PRINTER'S NO. 3157
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
2119
Session of
2018
INTRODUCED BY RYAN, COX, DUSH, GROVE, IRVIN, KEEFER, B. MILLER,
MOUL, ROTHMAN, SAYLOR, STAATS, ZIMMERMAN AND PHILLIPS-HILL,
MARCH 13, 2018
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON STATE GOVERNMENT, MARCH 13, 2018
AN ACT
Amending the act of August 5, 1941 (P.L.752, No.286), entitled
"An act regulating and improving the civil service of certain
departments and agencies of the Commonwealth; vesting in the
State Civil Service Commission and a Personnel Director
certain powers and duties; providing for classification of
positions, adoption of compensation schedules and
certification of payrolls; imposing duties upon certain
officers and employes of the Commonwealth; authorizing
service to other State departments or agencies and political
subdivisions of the Commonwealth in matters relating to civil
service; defining certain crimes and misdemeanors; imposing
penalties; making certain appropriations, and repealing
certain acts and parts thereof," in separation of employees
from the classified service, providing for citizen complaint
hotline and further providing for requirements in removal.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. The act of August 5, 1941 (P.L.752, No.286),
known as the Civil Service Act, is amended by adding a section
to read:
Section 803.1. Citizen Complaint Hotline.--The director
shall provide a citizen complaint hotline for the purpose of
reporting misconduct or inappropriate behavior by an employe. If
an employe is reported to the citizen complaint hotline, the
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following shall occur:
(1) The appointing authority shall be notified.
(2) The employe who is the subject of the report shall be
notified.
(3) If, upon review of the report, the appointing authority
identifies a pattern of behavior that would subject the employe
to suspension or removal, the appointing authority shall
consider appropriate action under this act.
Section 2. Section 807 of the act is amended to read:
Section 807. Removal.--(a) No regular employe in the
classified service shall be removed except for just cause[.] or
as provided under subsection (b).
(b) A regular employe shall be removed after two years of
unsatisfactory performance reviews in any of the preceding five
years, in accordance with the following:
(1) A remediation plan shall be developed for a regular
employe in the classified service with one unsatisfactory
performance review.
(2) The regular employe shall be subject to a six-month
monitoring period to coincide with the remediation plan.
Following the monitoring period, a performance review shall be
completed. The following shall apply:
(i) If the regular employe fails to comply with the
remediation plan, the regular employe shall be removed.
(ii) If the regular employe complies with the remediation
plan, the monitoring period shall continue for an additional
eighteen months. The monitoring period shall conclude with a
performance review.
(iii) If the eighteen-month monitoring period ends with an
unsatisfactory performance review, the regular employe shall be
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removed.
(iv) If the eighteen-month monitoring period ends with a
satisfactory performance review, further action may not be
taken.
(c) An appointing authority shall report all removals to the
director in writing, along with the reason or reasons therefor,
and shall send a copy of the report to the removed regular
employe. Such report shall be made a part of the commission's
public records.
Section 3. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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