SB21-SSA1,1200,8 24230.213 Affirmative action procedures for corrections positions. The
25administrator director may, to meet affirmative action objectives, establish such

1recruitment, examination and certification procedures for positions in the
2department of corrections as will enable the department of corrections to increase the
3number of employees of a specified gender or a specified racial or ethnic group in
4those positions. The administrator director shall design the procedures to obtain a
5work force in the department of corrections that reflects the relevant labor pool. The
6administrator director may determine the relevant labor pool from the population
7of the state or of a particular geographic area of the state, whichever is more
8appropriate for achieving the affirmative action objective.
SB21-SSA1,3732 9Section 3732. 230.215 (3) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB21-SSA1,1200,1810 230.215 (3) (a) An agency may, with the approval of the director administrator
11and with the approval of the secretary of administration under s. 16.50, restructure
12budgeted permanent positions as such positions become vacant or if an employee
13voluntarily requests a job-sharing or permanent part-time employment
14opportunity. No employee occupying a full-time permanent position may be
15involuntarily terminated, demoted, transferred or reassigned in order to restructure
16that position for permanent part-time employment and no such employee may be
17required to accept a permanent part-time position as a condition of continued
18employment.
SB21-SSA1,3733 19Section 3733. 230.215 (3) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB21-SSA1,1200,2420 230.215 (3) (b) If the director administrator, upon review of the report
21submitted under sub. (4), determines that an agency's past or proposed actions
22relating to permanent part-time employment opportunities do not adequately
23reflect the policy under sub. (1) (e), the director administrator may recommend
24procedures designed to enable the agency to effect such policy.
SB21-SSA1,3734 25Section 3734. 230.215 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB21-SSA1,1201,4
1230.215 (4) Reports. Each agency, in complying with s. 15.04 (1) (d), shall
2include a report on the progress or failure of the plans of such agency in achieving
3the policies stated under sub. (1) and shall submit a copy of such report to the director
4administrator.
SB21-SSA1,3735 5Section 3735. 230.22 of the statutes is amended to read:
SB21-SSA1,1201,8 6230.22 Entry professional selection. (1) The director administrator may
7establish by rule an entry professional class program for use in a wide range of entry
8professional positions.
SB21-SSA1,1201,12 9(2) In connection with this program the director administrator may establish
10separate classifications and corresponding pay provisions to provide agencies an
11entry professional program, through which they can compete on campuses and in the
12labor market for the best available applicants.
SB21-SSA1,1201,17 13(3) Subject to s. 230.275, the administrator director may establish separate
14recruitment, evaluation and certification procedures for certain entry professional
15positions. Vacancies in entry professional positions may be limited to persons with
16a degree from an institution of higher education, as defined in s. 108.02 (18), or a
17degree under an associate degree program, as defined in s. 38.01 (1).
SB21-SSA1,1201,21 18(4) The administrator director may provide for cooperative programs leading
19to eligibility for permanent appointment in order to enable institutions of higher
20education and agencies to attract and train the highest caliber of undergraduate or
21graduate students for government employment.
SB21-SSA1,3736 22Section 3736. 230.24 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB21-SSA1,1202,1023 230.24 (1) The director administrator may by rule develop a career executive
24program that emphasizes excellence in administrative skills in order to provide
25agencies with a pool of highly qualified executive candidates, to provide outstanding

1administrative employees a broad opportunity for career advancement and to
2provide for the mobility of such employees among the agencies and units of state
3government for the most advantageous use of their managerial and administrative
4skills. To accomplish the purpose of this program, the administrator director may
5provide policies and standards for recruitment, examination, probation,
6employment register control, certification, transfer, promotion and reemployment,
7and the director may provide policies and standards for classification and salary
8administration, separate from procedures established for other employment. The
9director administrator shall determine the positions which may be filled from career
10executive employment registers.
SB21-SSA1,3737 11Section 3737. 230.24 (1m) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB21-SSA1,1202,1512 230.24 (1m) The policy established by the administrator director under sub.
