The commissioners shall appoint an executive assistant for the judicial department, to serve at their pleasure, who shall prepare all dockets for hearings, informal conferences and full Commission reviews, maintain liaison with the director of the administrative department, receive all files from that department when they are ready for hearing, informal conference, settlement or other disposition, and perform such other duties as shall be assigned to him by the Chairman to whom the executive assistant shall be solely responsible.

The executive assistant with the approval of the chairman of the commission shall be authorized to employ and, if necessary, discharge all support personnel required to exercise the functions herein prescribed for his office.