Section 3-6D-6 - Merit standards for personnel management actionsAny personnel management actions taken under the provisions of this chapter shall comply with merit standards as follows:
(1) Recruiting, selecting, and advancing civil service employees through open consideration of qualified applicants for initial appointments and promotions. Selection of qualified applicants is based on relative ability, knowledge, and skills;(2) Providing equitable and adequate compensation;(3) Training civil service employees to assure high quality performance;(4) Retaining civil service employees based on performance, correcting inadequate performance, and separating employees whose performance cannot be improved; and(5) Assuring fair treatment without regard to age, political affiliation, race, color, national origin, sex, or religious creed.SL 2012, ch 23, §43; SL 2019, ch 21, §28.