2 AAC 07.999 - Definitions
Unless the context indicates otherwise, in this chapter
(1) "appeal" means a permanent
employee's appeal of a dismissal, demotion, or suspension over 10 consecutive
working days, or a total suspension over 30 working days in a 12-month
period;
(2) "appointing authority"
means the official to whom appointing authority has been assigned or delegated
under AS
39.25.020;
(3) "assessment" means a method or device
used by an appointing authority to determine or evaluate an applicant's
knowledge, skill, ability, education, or experience in order to fairly predict
the applicant's satisfactory performance of the duties of the
position;
(4) "class" or "class of
positions" means one or more positions sufficiently similar as to duties and
responsibilities, degree of supervision exercised or required, and as to
entrance requirements, that the same descriptive title may be used to designate
them;
(5) "class series" means a
grouping of two or more classes sharing a common title, and characterized by
duties that are similar in nature but with different and progressively higher
degrees of responsibilities;
(6)
"class specification" is a written statement of duties and responsibilities,
that are characteristic of a class of positions; "class specification" includes
the education, experience, knowledge, and ability required to perform the work
of the class of positions;
(7)
"classification plan" means the orderly arrangement into classes of all
positions in the classified and partially exempt services;
(8) "complaint" means an employee's notice to
the employee's division director of dissatisfaction regarding working
conditions, the manner of application or failure to apply personnel laws,
rules, or policies as established or interpreted by the director, disciplinary
action excluding dismissal, demotion, or suspension over 30 days or over a
total of 30 working days in a 12-month period, or the allocation of the
employee's position;
(9)
"consideration" means an assessment of a candidate during the selection process
when the appointing authority has obtained enough knowledge of the candidate's
background in relationship to the job to determine whether or not the candidate
should be selected, rejected, or given further consideration; methods of
consideration can range from a review of the candidate's work history, or
application, to a telephone or in-person interview; the appointing authority
must be prepared to provide the applicant with the job-related reason for which
the applicant was not selected;
(10) "demotion" means the movement of an
employee from one salary range to a lower salary range in the same, or closely
related class series; under the provisions of
2 AAC 07.440, demotion applies only to permanent
employees;
(11) "director" means
the director of the division of personnel in the Department of
Administration;
(12) "disabled
veteran" has the meaning given in
AS
39.25.159;
(13) "dismissal" means the involuntary
separation of a permanent employee from the state service for reasons other
than layoff;
(14) "domicile" means
the true and permanent home of a person, from which the person has no present
intention of moving and to which the person intends to return whenever the
person is away;
(15) "emergency
employee" means an employee appointed for a period not to exceed 30 calendar
days whose appointment was made under conditions requiring immediate action to
carry on work required in the public interest;
(16) "employee" means a person in the state
service who is paid a salary or wage and who is
(A) wholly subject to the State Personnel Act
in AS 39.25 and this chapter (classified employee); or
(B) partially subject to that Act and this
chapter (partially exempt employee);
(17) "good standing" means upon separation an
employee provided at least two weeks notice of separation to the employee's
immediate supervisor unless the appointing authority waives this requirement,
and the employee's last performance evaluation on record reflects an overall
rating of mid-acceptable or higher; resignation during the pendency of an
investigation or in lieu of nonretention or dismissal does not constitute good
standing;
(18) "layoff" means the
separation of an employee due to a shortage of work, insufficient funds, the
abolishment of a position, the release of a substitute appointment because the
permanent incumbent returns to work, or for any other reason not reflecting
discredit on the employee;
(19)
"nonpermanent employee" means an employee in the classified service whose
employment is time-limited;
(20)
"nonpermanent position" means a work assignment of less than 120 days, or a
work assignment established for a specific program or project;
(21) "nonretention" means separation of a
probationary employee from a position due to failure to complete the
probationary period;
(22)
"partially exempt service" means those positions in the state service listed or
provided for in
AS
39.25.120 and
39.25.130;
(23) "pay plan" means the salary schedule
established and amended by the legislature;
(24) "performance evaluation" means a written
appraisal of an employee's job related performance, on the form provided by the
director;
(25) "permanent employee"
means an employee in the classified service who has completed a probationary
period during the current period of service;
(26) "permanent position" means a position in
the classified service requiring the services of a full or part-time employee
that is not time-limited;
(27)
"position" means a group of duties and responsibilities assigned by the
appointing authority requiring the full-time or part-time employment of one
employee or the part-time employment of one or more employees;
(28) "principal executive officer" means the
highest ranking administrative officer of each principal office and department
of the state; unless otherwise provided, the responsibilities assigned in this
chapter may be delegated in accordance with
AS
44.17.010;
(29) "probationary employee" means an
employee who is serving an initial probationary period in the classified
service;
(30) "probationary period"
means a working test period following an appointment and preceding permanent
employment in a class;
(31)
"promotion" means the movement of an employee from one salary range to a higher
salary range;
(32) "provisional
appointment" means an appointment in the classified service made without
competition, either
(A) with the prior
approval of the director in the absence of at least five qualified applicants;
or
(B) of a person who is a client
of the division of vocational rehabilitation and has a severe disability as
determined by the director of vocational rehabilitation;
(33) "ranking" means the assignment of a
qualified applicant to a position on a scale from highest to lowest, based upon
assessment results;
(34)
"reallocation" means the action taken to place an existing position in a
different class;
(35) "resignation"
means the voluntary separation of an employee from state service;
(36) "seasonal position" means a permanent
position established to meet recurring seasonal needs of less than 12 months'
duration during any calendar year;
(37) "second degree of kindred" means a
father, mother, son, daughter, brother, sister, grandfather, grandmother,
grandson, or granddaughter, in a full, half, or step relationship;
(38) "separation" means the conclusion of
employment in a job class or with the state; "separation" includes resignation,
termination, nonretention, dismissal, and layoff;
(39) "state" means the State of
Alaska;
(40) "substitute
appointment, nonpermanent" means the appointment of a nonpermanent employee to
a permanent position or a group of permanent positions in the same class while
the incumbent is on authorized leave of absence;
(41) "substitute appointment,
permanent/probationary" means an appointment made to a position that is to be
vacant for longer than six months because of an authorized leave of absence
where the incumbent has reinstatement rights;
(42) "suspension" means an enforced leave of
absence without pay for disciplinary purposes or pending investigation of
charges made against an employee;
(43) "termination" means the release from
employment of a nonpermanent, emergency, or temporary employee upon completion
of the term of service or the need for services;
(44) "test" means a validated set of
questions, problems, or exercises used in the recruitment and selection process
for a job class or a job class series for determining a person's knowledge,
abilities, aptitude, or qualifications;
(45) "transfer" means the lateral movement of
an employee from one position to another position in the same job class or to a
parallel job class at the same pay range without any break in
service;
(46) "vacancy" means a
position with no incumbent, a position requiring the part-time employment of
more than one employee with less than that number of incumbents, or a position
with one or more incumbents at the time of a reallocation until an appointment
is made to the new job class;
(47)
"veteran" has the meaning given in
AS
39.25.159.
Notes
Authority:AS 39.25.070
AS 39.25.140
AS 39.25.150
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