A. The Office of Management and Enterprise Services shall study and establish a performance evaluation system that shall be used by all executive branch agencies for completing employee performance evaluations and making salary and performance-based pay decisions. The purpose of the system is to effectively link pay and performance while taking into consideration both the relativity of the position to market and the performance of the employee. The Office of Management and Enterprise Services may promulgate rules to implement the provisions of this section.

B. The agency shall retain a copy of the performance evaluation for each employee of the agency. A copy of the performance evaluation shall be retained in the employee's personnel file.

Added by Laws 1982, c. 338, § 37, eff. July 1, 1982. Amended by Laws 1985, c. 46, § 4, emerg. eff. April 23, 1985; Laws 1986, c. 84, § 9, eff. Nov. 1, 1986; Laws 1986, c. 244, § 8, emerg. eff. June 12, 1986; Laws 1992, c. 367, § 18, eff. July 1, 1992. Renumbered from § 841.16 of this title by Laws 1994, c. 242, § 54. Amended by Laws 1998, c. 235, § 8, eff. July 1, 1998; Laws 1999, c. 1, § 37, emerg. eff. Feb. 24, 1999; Laws 1999, c. 410, § 18, eff. Nov. 1, 1999; Laws 2001, c. 381, § 11, eff. July 1, 2001; Laws 2003, c. 212, § 18, eff. July 1, 2003; Laws 2004, c. 312, § 12, eff. July 1, 2004; Laws 2005, c. 389, § 2, eff. Nov. 1, 2005; Laws 2012, c. 304, § 911; Laws 2014, c. 390, § 5, eff. July 1, 2014.

NOTE: Laws 1998, c. 98, § 1 repealed by Laws 1999, c. 1, § 45, emerg. eff. Feb. 24, 1999.