AB373: Bill Text

AB373,13,6 230.15 (1) Subject to the restriction under s. 230.143, appointments to, and promotions in, the classified service shall be made only according to merit and fitness, which shall be ascertained so far as practicable by competitive examination procedures. The director may waive competitive examination procedures for appointments made under subs. (1m) and (2) and shall waive competitive examination procedures for appointments made under sub. (2m).

AB373,26 Section 26. 230.15 (1m) (c) 1. of the statutes, as affected by 2015 Wisconsin Act 55, is amended to read:

AB373,13,12 230.15 (1m) (c) 1. Whenever a position is included in the classified service under par. (a), the director may waive the requirement for competitive examination procedures under sub. (1) with respect to the position and certify the incumbent employee for appointment to the position in accordance with subd. 2.

AB373,27 Section 27. 230.15 (6) of the statutes is created to read:

AB373,13,17 230.15 (6) Annually, each appointing authority shall submit a report to the director and the administrator indicating the number of days it took to make an offer of employment for a vacant position after receiving from the director a list of names of individuals who are certified for appointment to the position.

AB373,28 Section 28. 230.15 (7) of the statutes is created to read:

AB373,13,21 230.15 (7) An appointing authority may not make an offer of employment to any individual who currently holds a position unless the appointing authority has reviewed the personnel file of the individual.

AB373,29 Section 29. 230.16 (title) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB373,13,23 230.16 (title) Applications and examinations resumes.

AB373,30 Section 30. 230.16 (1) (a) of the statutes, as affected by 2015 Wisconsin Act 55, is amended to read:

AB373,14,4 230.16 (1) (a) The director shall require persons applying for admission to any examination under this subchapter or under the rules of the director a position in the classified service to file an application and resume with the bureau a reasonable time prior to the proposed examination.

AB373,31 Section 31. 230.16 (1) (ap) of the statutes is created to read:

AB373,14,13 230.16 (1) (ap) 1. Except as provided in subd. 2., the director may not request a person applying for a position in the civil service, on an application or otherwise, to supply information regarding the conviction record of the applicant, or otherwise inquire into or consider the conviction record of the applicant before the applicant has been certified for the position. This paragraph does not prohibit the administrator from notifying an applicant for a position in the civil service that, by law or policy, a particular conviction record may disqualify an applicant from employment in a particular position.

AB373,14,19 2. If a particular conviction record disqualifies applicants for a certain position in the state civil service, the administrator may request a person applying for the position to supply information regarding the conviction record of the applicant, or otherwise inquire into or consider the conviction record of the applicant, to determine whether the applicant's conviction record disqualifies him or her for the position before the applicant is certified for the position.

AB373,32 Section 32. 230.16 (2) of the statutes, as affected by 2015 Wisconsin Act 55, is amended to read:

AB373,15,3 230.16 (2) Competitive examinations procedures in the selection process shall be free and open to all applicants who have fulfilled the preliminary requirements stated in the examination announcement for the procedure. To assure that all applicants have a fair opportunity to compete, examinations competitive procedures shall be held at such times and places as, in the judgment of the director, scheduled in a manner that most nearly meet the convenience of applicants and needs of the service, as determined by the director.

AB373,33 Section 33. 230.16 (3) of the statutes, as affected by 2015 Wisconsin Act 55, is amended to read:

AB373,15,12 230.16 (3) The director may appoint boards of examiners evaluators of at least 2 persons, one of which is selected by the bureau and one of which is a representative of the appointing authority, for the purpose of conducting oral examinations evaluations as a part of the examination hiring procedure for certain positions. All board members evaluators shall be well-qualified and impartial. All questions asked and answers made in any examination of applicants oral evaluation shall be recorded and made a part of the records of the applicants applicant's records.

AB373,34 Section 34. 230.16 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB373,15,18 230.16 (4) All examinations selection criteria, including minimum training and experience requirements, for positions in the classified service shall be job-related in compliance with appropriate validation standards and shall be subject to the approval of the administrator. All relevant experience, whether paid or unpaid, shall satisfy experience requirements.

