County welfare merit system annual reports, 1942-1959.

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County welfare merit system annual reports, 1942-1959.

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The reports describe the system's organization and operation, classification and compensation programs, examinations, court cases, and acknowledgements. They also contain statistics on appeals to the Civil Service Board, finances, number of positions by class, administration of examinations, standards used for rating experience, and resignations and military leaves.

2 folders in partial box.

Minnesota Historical Society, Division of Archives and Manuscripts

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Minnesota. Department of Social Security.

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Minnesota. Division of Social Welfare

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The federal Social Security Act of 1939 required state units of government to establish personnel standards on a merit basis for the employees of agencies concerned with old age assistance, aid to dependent children, aid to the blind, and a number of other social services, as a condition to receive federal grants-in-aid. On January 1, 1940, the Social Security Board ruled that no local government could receive federal funds unless it had made moves to install a merit system for those agencies an...