17-75-402. Merit principles.

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Effective 11/6/2025

It is the policy of this state that each county may establish a personnel system administered in a manner that will provide for the effective implementation of the following merit principles:

(1)recruiting, selecting, and advancing county employees on the basis of relative ability, knowledge, and skills, including open consideration of qualified applicants for employment for initial appointment;

(2)providing equitable and adequate compensation to county employees;

(3)training county employees as needed to assure high-quality performance;

(4)retaining county employees on the basis of the adequacy of the county employee's performance;

(5)separating from county employees whose inadequate performance cannot be corrected;

(6)treating applicants for employment and county employees fairly in all aspects of personnel administration without regard to:

(a)race;

(b)color;

(c)religion;

(d)sex;

(e)national origin;

(f)political affiliation;

(g)age; or

(h)disability;

(7)having proper regard for each county employee's privacy and constitutional rights as citizens;

(8)providing county employees information regarding a county employee's political rights and prohibited practices under the Hatch Act; and

(9)providing a formal procedure for processing a county employee's appeals and grievances without:

(a)discrimination;

(b)coercion;

(c)restraint; or

(d)retaliation.

Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 14 , 2025 Special Session 1