Section 5-201-14 - Jurisdiction of the board(a) The Board has the power to hear appeals from individual employees in the following cases: (1) When an employee has received an unsatisfactory performance evaluation;(2) When an employee is demoted;(3) When an employee is suspended;(4) When an employee is dismissed;(5) When an employee is aggrieved by alleged discrimination, except where an appeal has been filed with the Commission on Human Rights and Opportunities;(6) When an employee is aggrieved by alleged unsafe or unhealthy working conditions;(7) When an employee is aggrieved as a result of alleged violations involving the interpretation and application of a specific state personnel statute or regulation;(8) When an employee who is laid off or dismissed by reason of economy, lack of work, insufficient appropriation, change in department organization or abolition of position claims that the order of layoff or dismissal was not determined in accordance with section 5-241 of the Connecticut General Statutes;(9) When an employee claims that a personnel action has been taken or threatened against such employee in violation of section 4-61dd(b)(1) of the Connecticut General Statutes; and(10) When an employee has been subjected to disciplinary action by his or her appointing authority based upon a finding that he knowingly and maliciously made false charges under section 4-61dd(c) of the Connecticut General Statutes.(b) The Board shall not hear or consider appeals from employees or groups of employees in the following cases: (1) Any claim arising from being laid off or dismissed by reason of economy, lack of work, insufficient appropriation, change in department organization or abolition of position other than one based on a claim that the order of layoff or dismissal was not determined in accordance with section 5-241 of the Connecticut General Statutes;(2) Matters involving examinations, including application, rejection, type of examination and results;(3) Matters involving compensation for class or classes;(4) Matters involving the establishment of a new class or classes;(5) Matters involving the classification of a position, occupational group or career progression level;(6) Matters involving compliance with health and safety standards and the Connecticut Occupational Safety and Health Act; or(7) Any claim based on alleged discrimination where an appeal has been filed with the Commission on Human Rights and Opportunities.(c) The Board has the power to hear appeals from a group of employees in the following cases: (1) When a group of employees is laid off or dismissed for reasons other than economy, lack of work, insufficient appropriation, change in departmental organization or abolition of positions, provided that each member of such group is appealing the same or a similar issue, as determined by the Board;(2) When a group of employees is laid off or dismissed because of economy, lack of work, insufficient appropriation, change in departmental organization or abolition of positions and claim that the order of layoff or dismissal was not determined in accordance with section 5-241 of the Connecticut General Statutes, provided that each member of such group is appealing the same or a similar issue, as determined by the Board;(3) When a group of employees is aggrieved as a result of alleged discrimination, provided that an appeal has not been filed with the Commission on Human Rights and Opportunities and that each member of such group is appealing the same or a similar issue, as determined by the Board;(4) When a group of employees is aggrieved as a result of unsafe or unhealthy working conditions, provided that each member of such group is appealing the same or a similar issue, as determined by the Board; and(5) When a group of employees is aggrieved as a result of violations involving the interpretation and application of a specific state personnel statute, regulation or rule, provided that each member of such group is appealing the same or a similar issue, as determined by the Board.(d) The Board has the authority to hear appeals from an individual quasi-public agency employee in the following cases:(1) When a quasi-public employee alleges that a personnel action has been taken or threatened against such quasi-public agency employee in violation of section 4-61dd of the Connecticut General Statutes; and(2) When a quasi-public agency employee has been subjected to disciplinary action by his or her appointing authority based upon a finding that he knowingly and maliciously made false charges under section 4-61dd of the Connecticut General Statutes.Conn. Agencies Regs. § 5-201-14
Effective July 23, 1993; Amended November 12, 2008