New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 9 - EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT › Subtitle C - Division of the Budget › Part 156 - Performance Evaluations And Advances For Employees In The Rent Regulation Services Negotiating Unit › Section 156.3 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 28, July 10, 2024
For the purpose of this Part, certain terms are defined as
				  follows:
(a) Hiring rate. The minimum
				salary stated in the appropriate salary schedule for each of the salary grades
				applicable to employees covered by this Part.
(b) Job rate. The maximum salary stated in
				the appropriate salary schedule for each of the salary grades applicable to
				employees covered by this Part.
(c)
				Salary range. The dollar difference between the hiring rate and the job rate of
				the salary grade on the appropriate salary schedule.
(d) Performance advance. An increase in the
				basic annual salary rate of an employee who is below the job rate of the salary
				grade on the appropriate salary schedule based on an assessment of the
				employee's performance as provided for in this Part.
(e) Performance rating. A term as defined in
				the performance evaluation system developed and administered by the State and
				used to describe an employee's performance.
(f) Evaluator. The immediate supervisor of
				the employee to be rated. This individual is directly responsible for
				evaluating the performance of an employee.
(g) Reviewer. The member of management (i.e.,
				an employee who has been designated as managerial pursuant to article 14 of the
				Civil Service Law) to whom the evaluator reports or who is immediately
				responsible for the functions which are under the evaluator's
				supervision.
(h) Performance
				program. The specific tasks, assignments, activities and objectives to be
				accomplished by an employee during the period of evaluation, the standards by
				which the employee's performance will be evaluated, the training and
				development activities to be accomplished by the employee during the period of
				evaluation, and the standards by which the employee's progress in those
				developmental activities will be determined.
(i) Performance evaluation report. A written
				evaluation of an employee's performance, including a narrative which relates
				the employee's performance to the performance standards specified in the
				performance program, a rating of the employee's performance and recommendations
				concerning personnel actions, performance advances, training and development
				activities, and other actions deemed appropriate by the evaluator based on the
				employee's performance.
(j)
				Performance advance system. A system which provides for movement from
				step-to-step of the salary schedule at the rate of one step upon completion of
				each year of service in grade where performance was evaluated as higher than
				unsatisfactory or the equivalent.
(k) Equated to a grade. Positions equated to
				a grade as shown on the certificate of approval for the position, a budget
				director's approval form signed by the Director of the Budget or his designee,
				or the appropriate classification form (CC-4) signed by the Director of the
				Budget or his designee.
(l)
				Anniversary date. The date of appointment or promotion to employee's current
				salary grade.