Wis. Admin. Code Department of Administration-Division of Personnel Management; Merit Recruitment ER-MRS 1.02 - Definitions
In addition to those terms defined under s. 230.03, Stats., the following are definitions for terms used in chs. ER-MRS 1 to 34:
(1) "Agency" has the meaning defined in s.
230.03(3),
Stats.
(2) "Appointment" means the
action of an appointing authority to place a person in a position within the
agency in accordance with the law and chs.
ER 1 to 47 and ER-MRS 1 to 34,
effective when the employee reports for work or is in paid leave status on the
agreed starting date and time. "Appointment" does not include an acting
assignment under ch. ER-MRS 32.
(3)
"Compensation plan" means the compensation plan adopted under s.
230.12,
Stats.
(4) "Counterpart pay ranges"
means pay ranges or groupings of pay ranges in different pay schedules which
are designated by the administrator to be at the same level for the purposes of
determining personnel transactions.
(5) "Demotion" means the permanent
appointment of an employee with permanent status in one class to a position in
a lower class than the highest position currently held in which the employee
has permanent status in class, unless excluded under s. ER-MRS 17.02.
(6) "Employee" means any person who receives
remuneration for services rendered to the state under an employer-employee
relationship in the classified civil service, except where otherwise stated or
modified by rule.
(7) "Employing
unit" means an agency or a functional, organizational or geographic unit within
the agency which has been approved under s.
230.30,
Stats., for the agency to use for any one or combination of the following:
promotion, demotion, transfer, reinstatement, restoration, layoff and other
related personnel transactions.
(8)
"Higher class" means a class assigned to a higher pay range.
(9) "Higher pay range" means the pay range
which has the greater pay range dollar value maximum when comparing pay ranges
not designated as counterparts.
(10) " Involuntary demotion" means a demotion
directed by the appointing authority.
(10m) "Involuntary transfer" means a transfer
directed by the appointing authority.
(11) "Layoff" means the termination of the
services of an employee with permanent status in class from a position in a
layoff group approved under s. ER-MRS 22.05, in which a reduction in force is
to be accomplished.
(12) "Leave of
absence" means absence from employment with the approval of the appointing
authority with or without loss of pay in accordance with the appropriate
statutory provision or rule.
(13)
"Limited term appointment" means the appointment of a person to perform a
grouping of duties and responsibilities on a non-project basis under conditions
of employment which do not provide for attainment of permanent status under s.
230.26(1),
Stats.
(14) "Limited term
employment" means employment in which the nature and conditions do not permit
attainment of permanent status in class and for which the use of normal
procedures for recruitment and examination are not practicable.
(15) "Lower class" means a class assigned to
a lower pay range.
(16) "Lower pay
range" means the pay range which has the lesser pay range dollar value maximum
when comparing pay ranges not designated as counterparts.
(17) "Month" means a calendar month or the
period from a given date in one month through the date preceding the given date
in the following month, whichever the context requires.
(18) "Original appointment" means the
appointment of a person who has not attained permanent status in class or
permanent status, or the appointment of a current or former employee on a basis
other than a demotion, promotion, reinstatement, restoration or transfer to a
classified position in which permanent status can be attained.
(19) "Pay range" means either of the
following:
(a) With respect to a
classification to which a non-trainee position is allocated, the range on an
official hourly basis as prescribed in the compensation plan.
(b) With respect to a classification to which
a trainee position is allocated, the minimum of the pay range for the trainee
position up to the maximum of the pay range for a non-trainee position
allocated to the same class.
(20) "Permanent appointment" means the
appointment of a person to a classified position in which permanent status can
be attained.
(21) "Permanent
employment" means employment in a position in which permanent status in class
may be obtained and which requires the services of an employee for 600 hours or
more on an annual basis and includes seasonal employment under sub. (31),
sessional employment under sub. (32) and school year employment under s.
230.08(3) (e), Stats.
(22) "Permanent status" means the rights and
privileges attained upon successful completion of a probationary period or
career executive trial period required upon an appointment to permanent,
seasonal or sessional employment.
(23) "Permanent status in class" means the
rights and privileges attained upon successful completion of a probationary
period required upon an appointment to permanent, seasonal or sessional
employment.
(24) "Probationary
period" means the time period specified in s.
230.28,
Stats.
(25) "Project appointment"
means the appointment of a person to a project position under conditions of
employment which do not provide for attainment of permanent status.
(26) "Project employment" means employment as
a result of a project appointment in a project position.
(26m) "Project position" has the meaning
defined in s.
230.27(1),
Stats.
(27) Except as provided in
s. ER-MRS 14.02, "promotion" means any of the following:
(a) The permanent appointment of an employee
to a different position in a higher class than the highest position currently
held in which the employee has permanent status in class;
(b) The permanent appointment of an employee
or former employee in layoff status to a different position in a higher class
than the highest position in which permanent status in class was held at the
time the employee or former employee became subject to layoff; or
(c) The permanent appointment of an employee
on an approved leave of absence, either statutorily mandated or granted by an
appointing authority to a different position in a higher class than the highest
position in which permanent status in class was held at the time the employee
began the leave of absence.
(28) "Recruitment option" means a grouping of
job duties and responsibilities common to one or more positions assigned to a
classification or classifications, used by the director to establish layoff
groups under s. ER-MRS 22.06, selectively certify eligibles under s. ER-MRS
12.03 or establish registers under s.
230.25(4) (a), Stats.
(29) "Reinstatement" means the act of
permissive re-appointment without competition of an employee or former employee
under s.
230.40(3),
2013 Stats., or s.
230.31,
230.33,
or
230.34,
Stats., to a position:
(a) In the same class
in which the person was previously employed;
(b) In another class to which the person
would have been eligible to transfer had there been no break in employment;
or
(c) In a class having a lower
pay rate or pay range maximum for which the person is qualified to perform the
work after the customary orientation provided to newly hired workers in the
position.
(30)
"Restoration" means the act of mandatory reappointment without competition of
an employee or former employee under s.
230.34,
2013 Stats., or s.
230.31,
230.32 or
230.33,
Stats., to a position:
(a) In the same class
in which the person was previously employed;
(b) In another classification to which the
person would have been eligible to transfer had there been no break in
employment; or
(c) In a class
having a lower pay rate or pay range maximum for which the person is qualified
to perform the work after the customary orientation provided to newly hired
workers in the position.
(31) "Seasonal employment" means employment
which normally permits attainment of permanent status in class through
successive reinstatements and requires the services of an employee on an
intermittent and recurring basis for at least 600 hours each year, during no
more than 24 biweekly payroll periods of any 26 consecutive full biweekly
payroll periods.
(32) "Sessional
employment" means employment in positions of legislative agencies that require
the services of an employee more than 600 hours in any 26 consecutive full
biweekly payroll periods and which normally permits attainment of permanent
status in class through successive reinstatements, but the duration of which is
closely related to the legislative session.
(33) "Transfer" means the permanent
appointment of an employee to a different position assigned to a class having
the same or counterpart pay rate or pay range as a class to which any of the
employee's current positions is assigned.
(34) "Vacancy" means a classified position to
which a permanent appointment may be made after the appointing authority has
initiated an action to fill that position.
(35) "Year" means a calendar year or the
period from a given date in one year through the date preceding the given date
in the following year, whichever the context requires.
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