AB373,35 Section 35. 230.16 (5) of the statutes, as affected by 2015 Wisconsin Act 55, is amended to read:

AB373,16,4 230.16 (5) In the interest of sound personnel management, consideration of applicants, and service to agencies, the director may set a standard for proceeding to subsequent steps in an examination the selection process, provided that all applicants are fairly treated and due notice has been given. The standard may be at or above the passing point set by the director for any portion of the examination. The director shall utilize appropriate scientific techniques and procedures in administering the selection process, in rating the results of examinations any evaluations used in the selection process, and in determining the relative ratings of the competitors.

AB373,36 Section 36. 230.16 (6) of the statutes, as affected by 2015 Wisconsin Act 55, is amended to read:

AB373,16,11 230.16 (6) If any applicant is unable to complete the examination an evaluation that is used in the selection process in the form presented to the applicant due to a disability, the bureau shall provide a reader, an appropriate place to take the examination or other similar prerequisites necessary accommodations to ensure equality of opportunity in the examination selection process.

AB373,37 Section 37. 230.16 (7) of the statutes is renumbered 63.08 (1) (fm), and 63.08 (1) (fm) 1. (intro.) and 2., as renumbered, are amended to read:

AB373,16,18 63.08 (1) (fm) 1. (intro.) A preference shall be given to those veterans and to those spouses of veterans specified in subds. 1. to 6. a. to f. who gain eligibility on any competitive employment register and who do not currently hold a permanent appointment or have mandatory restoration rights to a permanent appointment to any position. A preference means the following:

AB373,16,22 2. An applicant who is certified for a position after receiving a preference under par. (a) 4., 5. or 6. subd. 1. d., e., or f. and who is appointed to that position may not obtain a preference under par. (a) 4., 5. or 6. subd. 1. d., e., or f. for any other civil service position for which the applicant subsequently applies.

AB373,38 Section 38. 230.16 (7m) (b) 4. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB373,17,3 230.16 (7m) (b) 4. The examination The appointing authority has not extended interviews for the position is a written, nonessay examination that is scored by a machine or filled the position at the time the application is received.

AB373,39 Section 39. 230.16 (7m) (c) of the statutes, as affected by 2015 Wisconsin Act 55, is repealed.

AB373,40 Section 40. 230.16 (9) of the statutes, as affected by 2015 Wisconsin Act 55, is repealed.

AB373,41 Section 41. 230.16 (10) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB373,17,12 230.16 (10) Every reasonable precaution shall be taken to prevent any unauthorized person from gaining any knowledge of the nature or content of the examinations competitive procedures in the selection process that is not available to every applicant.

AB373,42 Section 42. 230.16 (11) of the statutes, as affected by 2015 Wisconsin Act 55, is amended to read:

AB373,17,17 230.16 (11) Records of examinations, including a transcript or recorded tape of oral examinations, given under this subchapter applicants shall be retained for at least one year. Inspection of such records shall be regulated by rules of the director.

AB373,43 Section 43. 230.17 (1) of the statutes, as affected by 2015 Wisconsin Act 55, is amended to read:

AB373,17,25 230.17 (1) The director shall provide by rule, the conditions, not otherwise provided by law, under which an applicant eligible may be refused examination or reexamination, or an eligible refused certification. These conditions shall be based on sufficient reason and shall reflect sound technical personnel management practices and those standards of conduct, deportment, and character necessary and demanded to the orderly, efficient, and just operation of the state service.

