Connecticut General Statutes

Conn. Gen. Stat. § 5-194 (2026)

Construction and administration

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This chapter shall be so construed and administered as to provide a uniform and equitable system of personnel administration of employees in the state service. Recruitment, selection, appointment, development, promotion, transfer, layoff, classification, compensation, discipline, separation and provision for the welfare of state employees shall be performed in a manner to secure and retain well qualified employees to carry out state programs effectively and efficiently and to provide reasonable stability of employment in the state service.

(1967, P.A. 657, S. 3.)

Cited. 170 C. 668; 226 C. 670.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 6 cases, 1976–2009 · leading case: Dep't of Admin. Servs. v. Employees' Review Bd., 628 A.2d 957 (Conn. 1993).
Dep't of Admin. Servs. v. Employees' Review Bd., 628 A.2d 957 (Conn. 1993). · cites it 2× “This principle is particularly applicable in this case since General Statutes § 5-194 of the personnel act states in relevant part: “This chapter shall be so construed and administered as to provide a uniform and equitable system of personnel administration of employees in the…”
Merch. v. State Ethics Comm'n, 733 A.2d 287 (Conn. App. Ct. 1999). · cites it 2× “The State Personnel Act sets forth its scope in General Statutes § 5-194, which provides: “This chapter *813 shall be so construed and administered as to provide a uniform and equitable system of personnel administration of employees in the state service.”
Ware v. State, 983 A.2d 853 (Conn. App. Ct. 2009). · cites it 2× “General Statutes § 5-194 provides in relevant part: “This chapter shall be so construed and administered as to provide a uniform and equitable system of personnel administration of employees in the state service.”
Sec'y of Off. of Policy & Mgmt. v. Employees' Review Bd., 837 A.2d 770 (Conn. 2004). · cites it 2× “See General Statutes § 5-194 (“[t]his chapter shall be so construed and administered as to provide a uniform and equitable system of personnel administration of employees in the state service”); General Statutes § 5-238 (“The Commissioner of Administrative Services shall issue…”
Wagner v. Connecticut Pers. Appeal Bd., 368 A.2d 20 (Conn. 1976). · cites it 2× “General Statutes § 5-194 expressly provides that the act “shall be so construed and administered as to provide a uniform and equitable system of personnel administration of employees in the state *672 service” (emphasis supplied), and that such matters as appointment,…”
Rapkin v. Rocque, 97 F. Supp. 2d 244 (D. Conn. 2000). · cites it 2× “Plaintiffs position was a classified position, covered by Connecticut’s civil service statute, C.G.S.A. § 5-194, et seq., but that single factor is not dispositive.”
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