123:1-15-03 Joint employment and certification.

(A) In positions where the appointing authority with approval of the director of administrative services determines that the nature of the work situation requires the joint employment of persons related by heredity or by marriage, such as husband and wife, father and daughter, mother and son, or brother and sister, appointment shall be made by one of the following methods:

(1) Joint certification may be made from an eligible list. Standing on the eligible list shall be determined by the average of the grades of the two participants. Where two persons have been employed by joint certification, separation of either person shall operate automatically to remove the other person.

(2) In the absence of an eligible list, joint appointment may be made of two properly qualified and related persons. Separation of either person shall operate automatically to remove the other person.

(3) Where one of the two positions involved in a situation requiring joint employment has the status of an appointing authority, the person duly appointed to that position may appoint a properly qualified and related person to the other position subject to approval of the director of administrative services, such second appointment to be in the classified service but to terminate whenever the first position is vacated.

(B) The determination of whether a working situation requires joint employment of the nature described in this rule may be made whenever a vacancy occurs in either of the two positions involved.

Effective: 07/01/2007

R.C. 119.032 review dates: 09/12/2010

Promulgated Under: 119.03

Statutory Authority: 124.09

Rule Amplifies: 124.26

Prior Effective Dates: 1/9/76, 11/9/81