Sec. 5-221a. Appeal from rejection of application for admission to examination. - Connecticut Statutes

      Sec. 5-221a. Appeal from rejection of application for admission to examination. Within ten days of the receipt by an applicant for employment or an employee in the classified service of a notice of rejection of his application for admission to an examination held for the purpose of establishing a candidate list for any position in the classified service, such applicant or employee may appeal such rejection in writing to the Commissioner of Administrative Services, providing supplementary information on qualifications as may be necessary, and may request a hearing to review such rejection. The commissioner shall appoint an independent human resource professional to render a final decision on the applicant's or employee's appeal within thirty days thereafter.

      (1969, P.A. 658, S. 3; P.A. 77-614, S. 66, 610; P.A. 92-165, S. 12, 32; P.A. 96-168, S. 10, 34.)

      History: P.A. 77-614 replaced personnel commissioner with commissioner of administrative services; P.A. 92-165 changed "employment list" to "candidate list" and made technical changes; P.A. 96-168 provided for appeal within ten days rather than seven days of receipt of rejection notice, required that appeals be in writing and specified the information the appellant should provide, permitted the appellant to request a hearing and eliminated the panel of personnel officers from state agencies, substituting an independent human resource professional as the decision-making body, effective July 1, 1996.