Indiana Code 4-15-2.2-12. Construction; merit principles
(1) Recruitment, selection, and promotion of employees on the basis of an individual’s relative ability, knowledge, and skills.
Terms Used In Indiana Code 4-15-2.2-12
- appointing authority: means the head of a department, division, board, or commission, or an individual or group of individuals who have the power by law or by lawfully delegated authority to make appointments to positions in the state civil service. See Indiana Code 4-15-2.2-2
- Dismissal: The dropping of a case by the judge without further consideration or hearing. Source:
- Equitable: Pertaining to civil suits in "equity" rather than in "law." In English legal history, the courts of "law" could order the payment of damages and could afford no other remedy. See damages. A separate court of "equity" could order someone to do something or to cease to do something. See, e.g., injunction. In American jurisprudence, the federal courts have both legal and equitable power, but the distinction is still an important one. For example, a trial by jury is normally available in "law" cases but not in "equity" cases. Source: U.S. Courts
(3) The training of employees to ensure high quality performance.
(4) The retention of employees based on:
(A) the quality of the employees’ performance; and
(B) the correction of inadequate performance;
and the dismissal of employees whose inadequate performance is not corrected.
(5) Fair treatment of applicants and employees in all aspects of personnel administration:
(A) without regard to political affiliation, race, color, national origin, gender, religious creed, age, or disability; and
(B) with proper regard for the applicants’ and employees’ privacy and constitutional rights as citizens.
(6) Protection of employees from coercion for partisan political purposes, and prohibition on an employee using the employee’s official authority to interfere with, or affect the result of, an election or nomination for political office.
(b) All employment matters in the state classified service are guided by the merit principles set forth in subsection (a).
(c) The personnel administration systems adopted under this chapter govern and limit all other state employment matters and every appointing authority.
As added by P.L.229-2011, SEC.56.