Review of ratings

§ 4305. Review of ratings (a) An agency, on request of an employee of that agency, shall provide one impartial review of the performance rating of the employee. (b) Each agency shall establish one or more boards of review of equal jurisdiction to consider and pass on the merits of performance ratings under rating plans established under this chapter. Each board of review shall have three members, one member designated by the head of the agency, one member designated by the employees of the agency in the manner prescribed by the Civil Service Commission, and one member, who serves as chairman, designated by the Commission. Alternate members are designated in the same manner as their respective principals. (c) In addition to the review under subsection (a) of this section, an employee with a current performance rating of less than satisfactory, on written appeal to the chairman of the appropriate board of review established under subsection (b) of this section, is entitled to a hearing and decision on the merits of the appealed rating. If an employee with a current performance rating or satisfactory has not requested and obtained review of the rating under subsection (a) of this section, he is entitled, on written appeal to the chairman or the appropriate board of review established under subsection (b) of this section, to a hearing and decision on the merits of the appealed rating. (d) At the hearing the appellant, or his designated representative, and representatives of the agency are entitled to submit pertinent information orally or in writing, and to hear or examine, and reply to, information submitted by others. After the hearing, the board of review shall confirm the appealed rating or make such change as it considers proper.