Illinois Administrative Code › Title 80 - PUBLIC OFFICIALS AND EMPLOYEES › Part 250 - STATE UNIVERSITIES CIVIL SERVICE SYSTEM › Section 250.5 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 28, July 12, 2024
"Act": the State Universities Civil Service Act [110 ILCS
				70 ].
"Allocation": assignment of a position to a class.
"Applicant": a person requesting permission to take an
				examination.
"Candidate": a person on a register, as qualified by
				examination, seniority, or service.
"Certification": the act of certifying.
"Certified": referred from a register, in accordance with the
				Act, as a candidate for consideration for employment.
"Certify": to refer from a register, in accordance with the
				Act, the name of a candidate who shall be considered for employment.
"Class": a group of positions that are so similar in duties,
				responsibilities, and job worth, and require such similar education and
				experience, that each position in the group has been given the same job title
				and is filled by the same tests of ability.
"Classification": assignment of a position to a class.
"Designated Employer Representative (DER)": the person
				designated by the employer to act as its representative for the coordination of
				its acts and the exercise of its responsibilities in matters relating to the
				State Universities Civil Service Act and the Administrative Code.
"Demotion": is defined in Section
				250.110(g)(1)
				(Note for clarification: If a status employee, on their own initiative,
				requests a reassignment or a transfer to another position in their class or
				applies for, and takes, an examination and thereafter permits their name to be
				certified to a position in a class other than the one in which they are
				currently employed, and, in either case, accepts an appointment that results in
				a reduction in pay or pay potential, the reduction shall not be considered a
				demotion.)
"Employee": a person legally employed to perform the work of a
				position.
"Employer": the governing Board of an institution or agency
				specified in Section 36e of the Act; and, for purposes of administration
				pursuant to this Part, any institution or agency specified in Section 36e of
				the Act.
"Executive Director": the Executive Director of the State
				Universities Civil Service System.
"Law Enforcement Personnel": an individual who has statutory
				authority to search, seize, or make arrests.
"Lesser Unit": a seniority unit within a class, within an
				institution or agency as specified in Section 36e of the Act, as determined by
				the Merit Board, provided two-thirds of the status employees within the class
				have agreed to the creation of the lesser unit.
"Merit Board" or "University Civil Service Merit Board": the
				governing body of the University System as defined in Section 36c of the Act.
				The 11 members of the Merit Board represent the public universities of the
				State of Illinois and are appointed by their respective University governing
				boards. The powers and duties of the Merit Board are defined in Section 36d of
				the Act.
"Nonstatus Appointment": appointment of a certified candidate
				to a position that has been classified and approved by the Executive Director
				as other than a status appointment.
"Place of Employment": an institution or agency as specified in
				Section 36e of the Act, or a unit of the institution or agency, as determined
				by the Merit Board, the designation of which has been for the purposes of
				maintenance of registers, computation of seniority, establishment of pay rates
				or ranges, and effecting transfers by an employer.
"Position": a group of duties and responsibilities, assigned or
				delegated by competent authority, requiring the full-time service of one
				person, or the part-time service of one or more persons.
"Reallocation": reassignment of an existing position to a class
				that is a part of a different promotional line, or to a class that is not a
				part of any promotional line.
"Reassignment": moving of an employee by an employer from one
				position to another in the same class within a place of employment, subject to
				limitations imposed by lesser units.
"Reclassification": reassignment of an existing position within
				a promotional line.
"Register": a list of one or more names of candidates, listed
				in accordance with the Act and this Part.
"Resignation": an act by which an employee voluntarily
				separates themself from their employment.
"Rewrite Examination": an examination for a class that is taken
				by an applicant subsequent to failing a previous examination for the same
				class, or that is taken by an applicant subsequent to passing a previous
				examination for the same class in an attempt to improve their examination
				score.
"Seniority": after completion of the probationary period, a
				term used to describe time worked in a class or in classes within the same
				promotional line, computed in accordance with the provisions of the Act and
				this Part.
"Service": a term used to describe time worked in a class under
				a status appointment by an employee who is serving, but who has not completed,
				a probationary period in that class.
"Status Appointment": appointment of a certified candidate to a
				position that has been classified and approved by the Executive Director as a
				continuing position under the position control record plan of the University
				System.
"Status Employee": an employee who has successfully completed a
				probationary period in a class.
"Status Position": a position that has been classified and
				approved by the Executive Director under the position control record
				system.
"Termination": discontinuance of services of an employee having
				a nonstatus appointment; discontinuance of services of an employee in one place
				of employment who has transferred within the System to another place of
				employment; failure of a provisional employee to meet certification
				requirements; and/or death, retirement, or inability of an employee to return
				from a leave of absence in accordance with Section
				250.110(c).
"Transfer": moving of an employee from one position to another
				in the same class between constituent places of employment.
"Transfer List": a list of applicants who have been employed as
				sworn police officers within the past 24 months for employers to use to hire in
				lieu of the original entry register.
"University System": the State Universities Civil Service
				System.