In this article, the following words have the meanings indicated.
(1) "Annual leave" means paid leave for religious holiday leave, vacation, and other personal uses.
(2) "Class" means a position or a group of positions that have similar duties and responsibilities, minimum qualification requirements for education, knowledge, skill, and ability, and a comparable pay rate.
(3) "Class series" means multiple classes in an occupational group that are allocated to different pay grades because of differences in their levels of responsibilities and duties.
(4) "Compensatory time" means time off instead of monetary payment for overtime work.
(5) "Demotion" means the competitive or non-competitive administrative movement of an employee to a different classification in a lower grade or to a different classification with a lower level of job responsibility as determined by the Personnel Officer.
(6) "Disability leave" means paid leave that may be granted to an eligible employee who is unable to pursue the duties of the employee's position because of physical or mental impairment.
(7) "Emergency appointment" means an appointment made when an emergency arises and time does not permit compliance with the appointment procedures contained in the Charter.
(8) "Holiday leave" means paid leave for full-day or part-day official holidays.
(9) "Management, professional, or confidential employee" means a management employee, a professional employee, and a confidential employee as defined in § 6-4-101.
(10) "Master personnel resource list" means a list of candidates identified by proficiency or aptitude testing from which names may be drawn to create eligibility lists.
(11) "Overtime" means time worked by an employee in excess of the employee's normal workday.
(12) "Position" means a unique group of duties, tasks, and responsibilities allocated to a class in the classification plan.
(13) "Priority employment" means the non-competitive administrative placement of an employee or former employee on a certification list for a classification for which the employee or former employee is qualified, at the same or a lower grade, when an employee is disabled according to § 808(a) of the Charter, demoted as a result of a reclassification or reallocation, laid off under § 810 of the Charter, or on an approved leave without pay for more than 60 days in accordance with § 6-1-304(c).
(14) "Proficiency advancement" is the reclassification of an occupied position to a higher-level classification within a proficiency class series. The employee in the position to be reclassified must meet the minimum qualifications for the higher-level classification and must have demonstrated the satisfactory performance of higher-level duties and responsibilities as defined under a written departmental plan that has been approved in accordance with Office of Personnel policies and procedures. Proficiency advancements are not automatic and are based on the recommendation of the appointing authority in accordance with Office of Personnel policies and procedures.
(15) "Proficiency class series" is a set of classifications that form a natural progression and that have been designated by the appointing authority for proficiency advancement under a written departmental plan that has been approved in accordance with Office of Personnel policies and procedures.
(16) "Promotion" means the competitive movement or non-competitive movement through proficiency advancement, reclassification, or reallocation of an employee to a different classification in a higher grade or to a different classification with a higher level of job responsibility as determined by the Personnel Officer.
(17) "Prorated" means in proportion to the time worked in the reduced work week.
(18) "Reallocation" means a change in the classification plan that revises an established class by changing the pay grade assigned to the class.
(19) "Reclassification" means a change of a position from one class to another class with the same or different pay grade.
(20) "Temporary appointment" means an appointment made in the absence of an eligibility list to fill a vacancy or a newly created position in the classified service.
(21) "Transfer" means the competitive or non-competitive administrative movement of an employee to a different classification in the same grade, to a different position with the same classification, or to a position on a different pay scale that has the same level of job responsibility as determined by the Personnel Officer.
(22) "Uniformed officer" means a full-time classified sworn employee of the Police Department, Fire Department, Sheriff's Office, or Detention Center.
(23) "Workday" means the number of hours an employee is normally required to work per day.
(1985 Code, Art. 8, § 1-101) (Bill No. 74-86; Bill No. 45-89; Bill No. 58-91; Bill No. 73-92; Bill No. 34-93; Bill No. 58-93; Bill No. 94-93; Bill No. 65-97; Bill No. 79-98; Bill No. 40-99; Bill No. 94-01; Bill No. 86-04)