In re Altman’s Empirical Analysis

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2 state decisions

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1. “(b) Merit Principle. All appointments and promotions of the City officers and employees shall be made solely on the basis of merit and fitness demonstrated by examination or other evidence of competence. However, any employee who contends that he was not promoted because of bias or for reasons not related to merit, fitness or availability of positions, shall have the right, after exhausting all administrative remedies, to appeal his cause to the Civil Service Commission. (c) Employees Subject to Act. This act shall apply to all officers and employees of the City except the following: (1) Officials elected by the people. (2) Employees or officials appointed by the City Council or appointed by the City Manager and approved by the City Council and their immediate secretaries. (3) Department heads, Division heads, and their immediate secretaries. (4) Part-time or non-permanent officers or employees. (5) Employees serving their probationary periods before becoming permanent employees not to exceed eight months. >* * * (f) Appeal Board. The Civil Service Commission shall act as an appeal board to hear all appeals of employees regarding violation of City policy, suspensions, layoff, removal, promotions, forfeiture of pay or loss of time; but the Board shall have no jurisdiction to hear an appeal until all administrative remedies have been exhausted pursuant to the City’s established grievance procedure. The Civil Service Commission shall have the authority to affirm, modify or re”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. City of Raleigh v. Stell