1. (1) In this Regulation, “full employment” means employment for the number of hours of work per week prescribed for a classification by subsection 9 (1); “full-time employee” means an employee who is appointed to full employment and “full-time position” has a corresponding meaning; “Management Compensation Plan” or “MCP” means the classifications of positions of persons employed by the Crown in managerial, administrative, professional, technical, clerical, operational or confidential capacities other than the classifications of positions of persons in, (a) units of employees established for collective bargaining under the Crown Employees Collective Bargaining Act, 1993, (b) the deputy minister class, and (c) the Senior Management Group; “part-time employee” means an employee who is appointed to a position designated under subsection 9 (3) as a position whose duties require fewer hours of work per week than are prescribed by subsection 9 (1); “pay” or “salary” means remuneration in respect of regularly scheduled hours of work but does not include any amount paid that is, (a) a cash payment for a benefit, (b) a premium payment, or (c) a lump sum payment for a special assignment; “regularly scheduled hours of work”, in the case of a full-time employee, means the hours of work per week prescribed for a classification by subsection 9 (1) and, in the case of a part-time employee to whom clause 9 (4) (a) applies, means the hours or, in the case of a part-time employee to whom clause 9 (4) (b) applies, means the number of full days in four consecutive weeks specified for the position; “Senior Management Group” or “SMG” means the classes, other than the deputy minister class, of positions of persons employed by the Crown in senior management capacities and classified as positions within the Senior Management Group on or after January 1, 1991; “spouse” means, (a) a spouse as defined in section 1 of the Family Law Act, or (b) either of two persons who live together in a conjugal relationship outside marriage; “term classified employee” means a person appointed to the term classified service under subsection 7.1 (1) of the Act.  R.R.O. 1990, Reg. 977, s. 1 (1); O. Reg. 71/00, s. 1; O. Reg. 40/02, s. 1; O. Reg. 1/04, s. 1; O. Reg. 280/04, s. 1; O. Reg. 345/05, s. 1. (2) For the purposes of subsection (1), “cash payment for a benefit” includes any payment made on termination of employment under sections 79 to 86; “premium payment” includes any payment for overtime, travel time, shift premiums and management responsibility supplements.  R.R.O. 1990, Reg. 977, s. 1 (2); O. Reg. 75/06, s. 1. (3) Despite the definition of “part-time employee”, (a) a civil servant who immediately before the coming into force of this subsection was working fewer hours per week than are prescribed by subsection 9 (1) and who was receiving benefits as if the civil servant was a full-time employee shall be deemed, for the purposes of this Regulation, to continue as a full-time employee so long as the civil servant occupies the same position; and (b) a civil servant who occupies a position that by subsection 9 (1) is prescribed as being a position that requires more than 36¼ hours of work per week shall be deemed, for the purposes of this Regulation, to be a full-time employee if the civil servant normally works at least 36¼ hours per week.  R.R.O. 1990, Reg. 977, s. 1 (3). (4) Where a part-time employee has different hours of work, or days, prescribed as being the normal work week for different weeks, the regularly scheduled hours of work of the employee shall be the average number of such hours, or days, per week in four consecutive weeks.  R.R.O. 1990, Reg. 977, s. 1 (4). PART I   APPOINTMENTS AND ASSIGNMENTS New Appointments