Effective 28 Aug 2018

36.090. Duties of personnel director. — 1. The director, as executive head of the personnel division, shall direct and supervise all its administrative and technical activities. In addition to the duties imposed upon the director elsewhere in this chapter, the director may develop in cooperation with appointing authorities a management training program, a recruiting program, and a system of performance appraisals, and to assist appointing authorities in the setting of productivity goals.

2. The director shall assist the board in the performance of its functions and attend board meetings.

3. The director may:

(1) Establish and maintain a roster of all officers and employees subject to this chapter pursuant to subsection 1 of section 36.030 or pursuant to section 36.031, in which there shall be set forth, as to each employee, a record of the class title of the position held; the salary or pay; any change in class title, pay or status, and such other data as may be deemed desirable to produce significant facts pertaining to personnel administration;

(2) Appoint and fix the compensation of such experts and special assistants as may be necessary to carry out effectively the provisions of this chapter;

(3) Investigate the effects of this chapter and the rules promulgated under this chapter and report his or her findings and recommendations to the board and the governor;

(4) Make annual reports concerning the work of the division, problems in personnel management, and actions taken or to be taken by the division to resolve those problems;

(5) Perform any other lawful act which he or she may consider necessary or desirable to carry out the purposes and provisions of this chapter.

4. The director shall appoint a deputy or deputies. In case of the absence of the director or his or her inability from any cause to discharge the powers and duties of his or her office, such powers and duties shall devolve upon his or her deputy.

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(L. 1945 p. 1157 § 8, A.L. 1979 H.B. 673, A.L. 2018 S.B. 1007)