Sec. 35.4. Powers and duties of the Department of Civil Service

The Department of Civil Service shall:

(a) prescribe or approve the rating period and the manner, form and time at which performance ratings shall be submitted;

(b) prescribe or approve the manner, form and frequency of employee appraisals;

(c) conduct interviews and report to the commission on performance rating appeals;

(d) refuse to accept the performance ratings of any agency where the performance of employees has not been properly evaluated, or where reports of unsatisfactory performance or attendance are inadequate;

(e) review and report to the commission concerning the operation of performance rating programs which have been exempted from these rules;

(f) refuse to approve the promotion of an employee whose performance is rated as unsatisfactory;

(g) direct the correction of any manifest errors made in reporting performance ratings or in the crediting of such ratings.