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§ 2503. Demotions

Purdon's Pennsylvania Statutes and Consolidated StatutesTitle 71 Pa.C.S.A. State GovernmentEffective: March 28, 2019

Purdon's Pennsylvania Statutes and Consolidated Statutes
Title 71 Pa.C.S.A. State Government (Refs & Annos)
Part III. Civil Service Reform (Refs & Annos)
Chapter 25. Regulation of Employees in Classified Service (Refs & Annos)
Effective: March 28, 2019
71 Pa.C.S.A. § 2503
Formerly cited as PA ST 71 P.S. § 741.706
§ 2503. Demotions
Currentness
(a) Employees subject to demotion and rights.--The following apply:
(1) An appointing authority may demote to a vacant position in a lower class an employee in the classified service who does not satisfactorily perform the duties of the position to which the employee was appointed or promoted and who is able to perform the duties of the lower class position.
(2) In case of a demotion, the employee shall have all rights of appeal as provided in this part.
(3) No employee may be demoted because of the employee's race, gender, religion, disability or political, partisan or labor union affiliation or other nonmerit factor.
(b) Voluntary demotion.--A voluntary demotion may be made by an appointing authority upon written request of the employee with the approval of the Office of Administration.

Credits

2018, June 28, P.L. 460, No. 71, § 1, effective in 9 months [March 28, 2019].
71 Pa.C.S.A. § 2503, PA ST 71 Pa.C.S.A. § 2503
Current through Act 10 of the 2024 Regular Session. Some statute sections may be more current, see credits for details.
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