13(1) that deals with probation shall provide the option of extending the probationary
14period for individuals with disabilities, as defined in s. 111.32 (8), who are employees
15in a manner consistent with s. 230.28 (1) (bm).
SB21-SSA1,3738 16Section 3738. 230.25 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB21-SSA1,1203,317 230.25 (1) Appointing authorities shall give written notice to the administrator
18director of any vacancy to be filled in any position in the classified service. The
19administrator director shall certify, under this subchapter and the rules of the
20administrator director, from the register of eligibles appropriate for the kind and
21type of employment, the grade and class in which the position is classified, any
22number of names at the head thereof. In determining the number of names to certify,
23the administrator director shall use statistical methods and personnel management
24principles that are designed to maximize the number of certified names that are
25appropriate for filling the specific position vacancy. Up to 2 persons considered for

1appointment 3 times and not selected may be removed from the register for each 3
2appointments made. Certification under this subsection shall be made before
3granting any preference under s. 230.16 (7).
SB21-SSA1,3739 4Section 3739. 230.25 (1g) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB21-SSA1,1203,85 230.25 (1g) For every position to be filled by promotion from a promotional
6register, the administrator director shall, after certifying names under sub. (1),
7additionally certify the name of the highest ranked disabled veteran whose disability
8is at least 70%.
SB21-SSA1,3740 9Section 3740. 230.25 (1n) (a) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB21-SSA1,1203,1210 230.25 (1n) (a) (intro.) After certifying names under subs. (1), (1g) and (1m),
11the administrator director may engage in expanded certification by doing one or
12more of the following:
SB21-SSA1,3741 13Section 3741. 230.25 (1n) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB21-SSA1,1203,1814 230.25 (1n) (b) The administrator director may certify names under par. (a) 1.
15or 2. only if an agency requests expanded certification in order to comply with an
16approved affirmative action plan or program. The administrator director may certify
17names under par. (a) 3. only if an agency requests expanded certification in order to
18hire persons with a disability.
SB21-SSA1,3742 19Section 3742. 230.25 (1p) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB21-SSA1,1204,320 230.25 (1p) If an appointing authority appoints a person certified under this
21section and the person is not a veteran, the spouse of a veteran or a person the hiring
22of whom would serve affirmative action purposes, the appointing authority shall
23make and retain a written record of the appointing authority's reasons for selecting
24the person who was appointed. The appointing authority shall make the written
25records available to the office division and annually submit a report to the office

1division summarizing the reasons contained in the written records. The office
2division shall annually prepare a report summarizing, for each agency, the reasons
3contained in the records prepared by appointing authorities under this subsection.
SB21-SSA1,3743 4Section 3743. 230.25 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB21-SSA1,1204,105 230.25 (2) (a) When certifying names to appointing authorities under this
6section, the administrator director shall specify whether the certification includes
7qualifying veterans or persons the hiring of whom would serve affirmative action
8purposes, without divulging the names of those individuals. The administrator
9director shall not disclose any applicant's test score, with or without the addition of
10veterans preference points under s. 230.16 (7), to the appointing authority.
SB21-SSA1,1204,2011 (b) Unless otherwise provided in this subchapter or the rules of the
12administrator director, appointments shall be made by appointing authorities to all
13positions in the classified service from among those certified to them in accordance
14with this section. Appointments shall be made within 60 days after the date of
15certification unless an exception is made by the administrator director. If an
16appointing authority does not make an appointment within 60 days after
17certification, he or she shall immediately report in writing to the administrator
18director the reasons therefor. If the administrator director determines that the
19failure to make an appointment is not justified under the merit system, the
20administrator director shall issue an order directing that an appointment be made.
SB21-SSA1,3744 21Section 3744. 230.25 (3) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB21-SSA1,1204,2522 230.25 (3) (b) The administrator director may allow a register to expire after
233 months, but only after considering the impact of such an action on the policy of this
24state to provide for equal employment opportunity and to take affirmative action, as
25specified in s. 230.01 (2).