AB373,44 Section 44. 230.17 (2) of the statutes, as affected by 2015 Wisconsin Act 55, is amended to read:

AB373,18,15 230.17 (2) If the director refuses to examine an applicant, or after an examination to certify an eligible, as provided in this section, the director, if requested by the applicant so rejected within 10 days of the date of receipt of the notice of rejection, shall give the applicant a full and explicit statement of the exact cause of such refusal to examine or to certify. Applicants may appeal to the commission the decision of the director to refuse to examine or certify under s. 230.44 (1) (a). Upon request of an applicant or an eligible for a civil service position who has a disability, the department of health services shall obtain from the director a detailed description of all duties entailed by such position and shall determine and report its findings to the director, as to the ability of the applicant, or eligible, to perform the duties of such position. Such findings shall be conclusive as to the qualifications of any applicant, or eligible, so examined. A notice of rejection shall notify an applicant or eligible of his or her rights under this subsection.

AB373,45 Section 45. 230.18 of the statutes, as affected by 2015 Wisconsin Act 55, is amended to read:

AB373,19,3 230.18 Discrimination prohibited. No question in any form of application or in any examination evaluation used in the hiring process may be so framed as to elicit information concerning the partisan political or religious opinions or affiliations of any applicant nor may any inquiry be made concerning such opinions or affiliations and all disclosures thereof shall be discountenanced except that the director may evaluate the competence and impartiality of applicants for positions such as clinical chaplain in a state institutional program. No discriminations may be exercised in the recruitment, application, examination or hiring process against or in favor of any person because of the person's political or religious opinions or affiliations or because of age, sex, disability, race, color, sexual orientation, national origin, or ancestry except as otherwise provided.

AB373,46 Section 46. 230.19 (1) of the statutes, as affected by 2015 Wisconsin Act 55, is renumbered 230.19.

AB373,47 Section 47. 230.19 (2) of the statutes, as affected by 2015 Wisconsin Act 55, is repealed.

AB373,48 Section 48. 230.19 (3) of the statutes is repealed.

AB373,49 Section 49. 230.21 (1) of the statutes, as affected by 2015 Wisconsin Act 55, is amended to read:

AB373,19,13 230.21 (1) Subject to s. 230.275, the director may, to meet the needs of the service, establish separate recruitment, examination and certification procedures for filling positions in unskilled labor and service classes.

AB373,50 Section 50. 230.21 (2) of the statutes, as affected by 2015 Wisconsin Act 55, is amended to read:

AB373,19,20 230.21 (2) The director may designate classifications in which applicants are in critically short supply and may develop such recruitment, examination and certification processes as will provide agencies with prompt certification when qualified applicants can be found, provided that due notice has been given and proper competitive standards have been maintained.

AB373,51 Section 51. 230.21 (3) of the statutes, as affected by 2015 Wisconsin Act 55, is amended to read:

AB373,20,3 230.21 (3) The director shall designate classifications in prison industries in the department of corrections as critical positions requiring expeditious hiring and shall develop such recruitment, examination and certification processes as will provide the department with prompt certification when qualified applicants can be found, provided that due notice has been given and proper competitive standards have been maintained.

AB373,52 Section 52. 230.213 of the statutes, as affected by 2015 Wisconsin Act 55, is amended to read:

AB373,20,15 230.213 Affirmative action procedures for corrections positions. The director may, to meet affirmative action objectives, establish such recruitment, examination and certification procedures for positions in the department of corrections as will enable the department of corrections to increase the number of employees of a specified gender or a specified racial or ethnic group in those positions. The director shall design the procedures to obtain a work force in the department of corrections that reflects the relevant labor pool. The director may determine the relevant labor pool from the population of the state or of a particular geographic area of the state, whichever is more appropriate for achieving the affirmative action objective.

AB373,53 Section 53. 230.24 (1) of the statutes, as affected by 2015 Wisconsin Act 55, is amended to read:

AB373,21,5 230.24 (1) The administrator may by rule develop a career executive program that emphasizes excellence in administrative skills in order to provide agencies with a pool of highly qualified executive candidates, to provide outstanding administrative employees a broad opportunity for career advancement , and to provide for the mobility of such employees among the agencies and units of state government for the most advantageous use of their managerial and administrative skills. To accomplish the purpose of this program, the director may provide policies and standards for recruitment, examination, probation, employment register control, certification, transfer, promotion, and reemployment, and the director may provide policies and standards for classification and salary administration, separate from procedures established for other employment. The administrator shall determine the positions which may be filled from career executive employment registers.

