establish and carry out appropriate penalties,
limited to dismissal, demotion, or suspension, for violations of
Sections 3-12009, 3-12010 or 3-12011;
(e) attend meetings of the Personnel Policy Commission, act as
executive secretary, and keep minutes of its proceedings;
(f) establish and maintain a roster of all employees in the county
classified service showing class title, pay or status and other
pertinent data;
(g) subject to county board approval, appoint such employees of the
personnel department and such special assistants as may be necessary to
carry out effectively the provisions of this resolution;
(h) develop, in cooperation with appointing authorities and others,
programs for improvement of employee effectiveness, including but not
limited to training, safety, health, counseling welfare and handling of
grievances;
(i) review as necessary the operation and effect of this Division
and of the rules promulgated pursuant to this Division
and report findings and recommendations to the Commission;
(j) encourage and exercise leadership in the development of
effective administration with the county agencies, departments and
institutions; and
(k) perform such other lawful acts which the Director of Personnel
may consider necessary or desirable to carry out the purposes of this
Division.
(Source: P.A. 86-962.)
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55 ILCS 5/3-12007
(55 ILCS 5/3-12007) (from Ch. 34, par. 3-12007)
Sec. 3-12007. Proposed rules for classified service. (a) The
Director of Personnel shall prepare and submit to the commission proposed
rules for the classified service. The director shall give at least 10
days' notice to the heads of all departments or agencies affected and they
shall be given an opportunity, upon their request, to appear before the
commission to express their views thereon before action is taken by the
commission.
(b) The rules, as adopted pursuant to subsection (a) of Section
3-12005 shall provide for:
(1) preparation, maintenance and revision of a | | position classification plan for all positions in the classified service, based upon the similarity of duties performed and responsibilities assumed, so that the same qualifications may reasonably be required and the same schedule of pay may be applied to all positions in the same class. Each position authorized by the Board shall be allocated by the director to the proper class and assigned to the appropriate pay range for that class.
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(2) promotion which shall give appropriate
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(3) open competitive examinations to determine the
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(4) competitive selection of employees for all
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(5) establishment of lists of eligibles for
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(6) certification by the director to the appointing
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(7) rejection of candidates who do not comply with
| | reasonable job requirements in regard to such factors as age, physical condition, training and experience, or who are addicted to alcohol or narcotics or have been guilty of infamous or disgraceful conduct or are undocumented immigrants.
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(8) periods of probationary employment. During the
| | initial probation period following appointment any employee may be discharged or demoted without charges or hearing except that any applicant or employee, regardless of status, who has reason to believe that he/she has been discriminated against because of religious opinions or affiliation, or race, sex, or national origin in any personnel action may appeal to the commission in accordance with the provisions of this Division or in appropriate rules established by the commission pursuant to subsection (a) of Section 3-12005.
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(9) provisional employment without competitive
| | examinations when there is no appropriate eligible list available. No person hired as a provisional employee shall continue on the county payroll longer than 6 months per calendar year nor shall successive provisional appointments be allowed.
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(10) transfer from a position in one department to a
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(11) procedures for authorized reinstatement within
| | one year of persons who resign in good standing.
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(12) layoff by reason of lack of funds or work or
| | abolition of the position, or material changes in duties or organization, and for the layoff of nontenured employees first, and for the reemployment of permanent employees so laid off, giving consideration in both layoff and reemployment to performance record and seniority in service.
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(13) keeping records of performance of all employees
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(14) suspension, demotion or dismissal of an employee
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(15) establishment of a plan for resolving employee
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(16) hours of work, holidays and attendance
| | regulations, and for annual, sick and special leaves of absence, with or without pay, or at reduced pay.
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(17) development of employee morale, safety and
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(18) establishment of a period of probation, the
| | length of which shall be determined by the complexity of the work involved, but which shall not exceed one year without special written approval from the commission.
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(19) such other rules, not inconsistent with this
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(Source: P.A. 102-1030, eff. 5-27-22.)
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55 ILCS 5/3-12008
(55 ILCS 5/3-12008) (from Ch. 34, par. 3-12008)
Sec. 3-12008.
Permanent status of incumbent employees.
