The Board of Supervisors shall adopt personnel rules to implement a merit system for County employment. Personnel rules approved by the Board of Supervisors shall have the force and effect of law and shall provide for the following:
(a) For appointments and promotions to be made on the basis of merit and fitness for County employment; for the use of and public notice of examinations; for the maintaining and use of eligible lists; certification of qualified applicants and appointment from established lists;
(b) For a period of probation before regular status in a classification is achieved. Probation periods may be extended for a reasonable period consistent with provisions set forth in the rules;
(c) For waiver by the Commission of examinations for employees in positions which have been upgraded, where such upgrading has resulted from an incremental change of duties, and the incumbent has been in the position at least 12 months and during that time has performed the new grade-determining duties for the length of the probationary period of the new class;
(d) For grouping of County positions into classifications based on analysis of departmental organization and the duties and responsibilities of the positions;
(e) For a code of ethics; for regulations governing political or other activities of County employees consistent with law;
(f) For the right of employees with regular status to written notice of the reasons for any suspension, demotion, reduction in step or dismissal action and to an appeal and hearing, pursuant to the Personnel Rules and the applicable provisions of the Memoranda of Understanding (MOU) for represented employees, or pursuant to the Personnel Rules and § 13.0613(t) for exempt employees. The rules shall contain procedures for disciplinary actions and hearings. The Commission may modify the degree and the type of disciplinary action imposed, but, in no event shall it impose more severe disciplinary action than that imposed by the appointing authority.
(Ord. 2498, passed - -1980; Am. Ord. 3749, passed - -1999)