Repository: UIHistories Project: Board of Trustees Minutes - 1942 [PAGE 740]

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1941]

UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS

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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 said Board. "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." T h e Board shall prepare classifications and written specifications for each, which may include a description of the general nature of the work required in the classification; and a statement of qualifications on such matters as training, experience, knowledge, skills, physical characteristics, and personal attributes which a person should possess to enable him to perform the duties of a position of the class. The Board may abolish or change classifications or establish new classifications when for the good of the classified service, provided that no such change is for the purpose of separating an employee from the service. ( W r i t t e n specifications for any classification may be obtained by written request to the Executive Secretary of the University Civil Service Committee, Administration Building, Urbana, Illinois.) III. Compensation Plan "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 maximum and minimum pay for any employment under this service may be modified when employment conditions warrant and when in the opinion of the Board such change is for the good of the service. No employment under this classified service will be approved by the Board unless such employment is within the salary or wage range approved for the particular classification or grade into which the employment properly falls. All rates approved by the Board are the standard rates of compensation for full-time employment as defined in the University statutes. When perquisites (such as full or part maintenance, including house or room, laundry, light, power, provisions for a garden plot or the keeping of a certain number of domestic animals) are provided in lieu of money, and not merely for the convenience of the University, such compensation in kind shall be considered part payment, to be deducted from the approved cash compensation to the extent of the value of the perquisites as determined by the Board. I V . Application and Examination "The Board shall prescribe standards of efficiency for each grade and for examination of candidates for appointment thereto. "All applicants for the classified service under the provisions of this section shall be subjected to examination which shall be fair and competitive, open to all citizens resident in the State of Illinois who can qualify for this classified service, under the rules of the Board concerning residence, age, sex, health, personal habits and appearance, moral character, training, education, and qualifications to perform the duties of the positions to be filled. In examinations for technical positions, residence may be waived. Such examination shall be practical, relate to the classification for which the examination is given, and shall fairly test the relative capacities of the persons examined to discharge the duties of the positions to which they seek appointment. No question in any examination shall relate to political or religious affiliations or racial origins of the examinee. "The Board shall conduct such examinations and control the same, and may delegate the duty of preparing questions and grading answers to duly qualified and disinterested members of its faculty or staff for which work no additional compensation shall be paid. Notice of the time and place of such examinations, with a statement of the scope thereof, shall be published at least two weeks before such examination in one or more daily newspapers of general circulation published in each one of the seven largest cities of the state according to the last general census published by the United States. Written or printed notice