State Civil Service Rules

• Documents Related to the CS Rules
• Printer Friendly Civil Service Rules
• Civil Service Rules Annotated, Second Edition
• December 2008 Update to Civil Service Rules Annotated, Second Edition

The State Civil Service Rules govern personnel practices and are binding for state classified employees in all state agencies and departments. These Rules are adopted and amended in open hearings by the State Civil Service Commission. Authority for the rules is derived from Article X of the Louisiana State Constitution.

• Chapter 1: Definitions of terms used in the rules
• Chapter 2: Civil Service Commission — powers, public meetings, procedures for adopting and amending the rules, etc.
• Chapter 3: Duties of the Director of Civil Service
• Chapter 4: Classified and unclassified positions
• Chapter 5: Classification plan — allocation of positions, reallocations, business reorganizations, job creations, job specifications and job evaluation
• Chapter 6: Pay rules (for promotion, demotion, reallocation, details, performance adjustments, etc.)
• Chapter 7: Repealed
• Chapter 8: Repealed
• Chapter 9: Probationary period
• Chapter 10: Performance Evaluation System (effective 7/1/2012)
• Chapter 11: Hours of work and types of leave such as annual, sick, compensatory, special, etc.
• Chapter 12: Discipline; Corrective Actions; Separations
• Chapter 13: Civil Service appeals
• Chapter 14: Prohibited activities
• Chapter 15: Effecting and Reporting Actions
• Chapter 16: Investigations
• Chapter 17: Layoff avoidance measures, layoffs and post layoff
• Chapter 18: Transition Rules
• Chapter 19: Transition to new pay structure
• Chapter 20: Pilot of transaction approval changes
• Chapter 21: Overtime and overtime compensation
• Chapter 22: Requirements for filling job vacancies
• Chapter 23: Appointments
• Chapter 24: Transfer of governmental functions and acquisitions