SB21-SSA1,3745
1Section 3745. 230.25 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB21-SSA1,1205,52 230.25 (4) (a) The administrator director may establish a new and separate
3register for a specific position or class only when in the administrator's director's
4judgment there is no appropriate existing register from which appointments may be
5made.
SB21-SSA1,1205,86 (b) The administrator director may establish separate registers for various
7geographic areas of the state if the needs of the service so require, provided proper
8publicity has been given of the intent to establish such registers.
SB21-SSA1,3746 9Section 3746. 230.25 (5) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB21-SSA1,1205,1710 230.25 (5) Notwithstanding sub. (2) (a), if an appointing authority elects to
11appoint a disabled veteran to a vacant position on a noncompetitive basis under s.
12230.275 and the appointing authority has requested a certification for the position,
13the administrator director shall provide the appointing authority the names of all
14disabled veterans certified for appointment to the position and who satisfy the
15condition specified in s. 230.275 (1) (a) and the names of all such disabled veterans
16who are on any other employment register that is identified by the appointing
17authority.
SB21-SSA1,3747 18Section 3747. 230.26 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB21-SSA1,1205,2119 230.26 (1) The administrator director may provide by rule for selection and
20appointment for limited term appointments, which are provisional appointments or
21appointments for less than 1,044 hours per year.
SB21-SSA1,3748 22Section 3748. 230.26 (1m) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB21-SSA1,1205,2523 230.26 (1m) An appointing authority may not appoint a person who is not a
24state resident to a limited term appointment unless approved by the administrator
25director.
SB21-SSA1,3749
1Section 3749. 230.26 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB21-SSA1,1206,142 230.26 (2) If there are urgent reasons for filling a vacancy in any position in
3the classified service and the administrator director is unable to certify to the
4appointing authority, upon requisition by the latter, a list of persons eligible for
5appointment from an appropriate employment register, the appointing authority
6may nominate a person to the administrator director for noncompetitive
7examination. If the nominee is certified by the administrator director as qualified,
8the nominee may be appointed provisionally to fill the vacancy until an appointment
9can be made from a register established after announcement of competition for the
10position, except that no provisional appointment may be continued for more than 45
11working days after the date of certification from the register. Successive
12appointments may not be made under this subsection. This subsection does not
13apply to a person appointed to a vacant position in the classified service under s.
14230.275.
SB21-SSA1,3750 15Section 3750. 230.26 (5) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB21-SSA1,1206,1916 230.26 (5) If the administrator director determines that an agency is not in
17compliance with the requirements of, or rules related to, sub. (1), (1m) or (2)
18regarding a particular employee, the administrator director shall direct the
19appointing authority to terminate the employee.
SB21-SSA1,3751 20Section 3751. 230.27 (1m) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB21-SSA1,1206,2421 230.27 (1m) (b) The administrator director may waive the prohibition under
22par. (a) if there is a critical need for employees in a specific classification or position
23or a critical shortage of residents of this state possessing the skills or qualifications
24required for a position.
SB21-SSA1,3752 25Section 3752. 230.27 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB21-SSA1,1207,2
1230.27 (2) Subject to s. 230.275, the administrator director may provide by rule
2for the selection and appointment of a person to a project position.
SB21-SSA1,3753 3Section 3753. 230.27 (2k) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB21-SSA1,1207,124 230.27 (2k) If an appointing authority selects, for a project position, a person
5who is not a veteran or is not a person the hiring of whom would serve affirmative
6action purposes, the appointing authority shall make and retain a written record of
7the appointing authority's reasons for selecting the person who was appointed. The
8appointing authority shall make the written records available to the office division
9and annually submit a report to the office division summarizing the reasons
10contained in the written records. The office division shall annually prepare a report
11summarizing, for each agency, the information submitted by appointing authorities
12under this subsection.
SB21-SSA1,3754 13Section 3754. 230.275 (1) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB21-SSA1,1207,1614 230.275 (1) (d) The appointing authority notifies the administrator director in
15writing that the position is to be filled with a disabled veteran on a noncompetitive
16basis.
