Sec. 2-598. - Establishment; composition.
Sec. 2-599. - Appointment and general powers and duties of director.
Sec. 2-601. - Criminal history and other background checks of applicants, employees, and volunteers.
Secs. 2-602—2-604. - Reserved.
Sec. 2-598. - Establishment; composition.
There is hereby established a department of human resources, which shall consist of the director of human resources, and such other officers and employees, organized into branches, sections or other units, as may be provided by ordinance or by orders or directives consistent therewith. The department of human resources shall be responsible for the administration of a total personnel system, to include the recruitment, testing and placement of new employees, training, equal employment opportunity, employee relations, workers' compensation, medical services administration, substance abuse testing, employee personnel records, and the administration of the classification and pay plans and the affirmative action plan.
(Ord. No. 2784-81; Ord. No. 6035-04)
Charter reference— Authority of city to create departments, § 4.02B.
Cross reference— Pensions and retirement, Ch. 31.
Sec. 2-599. - Appointment and general powers and duties of director.
The director of human resources shall be appointed by the city manager. The director of human resources shall be the head of the department of human resources and shall have general management and control of the several branches, sections or other units of the department.
(Ord. No. 2784-81; Ord. No. 6035-04)
(a)
The human resources director shall be responsible for the preparation of rules and procedures for city manager approval and issuance as required to administer the following policies and plans:
(1)
Policies established under Chapter 2, Administration, Article IV, Employee Benefits and Article V, Employee Grievances, of the City Code.
(2)
The city's affirmative action plan.
(3)
The city's classification and pay plan.
(b)
The human resources director shall also be responsible for recommending to the city manager, for approval, other policies or practices deemed necessary to the administration of the personnel system.
(Ord. No. 2784-81; Ord. No. 6035-04)
Sec. 2-601. - Criminal history and other background checks of applicants, employees, and volunteers.
(a)
It is the intent of the city council in enacting this section to comply with the provisions of the Code of Virginia, §§ 15.2-1503.1, 15.2-1505.1 and 19.2-389, as amended, to enable the city manager and the director of human resources, in the interest of public welfare and safety, to access the criminal history record information regarding applicants for certain positions and volunteers, as set forth below. The director of human resources shall determine the type and scope of the criminal history record checks and any other background checks required for the affected positions.
(b)
The human resources department shall require a criminal history record information investigation on all applicants for police and fire department positions. Applicants shall include those for initial hire, and those current employees who laterally transfer, promote, or demote to such a position, and volunteers.
(c)
In addition to [subsection] (b) above, the human resources department shall require a criminal history record information investigation for finalists identified in the personnel selection and placement process for all applicants, including volunteers, in the following departments, and for individual positions or activities identified by the city manager which affect public welfare or safety. Applicants shall include finalists for initial hire, and those current employees who laterally transfer, promote, or demote to such a position, and volunteers:
(1)
Department of public utilities.
(2)
Department of purchasing.
(3)
Department of finance.
(4)
Department of information technology.
(5)
Department of human resources.
(6)
Department of internal audit.
(7)
Office of self-insurance.
(8)
Department of adult corrections.
(9)
Department of juvenile services.
(10)
Department of planning.
(11)
Department of development.
(12)
Department of real estate assessment.
(13)
Department of human services.
(14)
Department of law.
(15)
For individual positions or activities identified by the city manager which affect public welfare or safety.
(d)
Current employees and volunteers. The director of human resources may require a periodic criminal history record information investigation and other background checks, and determine their type and scope, for current employees and volunteers when authorized by federal or state law.
(Ord. No. 2784-81; Ord. No. 3098-83; Ord. No. 4936-96; Ord. No. 5537-00; Ord. No. 6035-04; Ord. No. 6595-09, § 1; Ord. No. 6762-11, § 1, eff. 3-1-2011)
Cross reference— Criminal history investigation of applicants for employment in educational system, § 14-1.