South Dakota Statutes
§ 3-6D-6 — Merit standards for personnel management actions.
Any personnel management actions taken under the provisions of this chapter shall comply with merit standards as follows:
(1)Recruiting, selecting, and advancing civil service employees through open consideration of qualified applicants for initial appointments and promotions. Selection of qualified applicants is based on relative ability, knowledge, and skills;
(2)Providing equitable and adequate compensation;
(3)Training civil service employees to assure high quality performance;
(4)Retaining civil service employees based on performance, correcting inadequate performance, and separating employees whose performance cannot be improved; and (5) Assuring fair treatment without regard to age, political affiliation, race, color, national origin, sex, or religious creed.
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Legislative History
SL 2012, ch 23, § 43; SL 2019, ch 21, § 28.