(a) In order to facilitate the carrying on of public business or avoid inconvenience to the public, but not otherwise, the Commissioner of Administrative Services may authorize the filling of the position at once by provisional appointment, provided there are no individuals on the reemployment or candidate list. Any such provisional appointment shall continue only until an appropriate recruitment is made for the filling of such position. No person shall receive more than one provisional appointment or serve more than six months as a provisional appointee in any one fiscal year.

(b) When, by reason of the pressure of work, an appointing authority determines that an extra position in the classified service should be temporarily established for a period of not more than six months, such appointing authority shall so notify the commissioner, stating the cause therefor, the probable length of time the extra position will be required, the duties to be performed and the salary to be paid. When, in the judgment of the commissioner such an extra position should be established, the commissioner shall authorize the temporary appointment of a qualified person, with or without competitive examinations. Temporary appointments to extra positions shall, as far as practicable, be made from reemployment and candidate lists. No such appointments shall be authorized for a period of more than six months and such appointments shall not be renewed within any fiscal year.

(c) An appointing authority or any subordinate authorized by him, to facilitate the carrying on of public business or avoid loss or serious inconvenience to the public, when an emergency arises which will not permit the securing of eligible persons, may appoint any qualified person during such emergency for a period of not more than two months. Persons so appointed shall be known as emergency employees. Appointing authorities shall report to the commissioner all emergency appointments and such appointments shall not be renewed.

(d) The commissioner may establish unskilled and semiskilled positions, as described in section 5-233, or, by competitive examination, candidate lists of eligible persons who are available for employment on an intermittent basis and either the administrator of the Unemployment Compensation Act or the Commissioner of Revenue Services may appoint persons to such positions or from such lists to perform intermittent services as may be required. Persons so employed shall be known as intermittent employees and shall be compensated on an hourly rate basis as prescribed by the Commissioner of Administrative Services, subject to the approval of the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management. Intermittent employees shall not be considered permanent employees and shall receive only such rights and benefits applicable to other state employees as may be expressly prescribed by the Commissioner of Administrative Services. Such intermittent employees who meet eligibility requirements shall be admitted to promotional examinations and be placed on candidate lists pursuant to this chapter.

(1967, P.A. 657, S. 44; P.A. 76-254, S. 6, 11; P.A. 77-368, S. 2; 77-614, S. 67, 114, 610; P.A. 81-28, S. 3, 4; P.A. 86-136; P.A. 87-253, S. 4; P.A. 92-165, S. 25, 32; P.A. 96-168, S. 15, 34; P.A. 13-247, S. 363.)

History: P.A. 76-254 changed period for emergency appointment from 60 days to 2 months; P.A. 77-368 added sentence to Subsec. (d) admitting eligible intermittent employees to promotional exams; P.A. 77-614 replaced personnel policy board, commissioner of finance and control and personnel commissioner with commissioner of administrative services and required approval of secretary of the office of policy and management for hourly rates of intermittent employees; P.A. 81-28 increased the maximum provisional appointment period from 4 to 6 months in Subsec. (a); P.A. 86-136 amended Subsec. (d) to include unskilled or semiskilled positions and allowed appointments by the commissioner of revenue services; P.A. 87-253 amended Subsec. (b) to increase the maximum period for temporary appointments from 3 to 6 months, and to delete the authority to renew such appointments in a fiscal year; P.A. 92-165 changed “employment list” and “promotional examination” list to “candidate list”, deleted provision re when there is a request for certification and three eligible candidates are not available, added provision re when a candidate list provided under Sec. 5-215a contains three or fewer candidates and made technical changes; P.A. 96-168 amended Subsec. (a) to change candidate list of three or fewer to list of fewer than five, effective July 1, 1996; P.A. 13-247 amended Subsec. (a) to change requirements for provisional appointments, and made technical changes in Subsecs. (b) and (d), effective July 1, 2013.

Cited. 174 C. 271; 175 C. 127.

Employees hired pursuant to section not eligible for unemployment unless permitted by the personnel policy board and ineligibility does not violate equal protection. 32 CS 319.