Common use of APPOINTMENTS AND PROMOTIONS Clause in Contracts

APPOINTMENTS AND PROMOTIONS. 18.1 Appointments and promotions shall be based on merit and fitness to be ascertained so far as practicable by competitive examinations. Examinations shall be used and conducted to aid in the selection of qualified employees, and shall consist of recognized selection techniques, which will, in the opinion of the Human Resources Director, test fairly the qualifications of candidates. 18.2 Minimum standards of employment for each job class shall be recommended by the Human Resources Director and approved by the City Manager. 18.3 At such times as the appointing authority with concurrence of the Human Resources Director determines that it is the best interests of the City to promote from within, promotions shall be on a competitive basis except when the Human Resources Director finds that the number of employees qualified for promotion is insufficient to justify competition. 18.4 Advancement to a higher paid job class shall constitute a promotion. 18.5 Examinations for appointments and promotions shall be in such form as will fairly test the abilities and aptitudes of candidates for the duties to be performed, so that such appointments and promotions will be solely based on qualifications without regard to race, color, creed, national origin, religious, or political affiliation or belief, membership in or attitude toward any employee organization, sex, age, or physical disability, except where sex, age, or lack of physical disability is a bona fide occupation qualification.

APPOINTMENTS AND PROMOTIONS. 18.1 19.1 Appointments and promotions shall be based on merit and fitness to be ascertained so far as practicable by competitive examinations. Examinations shall be used and conducted to aid in the selection of qualified employees, and shall consist of recognized selection techniques, which will, in the opinion of the Human Resources Director, test fairly the qualifications of candidates. 18.2 19.2 Minimum standards of employment for each job class shall be recommended by the Human Resources Director and approved by the City Manager. 18.3 19.3 At such times as the appointing authority with concurrence of the Human Resources Director determines that it is the best interests of the City to promote from within, promotions shall be on a competitive basis except when the Human Resources Director finds that the number of employees qualified for promotion is insufficient to justify competition. 18.4 19.4 Advancement to a higher paid job class shall constitute a promotion. 18.5 19.5 Examinations for appointments and promotions shall be in such form as will fairly test the abilities and aptitudes of candidates for the duties to be performed, so that such appointments and promotions will be solely based on qualifications without regard to race, color, creed, national origin, religious, or political affiliation or belief, membership in or attitude toward any employee organization, sex, age, or physical disability, except where sex, age, or lack of physical disability is a bona fide occupation qualification.