R477-10-1. Performance Evaluation

  Agency management shall utilize the Utah Performance Management (UPM) system for employee performance plans and evaluations. The Executive Director, DHRM, may authorize exceptions to the use of UPM and this rule consistent with Section R477-2-2. For this rule, the word employee refers to a career service employee, unless otherwise indicated.

  (1) Performance management systems shall satisfy the following criteria:

  (a) Agency management shall select an overall performance rating scale.

  (b) Performance standards and expectations for each employee shall be specifically written in a performance plan.

  (c) Managers or supervisors shall notify employees when their performance plans are implemented or modified.

  (d) Managers or supervisors provide employees with regular verbal and written feedback based on the standards of performance and behavior outlined in their performance plans.

  (2) Each fiscal year a state employee shall receive a performance evaluation.

  (a) An employee shall have the right to include written comments pertaining to the employee's performance evaluation.

  (b) A probationary employee may receive a performance evaluation at the end of the probationary period.