Section 600.610 Introduction

Section 600

Section 600.610  Introduction

a)         General

1)         Subject

This Subpart

establishes the basic policies governing personnel in the Office of the Auditor

General.

2)         Equal Employment

The Office of

the Auditor General does not discriminate against any individual on any

unlawful basis, including race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, age,

marital status, physical or mental disability, national origin, citizenship

status, arrest record, political affiliation, ancestry, military status or

unfavorable discharge from military service.

3)         Scope

All payroll employees

of the Office of the Auditor General are subject to the provisions of this

Subpart.

b)         Definitions

"Auditor

General" means the Auditor General of the State of Illinois.

"Certified

Employee" means an employee who has satisfactorily completed a required period

of probation and attained certified status in any position during the

employee's most recent period of continuous service with the Office.

"Certified

Status" means status achieved through the completion of a probationary

period.

"Deputy

Auditor General" means the Deputy Auditor General of the State of

Illinois.

"Director"

means a designated head of an organizational unit as reflected in the

organizational chart in Appendix B.  When appropriate, the term

"director" includes the Auditor General and Deputy Auditor General.

"Executive

Employee" means a Director, a Legal Counsel, the Assistant to the Auditor

General, and other employees as designated in their position descriptions.

"Gift Ban

Law" means Article 10 of the State Officials and Employees Ethics Act [5

ILCS 430].

"Immediate

Family" means spouse, civil union partner, domestic partner, parents, mother-in-law,

father-in-law, stepparents, children, stepchildren, siblings, grandparents,

grandchildren, and other persons who abide within the same household

ther employees as designated in their position descriptions.

"Gift Ban

Law" means Article 10 of the State Officials and Employees Ethics Act [5

ILCS 430].

"Immediate

Family" means spouse, civil union partner, domestic partner, parents, mother-in-law,

father-in-law, stepparents, children, stepchildren, siblings, grandparents,

grandchildren, and other persons who abide within the same household. For

bereavement purposes, the term also includes niece, nephew, aunt, uncle, brother-in-law,

sister-in-law, son-in-law and daughter-in-law.

"Office"

means Office of the Auditor General.

"Probationary

Employee" means an employee serving a probationary period after initial

hiring from outside the Office.

"Probationary

Period" means a period of approximately 6 calendar months preceding

receipt of notice of certification and after initial hiring from outside the

Office or of approximately 4 months after appointment to a position within the

Office in which the employee has not previously been certified. Probationary

periods of longer duration may be imposed as provided in this Subpart.

"State

Auditor" means a State payroll employee of the Office who has been

authorized by the Auditor General to conduct audits, investigations and studies

and who has been appointed State Auditor in accordance with this Subpart.