SB21-SSA1,3755 17Section 3755. 230.28 (1) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB21-SSA1,1208,418 230.28 (1) (a) All original and all promotional appointments to permanent,
19sessional and seasonal positions, with the exception of those positions designated as
20supervisor or management under s. 111.81, in the classified service shall be for a
21probationary period of 6 months, but the administrator director at the request of the
22appointing authority and in accordance with the rules related thereto may extend
23any such period for a maximum of 3 additional months. Dismissal may be made at
24any time during such periods. Upon such dismissal, the appointing authority shall
25report to the administrator director and to the employee removed, the dismissal and

1the reason therefor. The administrator director may remove an employee during the
2employee's probationary period if the administrator director finds, after giving notice
3and an opportunity to be heard, that such employee was appointed as a result of
4fraud or error.
SB21-SSA1,3756 5Section 3756. 230.28 (1) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB21-SSA1,1208,106 230.28 (1) (b) The administrator director may authorize a longer probationary
7period not to exceed 2 years for any administrative, technical or professional
8position, in order to provide the appointing authority assurance that the employee
9has had adequate exposure to the various responsibilities which are a part of the
10position or classification.
SB21-SSA1,3757 11Section 3757. 230.28 (1) (bm) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB21-SSA1,1208,1612 230.28 (1) (bm) (intro.) At the request of an appointing authority and an
13employee, the administrator director may authorize, at any time before the
14completion of the probationary period, an extended probationary period of up to one
15additional year for an individual with a disability, as defined in s. 111.32 (8), who is
16the employee to allow the employee to do any of the following:
SB21-SSA1,3758 17Section 3758. 230.28 (1) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB21-SSA1,1208,2018 230.28 (1) (c) Upon request by the appointing authority, the administrator
19director may waive any portion of the lengthened probationary period but in no case
20before a 6-month probationary period has been served.
SB21-SSA1,3759 21Section 3759. 230.28 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB21-SSA1,1208,2522 230.28 (3) If an employee is removed from a position during the probationary
23period, and the administrator director determines that the person is suitable for
24appointment to another position, the person's name may be restored to the list from
25which it was certified.
SB21-SSA1,3760
1Section 3760. 230.28 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB21-SSA1,1209,102 230.28 (4) A person reinstated in an employing unit other than one in which
3the person previously served in permanent status in the class in which the person
4is being reinstated, an employee who transfers from one employing unit to another,
5an employee who moves to a different employing unit in conjunction with a voluntary
6demotion, and a person who had not obtained permanent status in class in a
7supervisory or management position prior to appointment to another supervisory or
8management position, may be required by the appointing authority to serve a
9probationary period. Provisions for the duration of such probationary period shall
10be provided in the rules of the administrator director.
SB21-SSA1,3761 11Section 3761. 230.29 of the statutes is amended to read:
SB21-SSA1,1209,13 12230.29 Transfers. A transfer may be made from one position to another only
13if specifically authorized by the administrator director.
SB21-SSA1,3762 14Section 3762. 230.30 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB21-SSA1,1210,215 230.30 (1) Each agency shall constitute an employing unit for purposes of
16personnel transactions, except where appropriate functional, organizational or
17geographic breakdowns exist within the agency and except as provided in sub. (2).
18These breakdowns may constitute a separate employing unit for one or more types
19of personnel transactions under an overall employing unit plan if requested by the
20appointing authority of that agency and approved by the administrator director. If
21the administrator director determines, after conferring with the appointing
22authority of the employing agency, that an employing unit is or has become
23inappropriate to carry out sound personnel management practices due to factors
24including, but not limited to, the size or isolated location of portions of the employing

1unit, the administrator director may revise the employing unit structure of the
2agency to effect the remedy required.
SB21-SSA1,3763 3Section 3763. 230.31 (1) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB21-SSA1,1210,84 230.31 (1) (b) For a 3-year period from the date of separation, if on layoff status,
5the person shall be placed, in inverse order of layoff, on an appropriate mandatory
6restoration register for the unit used for layoff and on a restoration register for the
7agency from which the person was laid off. Use of such registers shall be subject to
8the rules of the administrator director.