Upon
the initial implementation of this Division, incumbent employees may obtain
permanent status as follows:
(a) Employees holding positions in the county classified service who
have satisfactorily completed their prescribed probationary period
shall, upon the certification of the manager or head of the agency or
department in which they are employed, be continued in their positions
in the classified service without examination.
(b) Employees holding positions in the county classified service for
less than their prescribed probationary period shall, upon certification
of the manager or head of the agency or department in which they are
employed, be continued in their positions in the classified service
without examination until they shall have satisfactorily completed their
prescribed probationary period.
The salaries of incumbent employees in both the above-described
categories shall not be reduced as a result of the adoption of this Division.
(Source: P.A. 86-962.)
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55 ILCS 5/3-12009
(55 ILCS 5/3-12009) (from Ch. 34, par. 3-12009)
Sec. 3-12009.
Political activity by employees.
(a) No employee shall:
(1) Use any political endorsement in connection with any
appointment to a position in the county classified service, or
(2) Use or promise to use any official authority or influence for
the purpose of influencing the vote or political action of any person or
for any consideration.
(b) Any person in the county service who violates any of the
provisions of this Section shall be subject to such penalties as are
determined by the commission and promulgated in the merit employment
system rules,
(c) The provisions of this Section shall be construed as subordinate
to any federal prohibitions against political activity by employees in
the county classified service.
(Source: P.A. 86-962.)
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55 ILCS 5/3-12010
(55 ILCS 5/3-12010) (from Ch. 34, par. 3-12010)
Sec. 3-12010.
Unlawful discrimination prohibited.
(a) No
unlawful discrimination as that term is defined in the
Illinois Human Rights Act, shall be exercised in any manner by
any county official, appointing authority or employee.
(b) The Illinois Human Rights Act applies to the employment practices
of county officials, appointing authorities, and employees.
(Source: P.A. 86-962.)
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55 ILCS 5/3-12011
(55 ILCS 5/3-12011) (from Ch. 34, par. 3-12011)
Sec. 3-12011.
Certain statements and acts prohibited.
(a)
No person shall make any false statement, certificate, mark, rating or
report with regard to any test, certification or appointment made under any
provision of this Division or in any manner commit or attempt to commit any
fraud preventing the impartial execution of this Division.
(b) No person shall, directly or indirectly, give, render, pay,
offer, solicit or accept any money, service or other valuable
consideration for or on account of any appointment, proposed
appointment, promotion or proposed promotion to, or any advantage in, a
position in the county classified service.
(c) No employee in the personnel department, examiner, or other
person shall defeat, deceive or obstruct any person in his right to
examination, eligibility, certification or appointment under this
resolution, or furnish to any person any special or secret information
for the purpose of affecting the rights or prospects of any persons with
respect to employment in the county classified service.
(d) No person shall discharge, degrade or promote or in any manner
change the official rank or compensation of any person in the classified
service or subject to this Division, or promise or threaten to
do so, for giving or withholding or neglecting to make any contribution of
money or any other valuable thing for any party or political purpose, or
for rendering, refusing or neglecting to render any party or political service.
(Source: P.A. 86-962.)
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55 ILCS 5/3-12012
(55 ILCS 5/3-12012) (from Ch. 34, par. 3-12012)
Sec. 3-12012.
Cooperation with governmental agencies.
The Director
of Personnel, acting in behalf of the county board, shall, as practicable,
cooperate with other governmental agencies charged with public personnel
administration in conducting examinations, training personnel, and
establishing lists from which eligibles shall be certified for appointment,
for promotion and for interchange of personnel.
(Source: P.A. 86-962.)
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55 ILCS 5/3-12013
(55 ILCS 5/3-12013) (from Ch. 34, par. 3-12013)
Sec. 3-12013.
Violations; prosecution.
Any person who wilfully or through culpable negligence
violates this Division, or any commission, examiner, agent or employee of
the commission, or any applicant who wilfully or through culpable
negligence violates any rule promulgated under this Division, shall be
punished by a fine of not less than $50 nor more than $1,000, or by
imprisonment in a penal institution other than the penitentiary for a term
not exceeding 6 months, or both.
All prosecutions for violations of this Division shall be instituted and
conducted by the State's Attorney of the county where the offense occurred.
In the case of conviction under this Division, the office or position held
by the person convicted shall be considered vacant.
(Source: P.A. 91-357, eff. 7-29-99.)
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