1941 public laws – Ch.378 Sec.9
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CHAPTER 378 AN ACT TO CREATE A MERIT SYSTEM COUNCIL FOR CERTAIN DEPARTMENTS AND AGENCIES OF THE * STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA. WHEREAS, the Unemployment Compensation Commission, the State Board of Health, the State Board of Charities and Public Welfare, and the State Commission for the Blind are agencies of the State which are operated from funds derived both from State and Federal sources; and WHEREAS, before any Federal funds will be allotted to the State by the Federal Social Security Board or other Federal agency or agencies charged with the administration of the Fed- eral Social Security Act, the said State agencies and departments shall codperate and comply with the rules and regulations duly promulgated by the Federal Social Security Board; and WHEREAS, it is a further requirement of the Federal Social Security Board that a system of merit rating be established for the selection of all employees administering or helping admin- ister the Federal Social Security Laws as they apply to the State of North Carolina; and WHEREAS, it is desirable to provide for a uniform examina- tion of all the employees of the State agencies or departments named above, or any other agencies or departments of the State which may hereafter be charged with the administration of the Social Security Laws in this State and required by the Fed- eral Social Security Act, as amended, to establish a merit rating system for employees; and WHEREAS, this requirement of the Federal Social Security Board can be met more economically and satisfactorily by the establishment of one system of merit rating to serve all the agencies of the State affected thereby: Now, therefore, The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
All original appointments to permanent positions shall be made from officially promulgated registers for a probationary period of six months. The probationary period shall be an essential part of the examination process, and shall be utilized for the most effective adjustment of a new employee and for the elimination of any probationary employee whose performance does not meet the required standard of work. Permanent appointment of a probationary employee shall begin with the date ending the probationary period, provided that the personnel officer of the agency concerned has received from the employees supervisor a statement in writing that the services of the employee during the probationary period have been satisfactory and that the employee is recommended to be continued in the service. The statement shall contain an appraisal of the value of the employees services and shall include a service rating upon a form prescribed by the supervisor of merit examinations. It shall be the responsibility of the personnel officer to obtain such statement with recommendations four weeks prior to the end of the probationary period. The personnel officer, on the basis of such statement and recommendations, shall make recommendations to the appointing authority, and if it is determined that the services of the employee have been unsatisfactory, the personnel officer shall notify the employee in writing at least fifteen days in advance of the date his services are to be terminated. An employee whose appointment is to be made permanent shall also be notified. The personnel officer shall notify the Merit System Supervisor of the action taken regarding the services of the employee.