Personnel procedures and policies

(1) Nonjudicial state court employees shall be subject to a personnel manual, developed by the director of state courts to be consistent with pertinent state statutory requirements, which establishes basic and uniform policies. The manual shall include generally uniform policies for: (a) Vacation and other leave situations. All circuit judges are entitled to 25 working days of vacation per year. (b) Overtime and compensatory time. (c) Fringe benefits. (d) Promotion and position designation. (e) Merit or other performance awards. (f) Recruitment and hiring procedures. (g) Employee evaluations. (h) Salary determination and pay ranges. (i) An appeal procedure for personnel grievances. 270 (2) A manual shall be prepared setting out uniform vacation and other leave policies for judges. (3) There are staff positions in the judicial branch which are substantially equivalent to positions in the classified service. Such employees should receive pay, benefits and promotional opportunities comparable to employees in the civil service.