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Committee hears bill to ease merit‑system barriers for emergency and temporary hires; supporters cite hiring bottlenecks
Summary
H 5681 would allow temporary or emergency hires to be onboarded before civil‑service test completion and improve access to preparatory materials in Spanish and Portuguese; proponents said the change would help fill frontline vacancies in human services while union representatives urged caution and better-resourced multilingual testing.
The House Labor Committee heard H 5681, a bill that would allow waivers of merit‑system testing requirements for temporary and emergency state hires and expand access to preparatory materials and testing in Spanish and Portuguese. Supporters described the measure as a practical step to address persistent recruitment gaps for front‑line public services, while union representatives urged targeted reforms and adequate safeguards.
Leader Lita Chippendale, who introduced the bill, told the committee that state agencies such as the Departments of Children, Youth & Families and Human Services…
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