Sec. 36. (a) In cooperation with appointing authorities, the director shall establish, and may periodically amend:
(1) the standards of performance for employees;
(2) the expected outcomes for employees; and
(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.
Structure Indiana Code
Title 4. State Offices and Administration
Article 15. Personnel Administration
Chapter 2.2. State Civil Service System
4-15-2.2-2. "Appointing Authority"
4-15-2.2-3. "Class of Positions"
4-15-2.2-4. "Classified Employee"
4-15-2.2-8. "Division of the Service"
4-15-2.2-10. "State Civil Service"
4-15-2.2-11. "State Institution"
4-15-2.2-12. Construction; Merit Principles
4-15-2.2-13. Department Established
4-15-2.2-15. Duties of Director
4-15-2.2-20. Divisions of the Service
4-15-2.2-21. Classified Service
4-15-2.2-22. Unclassified Service
4-15-2.2-23. Classified Service; Standard for Dismissal, Demotion, or Suspension
4-15-2.2-24. Unclassified Service; At-Will Employee
4-15-2.2-25. Reorganization of Agency; Impact on Unclassified Positions
4-15-2.2-26. Classification Plan
4-15-2.2-28. Use of Classification Titles or Code Numbers
4-15-2.2-29. Vacancies in Classified Service
4-15-2.2-30. Rejection of Application for Employment; Grounds
4-15-2.2-31. Notification of Available Job Positions
4-15-2.2-32. Classified Service; Veteran Preference
4-15-2.2-33. Certification and Placement of Individuals With a Disability
4-15-2.2-34. Classified Service; Work Test Period
4-15-2.2-35. Reassignment; Reorganization
4-15-2.2-36. Evaluation Standards; Service Ratings
4-15-2.2-37. Report to Director; Change in Employee Status
4-15-2.2-38. Personnel Records; Roster; Analysis
4-15-2.2-39. Rules Governing Hours of Work and Leaves of Absence
4-15-2.2-40. Lay Off and Furlough Authority; Reduction in Hours
4-15-2.2-41. Recall After Lay Off
4-15-2.2-42. Complaint Procedure
4-15-2.2-43. Retirement Benefits
4-15-2.2-44. Equal Opportunity Requirements
4-15-2.2-45. Resignation; Election to Public Office
4-15-2.2-47. Prohibition on Accepting or Soliciting Benefit for Appointment or Promotion of Employee
4-15-2.2-48. Powers; Administration of Oaths; Subpoenas; Examinations; Production of Records
4-15-2.2-49. Grounds for Dismissal; Failure to Appear; Failure to Testify
4-15-2.2-50. Agreements to Provide Services to Political Subdivision
4-15-2.2-51. Construction; Effect of Law on Grants