2006 South Dakota Code - 3-6A-14 — Merit standards for personnel management actions.

3-6A-14. Merit standards for personnel management actions. Personnel management actions taken under the provisions of this chapter shall comply with merit standards as follows:

(1) Recruiting, selecting, and advancing employees on the basis of, including but not limited to, relative ability, knowledge and skills and open consideration of qualified applicants for initial appointments and promotions;

(2) Providing equitable and adequate compensation;

(3) Training employees to assure high quality performance;

(4) Retaining employees based on performance, correcting inadequate performance, and separating employees whose performance cannot be improved;

(5) Assuring fair treatment without regard to age, political affiliation, race, color, national origin, sex, or religious creed;

(6) Protecting employees against forced involvement in partisan political activities.

Source: SL 1973, ch 2, § 27; SL 1973, ch 23, § 13; SL 1982, ch 29.

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