Indiana Code 4-15-2.2-36. Evaluation standards; service ratings
(1) the standards of performance for employees;
Terms Used In Indiana Code 4-15-2.2-36
- 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
- director: refers to the state personnel director appointed under section 14 of this chapter. See Indiana Code 4-15-2.2-7
- Dismissal: The dropping of a case by the judge without further consideration or hearing. Source:
- division of the service: means any of the following that are subject to this chapter and whose positions are under the same appointing authority:
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- state agency: means an authority, board, branch, commission, committee, department, division, or other instrumentality of state government that is subject to this chapter. See Indiana Code 4-15-2.2-9
- state civil service: means public service by individuals who are subject to this chapter. See Indiana Code 4-15-2.2-10
- state institution: means any of the following:
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(3) a system of service ratings based upon the standards described in subdivisions (1) and (2).
(b) Employee performance standards and expected outcomes must be specific, measurable, achievable, relevant to the strategic objective of the employee’s state agency or state institution, and time sensitive.
(c) Each employee at all levels of the state civil service shall be held accountable for participating in the process of establishing the standards, outcomes, and ratings described in this section.
(d) Each appointing authority shall, at periodic intervals (but at least annually), make, and report to the director, service ratings for the employees in the appointing authority’s division of the service. As requested by the director, the appointing authority shall provide the information on which the appointing authority relied in determining a service rating.
(e) Service ratings may be used as follows:
(1) To determine salary increases and decreases within the limits established by law and by the pay plan developed under section 27 of this chapter.
(2) As a factor in making promotions.
(3) As a means of discovering employees:
(A) who are candidates for promotion or transfer; or
(B) who, because of a low service rating, are candidates for demotion or dismissal.
As added by P.L.229-2011, SEC.56.