Repository: UIHistories Project: Board of Trustees Minutes - 1944 [PAGE 474]

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UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS

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shall be conducted by the Civil Service Commission or by some officer or board appointed by it. For the purpose of such hearing each member of the Civil Service Commission or board or officer appointed by the Commission may administer oaths and secure by subpoena both the testimony of witnesses and the production of books and papers which are deemed relevant to such investigation. The finding and decision of the Commission or of the officer or board appointed by the Commission when approved by it, determines whether or not the removal, discharge or demotion was made for just cause. If the Commission finds that the removal, discharge or demotion was made for just cause, such removal, discharge or demotion is final. If the Commission finds that the removal, discharge or demotion was made without just cause, it shall make such finding and decision for the disposal of the case as the facts warrant. Nothing in this Act shall limit the power of any appointing authority to suspend a subordinate for a reasonable period, not exceeding thirty days. Employees serving their probationary period may be discharged by the appointing authority without reference to the provisions of this section. Employees certified from eligible lists after the effective date of this amendatory Act and during the continuance of the state of unlimited national emergency (as proclaimed by the President of the United States on May 27, 1941) and during such period after the termination of the emergency as it may be impossible to provide an adequate supply of eligibles who possess qualifications hitherto prevailing shall, after completion of a six months probationary period, have tenure and shall not be removed except as provided by this Section: P r o vided, that such tenure shall terminate upon the establishment of appropriate eligible lists upon open competitive examinations to be held as soon as practicable after the termination of the unlimited national emergency. SECTION 36a. T h e Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois shall, as soon as possible, and within six months after the effective date of this amendatory act, and as often thereafter as may be necessary because of new positions, classify by rules adopted for that purpose all non-academic positions and employments in the University of Illinois, except the President of the University, the officers of the Board, administrative officers and professional and scientific positions, with reference to the duties thereof for the purpose of establishing grades, salary scales, and standards of examinations therefor. Such positions and employment shall constitute the classified civil service of the State in relation to the University of Illinois and all appointments shall be made in accordance with the provisions of such rules except as provided in Section 37. All persons who are employees of the University of Illinois and subject to civil service regulations in force when this amendment goes into effect shall be classified by the Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois without additional examinations, and shall continue to be civil service employees of the University subject to rules and regulations lawfully adopted by the Board. No officer or employee in the classified civil service under the provisions of this section shall be demoted, removed or discharged, except for just cause, upon written charges, and after an opportunity to be heard in his own defense. Such charges shall be investigated and heard by or before the Board or by or before some officer or body appointed by the Board. The finding and decision of such officer or body when approved by the Board shall be certified to the appointing officer and shall be forthwith enforced by such officer. In the course of an investigation of charges, each member of the Board and the Secretary shall have the power to administer oaths and shall have power to secure by subpoena both the attendance and testimony of witnesses and the production of books and papers relevant to such investigation. The Board shall prescribe the duties of each employment or office and place it in the classified service under the provisions of this section, and designate by rule the grade of each position. The Board shall prescribe standards of efficiency for each grade and for examination of candidates for appointment thereto. For the purpose of establishing uniformity in the same grades, the Board shall prescribe the maximum and minimum pay for each grade and the title thereof. The Board shall standardize employment in each grade and make and keep a record of the relative efficiency of employees in the classified civil service. The