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Tests required by the Civil Service Commission shall be practical and shall relate to matters which fairly measure the relative fitness of the candidates to discharge the duties of the positions to which they seek appointment. No question in any such test shall relate to political or religious opinion, affiliation or service; and no appointment, transfer, lay-off, promotion, reduction, suspension, or removal shall be affected or influenced by such opinion, affiliations or service.
(Effective November 9, 1931)
Eligible lists created by the Commission shall remain in force not longer than two years. In the absence of an appropriate eligible list, any place may be filled temporarily, without test, for the period limited by the civil service rules, but not exceeding one year. During such period the Commission shall hold the necessary tests for filling any such place permanently. With the consent of the Commission, persons may be temporarily employed for transitory work without test, but no such employment shall continue for more than sixty days, or be renewed.
(Effective November 4, 2008)
When any position in the classified service, except the general labor class, is to be filled, the appointing authority shall notify the Commission of the fact and the Commission shall certify to the authority the names and addresses of the ten candidates standing highest on the eligible list for the class or grade to which that position belongs. The appointing authority shall appoint to that position one of the ten persons whose names are certified. When the eligible list contains less than ten names, those names shall be certified, from which the appointing authority may appoint one for that position. A person certified from the eligible list more than four times to the same appointing authority for a position of the same or similar classification may be omitted from future certification, but certification for a temporary appointment shall not be counted as one of the certifications.
When any position in the general labor class is to be filled, the appointing authority shall notify the Commission of that fact, and the number to be appointed whereupon the Commission shall certify to the appointing officer the names and addresses of twice the number of candidates required to fill the position or positions in the order of their standing on the appropriate eligible list. The appointing officer shall, without restriction as to order, appoint to the position or positions from among the candidates so certified. The name of a person, not selected for appointment, whose standing on the eligible list is above the names of the last person appointed from that certification, shall not be again certified, except upon request, to the same appointing officer. The name of a person not selected for appointment, after being certified to two separate appointing officers shall not again, except upon request of an appointing officer, be certified, but certification for a temporary appointment shall not be counted as one of the certifications.
All original and promotional appointments shall be for a probationary period of not to exceed six months to be fixed by the rules of the Commission, and no appointment or promotion shall be deemed finally made until the appointee has satisfactorily served his or her probationary period. At the end of the probationary period, the appointing officer shall transmit to the Commission a record of the employee's service certifying that the service has been satisfactory or unsatisfactory and if the service is unsatisfactory, the employee may, with the approval of the Commission, be removed or reduced without restriction; but dismissal or reduction may be made during that period, as is provided for in Section 121 of the Charter.
When no eligible list for a position exists, or when the eligible list has become exhausted and until a new list can be created, names may be certified from the eligible list most nearly appropriate to the position to be filled.
(Effective November 3, 2015)
Employees in the classified service who were hired in their current position on or before August 6, 2008 and who serve in that position for 90 consecutive days or longer without test by the Commission, who meet the qualifications for that position, and who have an employment record that is satisfactory shall become regular employees in that position without test. Any employee who becomes a regular employee in his or her position under this section is not eligible to apply for any other position in the classified service without test and compliance with all other provisions of the laws of the City of Cleveland and rules promulgated by the Commission.
(Effective November 4, 2008)
No person shall be appointed or employed in the service of the City under any title not appropriate to the duties to be performed, and no person shall be transferred to or assigned to perform any duties of a position subject to competitive test unless he shall have been appointed to the position from which the transfer is made as a result of competitive test equivalent to that required for the position to be filled.
(Effective November 8, 1938)
Wherever practicable, vacancies shall be filled by promotion. Any advancement in rank or increase in salary beyond the limits fixed for the grade shall constitute a promotion. Lists shall be created and promotions made therefrom of candidates in the same manner as in original appointments, except that the Commission shall certify the names and addresses of the three candidates standing highest on the eligible list for the class or grade to which the promotional position belongs and the appointing authority shall appoint one of the three persons whose names are certified; and provided, however, that less than three shall constitute an eligible list, and the appointing authority shall appoint from the eligible list.
(Effective November 3, 2015)
The lists of eligibles based upon tests held by the Civil Service Commission, with the respective grades of candidates, shall be open to public inspection. Any person appointed from an eligible list laid off for lack of work or appropriation shall be placed at the head of such eligible list and shall be eligible for reappointment for the period of eligibility provided by the rules of the Commission.
(Effective November 9, 1931)
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