Rule 9 State courts' personnel system.

The administrative director of courts (“ADC”) shall establish such rules, regulations and procedures as are necessary for the operation of the state courts’ personnel system. Included in such rules and regulations shall be appointment procedures, classification plans, and pay schedules according to class for all appointed positions in the state courts’ personnel system for which salaries are not otherwise provided for by law. In addition, said rules and regulations shall prescribe due process procedures, which shall apply in personnel actions involving a loss or reduction in pay and appeals therefrom; except that such due process rights shall not apply to confidential positions, i.e., those positions which may by law or rule be terminated at the pleasure of the appointing authority.

In addition, these regulations and procedures shall provide for the following: the establishment, maintenance, and cancellation of employment registers for nonconfidential court personnel positions on which rankings shall be determined based on merit, taking into consideration aptitude, experience, knowledge, skill, physical fitness, veterans’ preference to which other applicants for state employment are lawfully entitled, and any other pertinent matters demonstrating fitness for employment; the application of annual performance evaluations; the administration of merit pay increases; work hours; attendance and leave; and the order and manner in which lay-offs shall be effected. Such rules and regulations may also include such other provisions relating to employment that may be necessary or appropriate for the operation of the state court personnel system; provided that such other rules and regulations shall not diminish any benefits for court personnel to which they are otherwise entitled by law.

[Amended 9-28-87; eff. 10-1-87.]