AB373,54 Section 54. 230.24 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB373,21,13 230.24 (2) A vacancy in a career executive position may be filled only through an open competitive examination, a competitive promotional examination or by restricting competition to employees in career executive positions hiring process in order to achieve and maintain a highly competent work force in career executive positions, with due consideration given to affirmative action. The appointing authority shall consider the guidelines under s. 230.19 when deciding how to fill a vacancy under this paragraph.

AB373,55 Section 55. 230.25 (1) of the statutes, as affected by 2015 Wisconsin Act 55, is amended to read:

AB373,22,2 230.25 (1) Appointing authorities shall give written notice to the director of any vacancy to be filled in any position in the classified service. The director shall certify, under this subchapter and the rules of the director, from the register of eligibles appropriate for the kind and type of employment, the grade and class in which the position is classified, any number of names at the head thereof. In determining the number of names to certify, the director shall use statistical methods and personnel management principles that are designed to maximize the number of certified names that are appropriate for filling the specific position vacancy. Up to 2 persons considered for appointment 3 times and not selected may be removed from the register for each 3 appointments made. Certification under this subsection shall be made before granting any preference under s. 230.16 (7).

AB373,56 Section 56. 230.25 (1g) of the statutes, as affected by 2015 Wisconsin Act 55, is repealed.

AB373,57 Section 57. 230.25 (1m) of the statutes is repealed.

AB373,58 Section 58. 230.25 (1n) (a) (intro.) of the statutes, as affected by 2015 Wisconsin Act 55, is amended to read:

AB373,22,10 230.25 (1n) (a) (intro.) After certifying names under subs. sub. (1), (1g) and (1m), the director may engage in expanded certification by doing one or more of the following:

AB373,59 Section 59. 230.25 (2) (a) of the statutes, as affected by 2015 Wisconsin Act 55, is amended to read:

AB373,22,18 230.25 (2) (a) When certifying names to appointing authorities under this section, the director shall specify whether the certification includes qualifying veterans or persons the hiring of whom would serve affirmative action purposes, without divulging the names of those individuals. The director shall not disclose any applicant's test score, with or without the addition of veterans preference points under s. 230.16 (7), to the appointing authority.

AB373,60 Section 60. 230.25 (2) (am) of the statutes is created to read:

AB373,22,22 230.25 (2) (am) 1. If the certification list for a position includes a veteran and the appointing authority extends invitations to interview candidates for the position, the appointing authority shall extend an invitation to interview to the veteran.

AB373,23,2 2. If a veteran is included on a certification list and if the minimum qualifications and the skills, abilities, competencies, and knowledge of the veteran and any other applicant being interviewed for the position are equal, the appointing authority shall give a preference to the veteran for the position.

AB373,23,6 3. If the certification list for a position includes an individual who is any of the following and the appointing authority extends invitations to interview candidates for the position, the appointing authority shall extend an invitation to interview to the individual:

AB373,23,7 a. A spouse of a disabled veteran whose disability is at least 70 percent.

AB373,23,8 b. An unremarried spouse of a veteran who was killed in action.

AB373,23,10 c. An unremarried spouse of a veteran who died of a service-connected disability.

AB373,23,17 4. If an appointing authority does not appoint an eligible veteran and does appoint an eligible nonveteran to a position, no later than 30 days after making the appointment the appointing authority shall file with the director, in writing, the reasons for the appointing authority's decision. Any information filed under this subdivision is part of the veteran's record. The director may not make any information filed under this subdivision available to anyone other than the veteran unless directed to do so by the appointing authority who filed the information.

