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1941]

UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS

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Board, and shall continue for a period of one year from said date. This period may be extended by the Board for not more than one year for all eligibles on the register when the conditions of good administration render it inexpedient to hold a new examination. When the name of any eligible has been submitted for at least three different positions and he has waived three such offers the name will not be submitted again until all other eligibles ranking below him in order of relative excellence have been submitted for at least three different positions and have waived three such offers in connection with that particular register. VI. Appointment and Certification "Whenever a position in the classified civil service under the provisions of this section is to be filled the Board shall certify to the appointing officer the names and addresses of the three persons standing highest upon the register for the class or grade to which said position belongs. Sex shall be disregarded except when the nature of the position requires otherwise." The appointing officer shall appoint on probation one of the three persons certified to him to fill such position. VII. Provisional Appointment "When there is no eligible list the Board may make temporary appointments lo remain in force only until regular appointments under the provisions of this section can be made. Examination for such appointments must be given within six months from the date of such temporary appointments and an eligible list established within a reasonable time thereafter." If an employee under provisional appointment passes the examination to which he. is subjected, and if he is one of the three highest in relative excellence on the register established from this examination, he may be retained in the position to which he has been assigned. T h e period of service under provisional appointment may be included in the probationary period. V I I I . Temporary Appointment "For positions which are temporary or of an emergency nature way make temporary appointments for a period not exceeding thirty Such employees may be reappointed by the Board. the Board days."

IX. Probationary Period "Appointments shall be on probation for a period of not more than six months, to be fixed by said rules, and persons so appointed may be discharged at any time during the period of probation, if, in the opinion of the Board, they have not shown sufficient aptitude to continue." The probationary period under this classified service shall be six months. 1 f by the end of the probationary period, the appointing officer fails to notify the Board in writing that the employee has not shown sufficient aptitude to continue, he will be deemed to have successfully completed his period of probation and will become a permanent employee under this classified service subject to continued satisfactory work and conduct. X. Promotion "The Board shall, by its rules, provide for promotions, whether to fill vacancies or otherwise, solely on the basis of ascertained merit. To that end, it shall fix lines of promotion wherever practicable." Any change of a classified employee from a position of one class to a position of another class requiring an increase in compensation, an increase in duties or responsibility, or a combination of both, shall be deemed a promotion. Promotions shall be made from promotional registers and determined on merit and ability, to be ascertained by examinations in which the employee's service rating, education, personal qualifications, seniority, and personnel history are all considered.