Correspondence and grievance file, 1957-1970.

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Correspondence and grievance file, 1957-1970.

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Incoming letters are chiefly from suspended, demoted, or discharged state employees. Others are from private citizens, federal lawmakers, and the media concerning complaints about the civil service system. Civil Service Commission replies generally recommend that state employees go through their established agency grievance procedures. Other typical letters complain of racial discrimination; personal property confiscation by the state; and supervisors' refusals to let employees take accumulated vaction days. Included in the correspondence are exchanges with House members concerning budget bills; with civil service applicants; and with former employees appealing their cases or requesting their personnel files. Related material includes commission hearing or decision reviews; writs of mandamus filed against Department of Personnel director by discharged employees; employee statements about conduct of employees under review; State Industrial Commission arbitrator decisions; commission staff promotion methods drafts; appealed case legal briefs; court decisions; and "Staff Report Concerning the Reorganization in the Department of Registration and Education," which contains organizational charts and a department growth review.

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Illinois. Department of Registration and Education

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The Department of Registration and Education, created by the Civil Administrative Code of 1917, absorbed powers and duties from several earlier boards and agencies (e.g., Board of Examiners; Board of Livestock Commissioners; Board of Health; Board of Pharmacy; Board of Optometry). The Department assumed responsibility for professional regulation of various professions (e.g., horseshoers; architects; structural engineers; dentists; nurses; barbers) including professional examination and licensing...

Illinois. Dept. of Personnel.

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Illinois. Civil Service Commission

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Illinois' first civil service law (approved May 11, 1905; in effect Nov. 1905) established the Civil Service Commission. The commission initially had jurisdiction over non-supervisory employees at state institutions, assumming various responsibilities including position classification; eligibility lists; appointment approval; record keeping (e.g., transfers; promotions); complaint investigations; employee removal; personnel rule filing; salary authorization; and annual report submission to Gover...