(1) As used in this subchapter:(1) “Agency director” means the head of an independent executive state agency who has autonomous authority over the administration and operations of the state agency;(2) “Apprenticeship” means an employee who is learning a trade or obtaining other job skills and knowledge from a state agency;(3) “Cabinet-level department” means the same as defined in § 25-43-103;(4) “Class” or “classification” means a group of positions sufficiently similar as to duties performed, scope of discretion and responsibility, minimum requirements of training and experience or skill, and other characteristics that the same title, the same test of fitness, and the same scale of compensation have been or may be applied to each position in the group;(5) “Classification realignment” means a temporary change of a position to a classification within a different job series or job family;(6) “Demotion” means the change in duty assignment of an employee from a position in one classification to a position in another classification of a lower salary grade within the same pay table;(7) “Employee” means a person regularly appointed or employed in a position of state service by a state agency for which:(A) He or she is compensated on a full-time basis or on a pro rata basis; and(B) A class title and pay grade is established in the appropriation act for the state agency in accordance with the classification and compensation plan enacted in this subchapter;(8) “Entry pay level” means the minimum entrance salary rate for a grade established on a pay table;(9) “Grade” means an authorized pay range;(10) “Job description” means a written document developed by the Office of Personnel Management that identifies a group of positions that have the same type of work and responsibility and states the general components by providing a class title, class code, distinguishing features and examples of work, knowledge, skills, and abilities, and the necessary minimum education and experience requirements to perform the assigned duties;(11) “Job family” means a category designation that identifies a group of related occupations;(12) (A) “Job series” means a subcategory within a job family that identifies classifications with similar types of work or similar skills and knowledge.(B) A job series designates the classifications eligible for career-path progression;(13) “Job sharing” means a form of employment, approved by the Office of Personnel Management, in which the hours of work of two (2) or more persons are arranged in such a way as to cover a single, regular full-time position;(14) “Maximum pay level” means the highest authorized level of pay for a pay grade for normal compensation administration purposes;(15) “Midpoint” means the rate of pay midway between the entry pay level and the maximum pay level established for each grade;(16) “Office of Personnel Management” means the Office of Personnel Management within the Department of Shared Administrative Services acting under the authority granted in this subchapter and subject to the direction of the Secretary of the Department of Shared Administrative Services;(17) “Pay table” means the grades and pay ranges assigned to one (1) of the State Government Services, Information Systems and Technology, Medical, Law Enforcement and Safety, Specialized Services, and Executive pay tables;(18) “Position” means employment that is legislatively authorized in a state agency, occupied or vacant, requiring the services of one (1) full-time equivalent employee;(19) “Promotion” means the change in duty assignment of an employee from a position in one classification to a position in another classification of a higher salary grade within the same pay table or the same job series;(20) (A) “Reclassification” means a change in the assignment of a position from one classification title to another classification title of either a higher or lower salary grade when material and permanent changes in the duties and responsibilities of the position being recommended for reclassification have occurred or when it is necessary to establish a new classification title to meet federal standards as a prerequisite for federal programs.(B) The Office of Personnel Management shall establish procedures for reclassifying positions upon approval by the Legislative Council or, if the General Assembly is in session, the Joint Budget Committee;(21) “State agencies” means all agencies, authorities, departments, boards, commissions, bureaus, councils, or other agencies of the state supported by appropriation of state or federal funds, except those agencies excluded in § 21-5-204;(22) “State Personnel Administrator” means the State Personnel Administrator of the Office of Personnel Management; and(23) “Transfer” means a change in duty assignment of an employee from one position to another position in the same classification or between pay tables.
