Bill > H2224

This bill proposes to amend Chapter 31 of the General Laws to allow provisional employees in civil service positions to become permanent. A provisional employee is someone who holds a civil service job without having passed a formal examination, often as a temporary measure. The bill mandates that the personnel administrator, within sixty days of the act's effective date, must create an examination process to certify these provisional employees for permanent roles within the Commonwealth, cities, and towns. The administrator will decide the format, method, and content of these examinations. Upon completion, any employee who has served as a provisional employee in a civil service position for at least six months before the bill's effective date, or who has previously passed a civil service exam and has been serving provisionally without interruption for over two years, will be certified. For those in the "labor service" (a specific category of civil service jobs), certification will be granted to any provisional employee who has served for at least six months prior to the bill's effective date. Importantly, these provisions will not apply to positions within the police and fire services.