230.25 Certification, appointments and registers.

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(1)Appointing authorities shall give written notice to the director of any vacancy to be filled in any position in the classified service. The director shall certify, under this subchapter and the rules of the director, from the register of eligibles appropriate for the kind and type of employment, the grade and class in which the position is classified, any number of names at the head thereof. In determining the number of names to certify, the director shall use statistical methods and personnel management principles that are designed to maximize the number of certified names that are appropriate for filling the specific position vacancy. Up to 2 persons considered for appointment 3 times and not selected may be removed from the register for each 3 appointments made.

(1g)After certifying names under sub.

(1), the director shall additionally certify the names of the 3 highest ranked disabled veterans whose disability is at least 70 percent and the 3 highest ranked individuals each of whom is the spouse of a disabled veteran whose disability is at least 70 percent.

(1m)After certifying names under sub.

(1), the director shall additionally certify the names of all of the following:

(a)The 3 highest ranked veterans.

(b)The 3 highest ranked disabled veterans who are not certified under par.

(a).

(c)The 3 highest ranked individuals each of whom is an unremarried spouse of a veteran who was killed in action.

(d)The 3 highest ranked individuals each of whom is an unremarried spouse of a veteran who died of a service-connected disability.

(a)After certifying names under subs.

(1),

(1g)and

(1m), the director may engage in expanded certification by doing one or more of the following:

1. Certifying up to 3 names of persons belonging to at least one of one or more specified racial or ethnic groups.

2. Certifying up to 3 names of persons of a specified gender.

3. Certifying up to 3 names of persons with a disability.

(b)The director may certify names under par.

(a)1. or 2. only if an agency requests expanded certification in order to comply with an approved affirmative action plan or program. The director may certify names under par.

(a)3. only if an agency requests expanded certification in order to hire persons with a disability.

(1p)If an appointing authority appoints a person certified under this section and the person is not a veteran, the spouse of a veteran or a person the hiring of whom would serve affirmative action purposes, the appointing authority shall make and retain a written record of the appointing authority’s reasons for selecting the person who was appointed. The appointing authority shall make the written records available to the division and annually submit a report to the division summarizing the reasons contained in the written records. The division shall annually prepare a report summarizing, for each agency, the reasons contained in the records prepared by appointing authorities under this subsection.