CHAPTER 230
STATE EMPLOYMENT RELATIONS
SUBCHAPTER I
ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES
230.01 Statement of policy.
230.02 Liberal construction of statutes.
230.04 Powers and duties of the secretary.
230.046 Training programs.
230.047 Temporary interchange of employees.
SUBCHAPTER II
CIVIL SERVICE
230.05 Powers and duties of the administrator.
230.06 Powers and duties of appointing authorities.
230.08 Classification of civil service.
230.10 Compensation plan coverage.
230.143 Appointment; selective service registration.
230.147 Employment of aid recipients.
230.148 Unclassified service reappointments.
230.15 Appointments, promotions, changes in classified service.
230.16 Applications and examinations.
230.17 Applicants and eligibles may be barred; bonds may be required.
230.18 Discrimination prohibited.
230.21 Unskilled labor and critical recruitment selection.
230.213 Affirmative action procedures for corrections positions.
230.215 Part-time employment and flexible-time schedules.
230.22 Entry professional selection.
230.24 Career executive selection.
230.25 Certification, appointments and registers.
230.26 Limited term appointments.
230.27 Project positions.
230.275 Noncompetitive appointment of certain disabled veterans.
230.28 Probationary period.
230.30 Employing units; establishment and revision.
230.31 Restoration of employment and reinstatement privileges.
230.32 Restoration after military leave.
230.33 Leave of absence and pay while serving in unclassified position.
230.335 Rights of unclassified division administrators.
230.337 Rights of employees: corrections or parole.
230.34 Demotion, suspension, discharge and layoff.
230.35 State office hours; standard workweek; leaves of absence; holidays.
230.36 Hazardous employment, injuries, pay continued.
230.37 Standards of performance and ratings.
230.40 Political activities; public office.
230.41 Invalid appointments.
230.43 Misdemeanors; how punished.
230.44 Appeal procedures.
230.45 Powers and duties of personnel commission.
230.46 Duties of council on affirmative action.
230.48 State employees suggestion board.
SUBCHAPTER III
EMPLOYEE PROTECTION
230.81 Employee disclosure.
230.82 Processing of information.
230.83 Retaliatory action prohibited.
230.86 Discipline based on surveillance.
230.88 Payment of award, judgment or settlement; effect of order, arbitration award or commencement of court action.
230.89 Rule making and reporting.
ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES
230.01
230.01
Statement of policy. 230.01(1)(1) It is the purpose of this chapter to provide state agencies and institutions of higher education with competent personnel who will furnish state services to citizens as fairly, efficiently and effectively as possible.
230.01(2)
(2) It is the policy of the state and the responsibility of the secretary and the administrator to maintain a system of personnel management which fills positions in the classified service through methods which apply the merit principle, with adequate civil service safeguards. It is the policy of this state to provide for equal employment opportunity by ensuring that all personnel actions including hire, tenure or term, and condition or privilege of employment be based on the ability to perform the duties and responsibilities assigned to the particular position without regard to age, race, creed or religion, color, disability, sex, national origin, ancestry, sexual orientation or political affiliation. It is the policy of this state to take affirmative action which is not in conflict with other provisions of this chapter. It is the policy of the state to ensure its employees opportunities for satisfying careers and fair treatment based on the value of each employee's services. It is the policy of this state to encourage disclosure of information under
subch. III and to ensure that any employee employed by a governmental unit is protected from retaliatory action for disclosing information under
subch. III. It is the policy of this state to correct pay inequities based on gender or race in the state civil service system.
230.01(3)
(3) Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to either infringe upon or supersede the rights guaranteed state employees under
subch. V of ch. 111.
230.01 Annotation
While racial and ethnic classifications are inherently suspect, the goal of achieving a diverse student body in a medical school justifies consideration of race in admissions policy. University of California Regents v. Bakke,
438 U.S. 265 (1978).
230.02
230.02
Liberal construction of statutes. Statutes applicable to the department shall be construed liberally in aid of the purposes declared in
s. 230.01.
230.02 History
History: 1977 c. 196.
230.03
230.03
Definitions. In this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:
230.03(1)
(1) "Administrator" means the administrator of the division.
230.03(2)
(2) "Affirmative action" means specific actions in employment which are designed and taken for the purposes of all of the following:
230.03(2)(b)
(b) Eliminating a substantial disparity between the proportion of members of racial and ethnic, gender or disabled groups either in job groups within the classified civil service, or in similar functional groups in the unclassified service, and the proportion of members of racial and ethnic, gender or disabled groups in the relevant labor pool.
230.03(2)(c)
(c) Eliminating present effects of past discrimination.
230.03(3)
(3) "Agency" means any board, commission, committee, council, or department in state government or a unit thereof created by the constitution or statutes if such board, commission, committee, council, department, unit, or the head thereof, is authorized to appoint subordinate staff by the constitution or statute, except a legislative or judicial board, commission, committee, council, department, or unit thereof or an authority created under
chs. 231,
232,
233,
234,
235, or
237. "Agency" does not mean any local unit of government or body within one or more local units of government that is created by law or by action of one or more local units of government.
230.03(4)
(4) Except as provided in
s. 230.80 (1m), "appointing authority" means the chief administrative officer of an agency unless another person is authorized to appoint subordinate staff in the agency by the constitution or statutes.
230.03(6)
(6) "Civil service" means all offices and positions of trust or employment in the service of the state, except offices and positions in the organized militia.
230.03(7)
(7) "Collective bargaining agreement", "collective bargaining unit" and other terms relating to collective bargaining for state employees have the meaning set forth for such terms under
subch. V of ch. 111.
