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The Department has the power to temporarily transfer employees from one department to another when necessary, and it is required by Statute to establish and maintain a training program for administrative judges and Hearing Officers . It assists state departments in planning and conduct of training workshops, to prevent Sexual Harassment from occurring, and designs orientation sessions which are made available to each department for each new employee. It is required to make a study of the Civil Service system and provide periodic reports to the governor on reccomendations for improvements. The Department makes annual reports, and special reports if they deem it to be necessary, on the personnel administration for the governor and commissioner.

The Department carries out its duties through eleven divisions: the Examinations Division, the Applicant Services Division, the Technical Services Division, the Classification/Compensation Division, the Employee Relations Division, the Research Division, the Administrative Services division, the Information Services Division, the Equal Employment Opportunities/Affirmative Action division, the Americans with Disabilities division, and the Employee Development and Equal Opportunity division.


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