No person in the classified service or seeking admission thereto may be appointed, demoted or dismissed or be in any way favored or discriminated against because of his political opinions or affiliations or as the result of a discriminatory employment practice as defined in § 46a-51. No question in any application, questionnaire, examination or other evaluation form used in connection with carrying out the provisions of this chapter may relate to political or religious opinions or affiliations of any applicant or eligible person on any candidate or reemployment list established and maintained by the Commissioner of Administrative Services.

Terms Used In Connecticut General Statutes 5-227

  • Classified service: means every office or position in the state service, whether full-time or part-time, for which compensation is paid, except those offices and positions specified in §. See Connecticut General Statutes 5-196
  • eligible person: means a person who has either (A) met the requirements of the class and been determined qualified by the Commissioner of Administrative Services, or (B) been placed on a candidate list by an examination administered by or at the direction of the Department of Administrative Services. See Connecticut General Statutes 5-196
  • Examination: means an assessment device or technique yielding scores or ratings designed to determine the fitness of candidates for positions allocated to a specified class, occupational group or career progression level. See Connecticut General Statutes 5-196
  • Reemployment list: means a list of names of persons arranged in the order prescribed by the provisions of this chapter and by regulations issued in accordance with this chapter, which persons have occupied positions allocated to any class in the classified service, and are no longer in such class and are entitled to have their names certified to appointing authorities when vacancies in such class are to be filled, in preference to those whose names are on the candidate list for such class. See Connecticut General Statutes 5-196
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