Oregon Revised Statutes

Or. Rev. Stat. § 240.215 (2026)

Classification plan; job share; career ladder; transfers

✓ current as of May 2026

Find cases: SyfertCases citing this section ORSoregonlegislature.gov JustiaChapter on Justia CornellLII Search CasesGoogle Scholar

240.215 Classification plan; job share; career ladder; transfers. (1) The Personnel Division of the Oregon Department of Administrative Services shall adopt a classification plan which shall group all positions in the classified service in classifications based on their duties, authority and responsibilities; and which shall set forth for each classification, a class title, a statement of the minimum qualifications, duties, authority and responsibilities thereof. Each classification of positions may be subdivided and classes may be grouped and ranked in an appropriate manner.

(2) The allocation of positions within the various operating agencies to the classifications in the classification plan shall be performed by the agency appointing authority with post-audit review by the division. Agencies shall allocate positions to the available class that most accurately describes the work based upon the assigned duties, authorities and responsibilities. If a position is found to be misallocated, the agency shall change the allocation of the position to the proper class for the work, whether or not the assigned duties have changed since the previous allocation decision.

(3) In adopting a classification system, the division shall consult with appointing authorities to determine the positions in a class of positions that can be classified as job-sharing positions.

(4) The division shall group jobs into broad, statewide classes, whenever possible, consistent with good management practices and ORS 240.190 and 243.650 to 243.809. In this process, the division shall work to reduce the total number of classes, in conjunction with developing career ladders and voluntary cross-agency transfers in concert with employees of the agency. It is intended that employees be provided the necessary training in those instances where additional skills are required. [Amended by 1969 c.80 §50; 1979 c.302 §5; 1979 c.468 §10a; 1993 c.724 §11; 1995 c.155 §1]

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 4 cases, 1978–1981 · leading case: Am. Fed'n of State v. Exec. Dep't, 628 P.2d 1228 (Or. Ct. App. 1981).

Sort: Relevance Newest Treatment

Am. Fed'n of State v. Exec. Dep't, 628 P.2d 1228 (Or. Ct. App. 1981). · cites it 2× “235(3) [15] makes it mandatory that "each employe" shall be paid at one of the rates set forth in the compensation plan for the class of positions in which he or she is employed and that this is the kind of "lawful authority" of the employer the arbitrator is required by ORS 243.”

Donnell v. Briggs, 588 P.2d 650 (Or. Ct. App. 1978). · cites it 2× “525 permits employee layoffs due to reorganizations and ORS 240.215 grants the Division authority to assign duties to positions that it finds appropriate.”

Berry v. State Forestry Dep't, 582 P.2d 473 (Or. Ct. App. 1978). · cites it 2× “Under ORS 240.215 and 240.235 4 the Personnel Division has the authority and responsibility to establish and maintain classification and compensation plans for the classified service.”

Oregon State Employes Ass'n v. Dep't of Gen. Servs., 592 P.2d 562 (Or. Ct. App. 1979). “086 would be to give the arbitrators, rather than ERB, the ultimate power over employe classifications and qualifications — a power vested in ERB by ORS 240.215. Affirmed. On April 30, 1976 the employe, who was in the classification of Custodial Worker, was instructed to "weed…”

— Or. Rev. Stat. § 240.215(1) — 1 case

Berry v. State Forestry Dep't, 582 P.2d 473 (Or. Ct. App. 1978). “Under ORS 240.215 and 240.235 4 the Personnel Division has the authority and responsibility to establish and maintain classification and compensation plans for the classified service.”

Annotations are extracted automatically from the opinions in the Syfert caselaw corpus and ranked by authority, recency, and treatment. Dots show Syfertize treatment of the citing case itself.