SB21-SSA1,3764 9Section 3764. 230.31 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB21-SSA1,1210,1210 230.31 (2) The administrator director may also provide for the reinstatement
11of persons who have served in seasonal and sessional employment and for persons
12who separate from a position while serving a probationary period.
SB21-SSA1,3765 13Section 3765. 230.315 (1) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB21-SSA1,1210,1814 230.315 (1) (c) The employee has received a military leave of absence under s.
15230.32 (3) (a) or 230.35 (3), under a collective bargaining agreement under subch. V
16of ch. 111, or under rules promulgated by the office of employment relations division
17or is eligible for reemployment with the state under s. 321.64 after completion of his
18or her service in the U.S. armed forces.
SB21-SSA1,3766 19Section 3766. 230.32 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB21-SSA1,1210,2420 230.32 (3) (a) Any classified employee who leaves state service and enters the
21armed forces of the United States shall, under this section, be granted written
22military leave of absence by the appointing authority. Notice of such leave from state
23service and the terms of any such leave shall be given in writing by the appointing
24authority to the director administrator for purposes of record.
SB21-SSA1,1211,10
1(b) Any classified employee who leaves state service for civilian employment
2in response to a specific request or order of the federal government or any of its
3agencies in connection with manpower redistribution and utilization shall, under
4this section, make written application to the appointing authority for civilian leave
5of absence presenting such specific request or order of the federal government as
6supporting evidence. Such civilian leave shall be allowed by the appointing
7authority and its terms, which shall conform to the rules of the director
8administrator, shall be in writing. Notice of such leave from state service shall be
9made in writing by the appointing authority to the director administrator for
10purposes of record.
SB21-SSA1,1211,1311 (c) All such military or civilian leaves of absence as heretofore may have been
12granted are validated and shall be deemed to be sufficient and effective hereunder.
13Such leaves shall be recorded with the director administrator.
SB21-SSA1,3767 14Section 3767. 230.32 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB21-SSA1,1211,2315 230.32 (4) Any person appointed to fill the position of an employee on such
16military or civilian leave shall be designated as a substitute or replacement employee
17and upon the return and reemployment of the original employee the substitute
18employee shall be transferred to a similar position with the same employing agency
19if one is available, or if not, he or she shall be eligible for reinstatement or have the
20right of restoration in accordance with this subchapter and the rules of the
21administrator director. The status of any person who is appointed to fill the place
22of an employee on military or civilian leave under this section shall be governed by
23the rules of the administrator director pursuant thereto.
SB21-SSA1,3768 24Section 3768. 230.32 (5) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB21-SSA1,1212,2
1230.32 (5) The restoration of classified former employees of the state shall be
2governed by this section and by the rules of the administrator director.
SB21-SSA1,3769 3Section 3769. 230.33 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB21-SSA1,1212,124 230.33 (2) A person appointed to an unclassified position by an appointing
5authority other than an appointing authority described under sub. (1), to a
6department other than the one in which the person was a classified employee may
7be granted a leave of absence without pay at the option of the person's former
8appointing authority in accordance with the leave of absence provisions in the rules
9of the director administrator. An employee granted a leave of absence shall have the
10same restoration rights and reinstatement privileges as under sub. (1m). If not
11granted a leave of absence, the employee shall be entitled only to the reinstatement
12privileges under sub. (1m).
SB21-SSA1,3771 13Section 3771. 230.34 (1) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB21-SSA1,1212,1514 230.34 (1) (c) The director administrator shall establish guidelines for uniform
15application of this authority among the various agencies.
SB21-SSA1,3772 16Section 3772. 230.34 (2) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB21-SSA1,1212,2117 230.34 (2) (b) The administrator director shall promulgate rules governing
18layoffs and appeals therefrom and alternative procedures in lieu of layoff to include
19voluntary and involuntary demotion and the exercise of a displacing right to a
20comparable or lower class, as well as the subsequent employee right of restoration
21or eligibility for reinstatement.
SB21-SSA1,3773 22Section 3773. 230.34 (2m) of the statutes is amended to read:
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