Missouri Code of State Regulations › Title 1 - OFFICE OF ADMINISTRATION › Division 20 - Personnel Advisory Board and Division of Personnel › Chapter 1 - Organization and Operation › Section 1 CSR 20-1.020 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 49, No. 14, July 15, 2024
PURPOSE: This rule defines the meanings of specific
				  words and terms used in the rules of the Personnel Advisory Board and the
				  Personnel Division, including leaves of absence.
(1) Definitions.
(A) As used in these rules, the following
				words and terms, unless the context clearly requires otherwise, have the
				meaning indicated below:
1. Allocation means
				the assignment of an individual position to an appropriate class, multiple
				classes, or class and band on the basis of the duties, authority, and
				responsibilities of the position;
2. Appointment means the lawful hiring of an
				individual by an appointing authority;
3. Certificate means a listing of eligibles
				sent to agencies to be used in filling a current or anticipated vacancy at a
				specific work location;
4. Class
				specification means the written description of a class containing a title, a
				statement of the customary duties, authority, responsibilities, and other
				significant characteristics of the class, and the qualifications that are
				necessary or desirable for the satisfactory performance of the duties of the
				class based on the specified knowledges, skills, and abilities;
5. Classification means the systematic
				analysis, evaluation, and grouping of positions, not employees, on the basis of
				their duties, authorities, responsibilities, and other significant
				characteristics into relatively homogeneous classes;
6. Classification plan means the plan
				prepared, adopted, maintained, and administered by the Division of Personnel
				and under the authority and responsibility of the Personnel Advisory Board
				which sets forth, for each class of positions, a class title, class
				specification, overtime, and equal employment opportunity (EEO) category
				designations;
7. Classified service
				means those positions in agencies which are subject to the merit system
				provision contained in statute, specifically section 36.030.1(2), RSMo, and
				these rules and the classification and pay provisions enumerated in statute and
				these rules;
8. Covered service
				means those positions in agencies subject to the classification and pay
				provisions contained in statute and these rules, but which are not subject to
				the merit system provisions of statute and these rules;
9. Demotion, in the general classification
				plan, means a change of an employee from a position in one (1) class to a
				position in another class which is assigned a lower pay range within the pay
				plan. A demotion may also involve the involuntary movement of an employee from
				a position in a band to a position in a range where the salary is
				decreased;
10. Incumbency status
				means a determination made by the Division of Personnel that an individual in
				the classified service may be placed in a class by means of
				reclassification;
11. Incumbent
				means an individual occupying a position;
12. Law means the State Personnel
				Law;
13. Merit system means those
				positions covered by section 36.030.1(2), RSMo;
14. Original appointment means an appointment
				of a new employee, covered under section 36.030.1(2), RSMo, to a position of a
				permanent or continuing nature made in accordance with an applicable statute
				and rules;
15. Pay differential
				means the payment of an authorized rate(s) of pay which may exceed the range of
				compensation prescribed for a class due to differing work conditions,
				assignment, incumbent qualifications, or other designated factor. The
				establishment and usage of these differentials are approved by the Personnel
				Advisory Board;
16. Pay plan means
				the plan prepared, adopted, maintained, and administered by the Division of
				Personnel under the authority of the Personnel Advisory Board, as described at
				section 36.140, RSMo, which sets forth
				for each class of positions a pay range or bands with a minimum and a maximum
				rate and intermediate rates as may be established, as well as any pay
				differentials authorized by the board;
17. Personnel rules means the rules of the
				Personnel Advisory Board and the Division of Personnel;
18. Position means the fundamental unit of
				classification and allocation comprised of a set of current duties and
				responsibilities, assigned or delegated by competent authority;
19. Position description means an official
				written statement of the duties, responsibilities, supervisory relationships,
				and other basic data of a position used in the position classification and
				allocation process;
20. Position
				management means the monitoring and control of the establishment of positions
				and of the movement of incumbents in and out of positions as well as the
				maintenance of current and historical information that identifies and defines
				each position;
21. Position review
				means an investigation of the duties and responsibilities of a position, which
				may include an interview of the incumbent and his/her supervisor, to determine
				the appropriateness of the position's allocation;
22. Probationary period means a period,
				applicable to employees covered under section 36.030.1(2), RSMo, which is
				sufficient to demonstrate the employee's ability to perform the duties of the
				position;
23. Promotion, in the
				general classification plan, means a change of an employee from a position in
				one (1) class to a position in another class which is assigned a higher
				established pay range within the pay plan. A promotion may also involve the
				movement of an employee from a position in a band to a position in a range
				where the salary is increased;
24.
				Public notice means notice posted by the Division of Personnel and includes the
				time, date, and place of the meeting and its tentative agenda and is posted at
				least twenty-four (24) hours prior to the commencement of the meeting, unless
				this notice is impossible or impractical;
25. Qualifications, as stated on the class
				specification, means the education, experience, and/or certification or
				licensure necessary for the satisfactory performance of the duties of the
				class;
26. Reallocation means the
				change in the allocation of an individual position on the basis of duties,
				authority, and responsibilities of the position, or an official change in the
				classification plan;
27.
				Reclassification means a classification change of an employee in conjunction
				with a position reallocation or movement within a multilevel allocated
				position. For a position in the classified service, the use of reclassification
				is applicable to an employee having incumbency status, as ascertained from a
				position review conducted by the Division of Personnel;
28. Regular appointment means a change of
				employee status given to an employee after successful completion of a
				probationary period;
29.
				Reinstatement means an action which returns an employee to a class in which the
				employee held regular status due to an ordered reinstatement;
30. Salary adjustment means a change in
				salary rate resulting from a general structure increase or a
				range-repositioning change;
31.
				Salary advancement means an increase in salary within the range or band
				prescribed for the class established in the pay plan given in recognition of
				work performance, length of service, or both; additional duties,
				responsibilities, or skill; to maintain equity within and between
				classifications; to effect a within-grade salary increase; or in conjunction
				with a promotion, upward job reclassifi-cation, or end-of-probation
				transaction, or for other reasons promoting the needs of the service;
32. Suspension means an enforced leave
				without pay for disciplinary purposes or pending investigation of charges made
				against an employee;
33. Temporary
				appointment means an appointment to a position for a period not to exceed a
				total of six (6) months in any twelve- (12-) month period;
34. Transfer, in the general classification
				service, means a change of an employee from one (1) position to another
				position in the same class or to another class assigned to the same established
				pay range. In the broad classification bands, a within-band transfer means a
				change of an employee from one (1) position to another position in the same
				class or another class assigned to the same established pay band; an
				out-of-band transfer means the movement of an employee from a position in a
				band to a position in a range where the action does not constitute a promotion
				or demotion. A transfer may involve a change of assignment or work location;
				and
35. Unclassified service means
				those positions in agencies subject to the merit system provisions or Uniform
				Classification and Pay (UCP) provisions contained in the law and these rules,
				but which may be established and filled without regard to merit selection
				hiring processes or provisions governing classification and pay.