AB373,61 Section 61. 230.25 (2) (b) of the statutes, as affected by 2015 Wisconsin Act 55, is amended to read:

AB373,24,3 230.25 (2) (b) Unless otherwise provided in this subchapter or the rules of the director, appointments shall be made by appointing authorities to all positions in the classified service from among those certified to them in accordance with this section. Appointments shall be made within 60 30 days after the date of certification unless an exception is made by the director. If an appointing authority does not make an appointment within 60 30 days after certification, he or she shall immediately report in writing to the director the reasons therefor. If the director determines that the failure to make an appointment is not justified under the merit system, the director shall issue an order directing that an appointment be made.

AB373,62 Section 62. 230.25 (3) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB373,24,10 230.25 (3) (a) Subject to par. (b), the term of eligibility on original entrance and promotional registers is 6 months and thereafter the register expires but may be reactivated by the administrator for up to 3 years from the date of the establishment of the register. Except as provided in ss. 230.28 and 230.34, the eligibility of individuals for reinstatement is 5 years and the eligibility of individuals for restoration is 3 years.

AB373,63 Section 63. 230.26 (2) of the statutes, as affected by 2015 Wisconsin Act 55, is amended to read:

AB373,24,24 230.26 (2) If there are urgent reasons for filling a vacancy in any position in the classified service and the director is unable to certify to the appointing authority, upon requisition by the latter, a list of persons eligible for appointment from an appropriate employment register, the appointing authority may nominate a person to the director for noncompetitive examination. If the nominee is certified by the director as qualified, the nominee may be appointed provisionally to fill the vacancy until an appointment can be made from a register established after announcement of competition for the position, except that no provisional appointment may be continued for more than 45 working days after the date of certification from the register. Successive appointments may not be made under this subsection. This subsection does not apply to a person appointed to a vacant position in the classified service under s. 230.275.

AB373,64 Section 64. 230.26 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB373,25,7 230.26 (4) Fringe benefits specifically authorized by statutes, with the exception of deferred compensation plan participation under subch. VII of ch. 40, worker's compensation, unemployment insurance, group insurance, retirement, and social security coverage, shall be denied employees hired under this section. Such employees may not be considered permanent employees and do not qualify for tenure, vacation, paid holidays, sick leave, performance awards, or the right to compete in promotional examinations processes.

AB373,65 Section 65. 230.28 (1) (a) of the statutes, as affected by 2015 Wisconsin Act 55, is amended to read:

AB373,25,21 230.28 (1) (a) All original and all promotional appointments to permanent, sessional, and seasonal positions, with the exception of those positions designated as supervisor or management under s. 111.81, in the classified service shall be for a probationary period of 6 months, but the director at the request of the appointing authority and in accordance with the rules related thereto may extend any such period for a maximum of 3 additional months 2 years, unless the probationary period is waived after one year under par. (c). Dismissal may be made at any time during such periods. Upon such dismissal, the appointing authority shall report to the director and to the employee removed, the dismissal and the reason therefor. The director may remove an employee during the employee's probationary period if the director finds, after giving notice and an opportunity to be heard, that such employee was appointed as a result of fraud or error.

AB373,66 Section 66. 230.28 (1) (am) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB373,26,6 230.28 (1) (am) All probationary periods for employees in supervisory or management positions are one year 2 years unless waived after 6 months one year under par. (c). The waiver under par. (c) may be exercised for an employee in a supervisory position only if the employee has successfully completed a supervisory development program under s. 230.046 (2). However, persons who transfer or are reinstated to supervisory or management positions consistent with conditions under sub. (4) and who had previously obtained permanent status in class in a supervisory or management position prior to the transfer or reinstatement shall serve a probationary period in accordance with sub. (4).

AB373,67 Section 67. 230.28 (1) (b) of the statutes, as affected by 2015 Wisconsin Act 55, is repealed.

AB373,68 Section 68. 230.28 (1) (c) of the statutes, as affected by 2015 Wisconsin Act 55, is amended to read:

AB373,26,13 230.28 (1) (c) Upon request by the appointing authority, the director may waive any portion of the lengthened a probationary period but in no case before a 6-month one-year probationary period has been served.

AB373,69 Section 69. 230.28 (6) of the statutes is repealed.

AB373,70 Section 70. 230.31 (1) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read: