ORS 240.205
Unclassified service


The unclassified service shall comprise:

(1)

One executive officer and one secretary for each board or commission, the members of which are elected officers or are appointed by the Governor.

(2)

The director of each department of state government, each full-time salaried head of a state agency required by law to be appointed by the Governor and each full-time salaried member of a board or commission required by law to be appointed by the Governor.

(3)

The administrator of each division within a department of state government required by law to be appointed by the director of the department with the approval of the Governor.

(4)

Principal assistants and deputies and one private secretary for each executive or administrative officer specified in ORS 240.200 (Exempt service) (1) and in subsections (1) to (3) of this section. “Deputy” means the deputy or deputies to an executive or administrative officer listed in subsections (1) to (3) of this section who is authorized to exercise that officer’s authority upon absence of the officer. “Principal assistant” means a manager of a major agency organizational component who reports directly to an executive or administrative officer listed in subsections (1) to (3) of this section or deputy and who is designated as such by that executive or administrative officer with the approval of the Director of the Oregon Department of Administrative Services.

(5)

Employees in the Governor’s office and the principal assistant and private secretary in the Secretary of State’s division.

(6)

The director, principals, instructors and teachers in the school operated under ORS 346.010 (Training and educational services for children who are deaf).

(7)

Apprentice trainees only during the prescribed length of their course of training.

(8)

Licensed physicians and dentists employed in their professional capacities and student nurses, interns, and patient or adult in custody help in state institutions.

(9)

Lawyers employed in their professional capacities.

(10)

All members of the Oregon State Police appointed under ORS 181A.050 (Oregon State Police).

(11)

The Deputy Superintendent of Public Instruction appointed under ORS 326.300 (Governor as Superintendent of Public Instruction) and associate superintendents in the Department of Education.

(12)

Temporary seasonal farm laborers engaged in single phases of agricultural production or harvesting.

(13)

Any individual employed and paid from federal funds received under a federal program intended primarily to alleviate unemployment. However, persons employed under this subsection shall be treated as classified employees for purposes of ORS 243.650 (Definitions for ORS 243.650 to 243.809) to 243.809 (Determinations regarding alleged misconduct of law enforcement officer in accordance with uniform standards).

(14)

Managers, department heads, directors, producers and announcers of the state radio and television network.

(15)

Employees, including managers, of the foreign trade offices of the Oregon Business Development Department located outside the country.

(16)

Any other position designated by law as unclassified. [Amended by 1953 c.699 §3; 1955 c.738 §4; 1957 c.597 §1; 1959 c.230 §1; 1959 c.566 §4; 1961 c.645 §1; 1965 c.405 §2; 1969 c.80 §49; 1969 c.199 §18; 1969 c.564 §3; 1969 c.599 §§66a,66b; 1971 c.301 §19; 1971 c.467 §25c; 1975 c.3 §1; 1975 c.393 §1a; 1975 c.427 §2a; 1977 c.271 §1; 1979 c.747 §1; 1979 c.468 §11; 1981 c.518 §3; 1981 s.s. c.3 §40; 1983 c.763 §30; 1985 c.388 §1; 1985 c.565 §38; 1991 c.149 §3; 1991 c.887 §2; 1993 c.741 §19; 1995 c.612 §13; 2001 c.883 §42; 2007 c.858 §61; 2009 c.562 §17; 2011 c.9 §28; 2011 c.547 §40; 2011 c.731 §8; 2019 c.213 §59]

Source: Section 240.205 — Unclassified service, https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors240.­html.

Attorney General Opinions

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240.005
Short title
240.010
Purpose of chapter
240.011
Policy on public service contracts
240.012
Job sharing
240.013
Job-sharing positions
240.015
Definitions
240.055
Personnel Division
240.057
Administrator of Personnel Division
240.060
Employment Relations Board
240.065
Appointment
240.071
Compensation and expenses of members
240.075
Removal of members
240.080
Chairperson appointed by Governor
240.086
Duties of board
240.088
Review of arbitration awards after written exceptions filed
240.100
Administer oaths
240.105
Use of public facilities of state or municipalities
240.115
Action to secure compliance with chapter
240.123
Board personnel
240.131
Employment Relations Board Administrative Account
240.145
Duties of administrator
240.160
Agency personnel officers
240.165
Cost of operating Personnel Division divided among various agencies of state government
240.167
Cost of operating Employment Relations Board divided among various divisions of state government
240.170
Oregon Department of Administrative Services Operating Fund
240.185
Maximum number of state employees
240.190
Policy on comparability of value of work and compensation and classification
240.195
Categories of positions in state service
240.200
Exempt service
240.205
Unclassified service
240.210
Classified service
240.212
Management service
240.215
Classification plan
240.217
Certain reclassifications prohibited
240.227
Salary for legislator appointed to exempt, unclassified or management service
240.235
Compensation plan for classified service
240.240
Application of chapter to unclassified or management service
240.245
Application of chapter to exempt service
240.250
Rules applicable to management service
240.306
Recruitment, selection and promotion of state employees
240.307
Procedure for enforcement of ORS 240.309
240.309
Temporary appointments
240.311
Delegation of authority and responsibility by division
240.316
Trial service
240.321
Collective bargaining
240.395
Suspension of merit system in emergencies
240.400
Designation by appointing authority of staff employees to act as alternates
240.406
Right of unclassified or exempt employee to be accompanied to employer-requested interview
240.410
Removals during trial period
240.425
Regular seasonal employees
240.430
Merit ratings
240.435
State Management Credentials Program required
240.546
Payments in lieu of sick leave with pay
240.551
Working hours, holidays, leaves of absence and vacations of employees in state classified service
240.555
Suspension, reduction, demotion or dismissal
240.560
Appeal procedure
240.563
Judicial review
240.570
Classified employee filling position in unclassified, exempt or management service
240.580
Service credits for service in unclassified service
240.590
Reemployment of employee in exempt service
240.610
Mediation service fee
240.710
Certain acts unlawful
240.750
When discipline action not to be retained in personnel file
240.850
Policy on work environments
240.855
Telecommuting
240.990
Penalties
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