Correspondence with the Department of Personnel, 1953-1973.

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Correspondence with the Department of Personnel, 1953-1973.

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Correspondence concerns transition between Civil Service Commission and Department of Personnel as the commission converted from a personnel agency to a regulatory body, approving and overseeing compliance with personnel system rules; assisting in departmental policy development; and adjudicating appeals. The correspondence discusses employee status; exemptions and politics; agency exemption reasons; training; salary scales; proposed Personnel Code amendment explanations; federal grant availablity; presidential salary freeze order effects; position classifications; and Department of Personnel director qualifications. Also included are letters to the Governor concerning forty-hour week for prison guards; pending legislation (e.g., overtime pay); and unpaid volunteers on personnel grievance panels. Supporting documents include employee and applicant lists; personnel director monthly reports; meeting agendas; salary surveys; policy agreements with agencies; Court of Claims employee suit decisions; union contracts; management consultant brochures; and departmental audit reports. Legislative acts; career pamphlets; press releases (e.g., League of Women Voters); and departmental case briefs are also included. Staff working papers; annual budget requests with program priority justifications; personnel legislation status; training handouts; personnel techniques drafts; activity reports; computer print-outs (e.g., job titles; payroll rosters); graphs (e.g., employment separation causes; promotions); and appointments (e.g., emergency; temporary; provisional subject-to-examination; certified; exempt) also accompany correspondence.

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