SECTION ONE - PERSONNEL SYSTEM PROVISIONS
A. Purpose: San Juan County is a political subdivision operating under the laws of the State of Utah and administers public funds. The policies and procedures relative to the personnel working for the County are set forth for a dual purpose:
1. To give employees clear, concise information as to their rights, privileges, obligations, and responsibilities.
2. To provide elected officials, department heads and supervisors direction in dealing consistently and fairly with all employees.
B. Applicability: These policies and procedures apply to all departments and employees of San Juan County. Except as otherwise specifically noted, these policies and procedures apply to all County departments and, as such, all elected officials and department heads are required to comply with them.
C. System Standards: The system standards subscribed to by the County shall conform to the following:
1. Recruiting, selecting and advancing employees on the basis of their relative ability, knowledge, and skill levels.
2. Providing adequate and equitable compensation.
3. Training employees as needed, to assure high quality performance and justify reasonable performance standards.
4. Retaining employees on the basis of the adequacy of their performance, correcting inadequate performance and dismissing employees whose inadequate performance cannot be corrected.
5. Assuring a non-discriminatory setting for applicants and employees in all aspects of personnel administration
6. Providing information to employees regarding their political rights and prohibited practices under the Hatch Act or related legal guidelines
7. Providing career employees with a formal procedure for the filing and airing of grievances and appeals without fear of retaliation, discrimination, coercion, restraint or reprisal
D. Authority for Policies: The policies and procedures of San Juan County are established by the Board of County Commissioners. The County may alter, amend, or supplement these policies at any time. Any amendments or changes thereto, must be approved by the Board of County Commissioners. Only the Board of County Commissioners can enter into contracts, agreements, or promises of any kind relative to employment with San Juan County.
E. Savings Clause: If any provision of these policies and procedures, or the application thereof, is found to be in conflict with any State or Federal Law, the conflicting provision is hereby declared inoperative to the extent of the conflict, but such conflict will not affect the operation of the remainder of these policies and procedures, or any of its application.
F. Disclaimer: Nothing Contained in this Personnel Policies and Procedures Manual is intended to create a contract or agreement between the County and any employee. Nor are any other obligations or liabilities created by this manual for San Juan County.
G. Policy Distribution: The Human Resources Department upon adoption, shall distribute this policy to every County Department for dissemination to its employees. Providing access to the policy electronically satisfies the distribution requirement.
Each employee is expected to read and understand the policy and after review will be required to sign a memorandum stating that they have been given an policy, reviewed the policy and have had an opportunity to seek clarification for those issues and policies not understood.
San Juan County reserves the right to change all benefits, separation plans, programs, policies, practices and rules at any time without prior notice to employees.
Employees may direct any questions regarding this policy to San Juan County Human Resources Department, San Juan County Courthouse, 117 South Main, Monticello, 435-587-3225.