(1) “Agency director” means the head of an independent executive state agency who has autonomous authority over the administration and operations of the state agency;
(2) “Apprenticeship” means an employee who is learning a trade or obtaining other job skills and knowledge from a state agency;
(3) “Cabinet-level department” means the same as defined in § 25-43-103;
(4) “Class” or “classification” means a group of positions sufficiently similar as to duties performed, scope of discretion and responsibility, minimum requirements of training and experience or skill, and other characteristics that the same title, the same test of fitness, and the same scale of compensation have been or may be applied to each position in the group;
(5) “Classification realignment” means a temporary change of a position to a classification within a different job series or job family;
(6) “Demotion” means the change in duty assignment of an employee from a position in one classification to a position in another classification of a lower salary grade within the same pay table;
(7) “Employee” means a person regularly appointed or employed in a position of state service by a state agency for which:(A) He or she is compensated on a full-time basis or on a pro rata basis; and(B) A class title and pay grade is established in the appropriation act for the state agency in accordance with the classification and compensation plan enacted in this subchapter;
(A) He or she is compensated on a full-time basis or on a pro rata basis; and
(B) A class title and pay grade is established in the appropriation act for the state agency in accordance with the classification and compensation plan enacted in this subchapter;
(8) “Entry pay level” means the minimum entrance salary rate for a grade established on a pay table;
(9) “Grade” means an authorized pay range;
(10) “Job description” means a written document developed by the Office of Personnel Management that identifies a group of positions that have the same type of work and responsibility and states the general components by providing a class title, class code, distinguishing features and examples of work, knowledge, skills, and abilities, and the necessary minimum education and experience requirements to perform the assigned duties;
(11) “Job family” means a category designation that identifies a group of related occupations;
(12) (A) “Job series” means a subcategory within a job family that identifies classifications with similar types of work or similar skills and knowledge.(B) A job series designates the classifications eligible for career-path progression;
(A) “Job series” means a subcategory within a job family that identifies classifications with similar types of work or similar skills and knowledge.
(B) A job series designates the classifications eligible for career-path progression;
(13) “Job sharing” means a form of employment, approved by the Office of Personnel Management, in which the hours of work of two (2) or more persons are arranged in such a way as to cover a single, regular full-time position;
(14) “Maximum pay level” means the highest authorized level of pay for a pay grade for normal compensation administration purposes;
(15) “Midpoint” means the rate of pay midway between the entry pay level and the maximum pay level established for each grade;
(16) “Office of Personnel Management” means the Office of Personnel Management within the Department of Shared Administrative Services acting under the authority granted in this subchapter and subject to the direction of the Secretary of the Department of Shared Administrative Services;
(17) “Pay table” means the grades and pay ranges assigned to one (1) of the State Government Services, Information Systems and Technology, Medical, Law Enforcement and Safety, Specialized Services, and Executive pay tables;
(18) “Position” means employment that is legislatively authorized in a state agency, occupied or vacant, requiring the services of one (1) full-time equivalent employee;
(19) “Promotion” means the change in duty assignment of an employee from a position in one classification to a position in another classification of a higher salary grade within the same pay table or the same job series;
(20) (A) “Reclassification” means a change in the assignment of a position from one classification title to another classification title of either a higher or lower salary grade when material and permanent changes in the duties and responsibilities of the position being recommended for reclassification have occurred or when it is necessary to establish a new classification title to meet federal standards as a prerequisite for federal programs.(B) The Office of Personnel Management shall establish procedures for reclassifying positions upon approval by the Legislative Council or, if the General Assembly is in session, the Joint Budget Committee;
(A) “Reclassification” means a change in the assignment of a position from one classification title to another classification title of either a higher or lower salary grade when material and permanent changes in the duties and responsibilities of the position being recommended for reclassification have occurred or when it is necessary to establish a new classification title to meet federal standards as a prerequisite for federal programs.
(B) The Office of Personnel Management shall establish procedures for reclassifying positions upon approval by the Legislative Council or, if the General Assembly is in session, the Joint Budget Committee;
(21) “State agencies” means all agencies, authorities, departments, boards, commissions, bureaus, councils, or other agencies of the state supported by appropriation of state or federal funds, except those agencies excluded in § 21-5-204;
(22) “State Personnel Administrator” means the State Personnel Administrator of the Office of Personnel Management; and
(23) “Transfer” means a change in duty assignment of an employee from one position to another position in the same classification or between pay tables.