55 ILCS 5/3-12002
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 55 - COUNTIES|55 ILCS 5/ - Counties Code.|Article 3 - Officers And Employees

 (from Ch. 34, par. 3-12002)Sec. 3-12002.     Definitions.     The following words and terms found in  this Division have the meaning defined in this Section unless the context  clearly indicates that a different meaning is intended.(a) Appointing authority: the officer, individual, board or group,  who by law or legally delegated authority, has the authority to appoint  or to remove personnel from positions as county employees.(b) Appointment: the offer and the acceptance of employment in the  county service.(c) Board: a county board.(d) Class: one or more positions sufficiently similar with respect  to duties and responsibilities that the same descriptive title may be  used with clarity to designate each of said positions; that the same  minimum qualifications are appropriate for the performance of each such  position; that the same test of fitness may be used to rank applicants  on the basis of merit; and that the same schedule of pay may be applied  to all such similar positions.(e) Classification plan: a list of the classes in the classified  service by official title.  For each class, a specification shall be  prepared which shall set forth the duties, responsibilities and  authority thereof, and the minimum qualifications necessary for entry  into any of the positions in the class.(f) Classified service: all positions and employees in the county  service subject to the provisions of this Division.(g) Commission: the County Personnel Policy Commission established  under this Division.(h) County: the County government.(i) Department: a county governmental unit under the control of an  appointing authority which has a separate operating budget approved by  the Board.(j) Director: Director of the County Personnel Department.(k) Eligible: a person who has attained a passing score on an  examination for a specific class.(l) Employee: a person who is paid a wage, salary or stipend from  public monies in accordance with official entries on a county payroll.(m) List of eligibles: the persons who have met the minimum  requirements for entry into a class.(n) Part-time employee: an employee who works less than 30 hours per week.(o) Permanent employee: any employee in the classified service who  has satisfactorily completed the probationary period and has been so  certified by the appointing authority.(p) Personnel department: the personnel director and the employees  under the director's supervision.(q) Position: a specific employment whether occupied or vacant,  involving duties requiring the services of one person.(r) Probation: a specified period of employment following  appointment, reemployment, transfer, promotion or demotion; it is the  final step in the examination process during which work performance of  an employee is evaluated.(s) Promotion: a change in the assignment of an employee from a  position in one class to a position in another class having a higher  range of pay.(t) Suspension: the temporary separation of an employee from his/her  position for disciplinary reasons.(u) Temporary employee: an employee who by prearrangement works at a  given position for not more than 4 months per year.(v) Unclassified service: all positions in the county service which  are exempt from the provisions of this Division and from the  rules pertaining thereto.    (Source: P.A. 86-962.)