Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 612 - State Department of Rehabilitation Services › Chapter 3 - Management Services Division › Subchapter 1 - General Provisions › Section 612:3-1-2 - Definitions

Current through Vol. 41, No. 20, July 1, 2024
The following words and terms, when used in this Chapter,
				  shall have the following meaning, unless the context clearly indicates
				  otherwise:
"Certification as a person with a severe disability
				  under 74 O.S. 840-4.12"
means certification of a person as having a
				  severe physical or mental disability which seriously limits one or more
				  functional capacities in terms of an employment outcome; and for whom State
				  agencies have the option of waiving entrance examinations and modifying other
				  hiring practices under the provisions of 74 O.S. 840-4.12.
"Classified"
means state employees and positions
				  under the jurisdiction of the Oklahoma Merit System of Personnel
				  Administration.
"DHCGRP"
means the Discrimination and Harassment
				  Complaint and Grievance Resolution Procedure.
"DRS"
means the State Department of
				  Rehabilitation Services.
"FEPA"
means the Oklahoma Fair Employment
				  Practices Act, Section 840-4.12(I) of the Oklahoma Personnel Act.
"FLSA"
means the Fair Labor Standards
				  Act.
"FLSA Exempt"
means employees performing work
				  which is considered to be exempt from the overtime payment provisions of the
				  FLSA.
"FLSA Non-exempt"
means employees performing
				  work which is considered to be under the overtime payment provisions of the
				  FLSA.
"Hiring official"
means the Director of the
				  Department of Rehabilitation Services, or designee who is responsible for
				  making the final decision to fill a vacant position.
"IAGRP"
means the Internal Agency Grievance
				  Resolution Procedures pursuant to Title 74, Sub section
				  840-6.2
				  (841.9) and Subchapter 19 of the Oklahoma Merit Protection Commission Merit
				  Rules.
"Interagency transfer"
means an action in which
				  an employee leaves employment with one agency and enters employment with
				  another agency while continuously employed with the state.
"Intra-agency transfer"
means moving an employee
				  from one position to another position with the same agency either with or
				  without reclassification.
"Lateral transfer"
means the reassignment of an
				  employee to another state job with the same pay band assignment as the job
				  family level in which the employee was classified prior to the lateral
				  transfer.
"Merit Rules"
means the Merit System of
				  Personnel Administration Rules which includes rules adopted by the
				  Administrator of Human Capital Management or the Oklahoma Merit Protection
				  Commission pursuant to the Oklahoma Personnel Act.
"MPC"
means the Merit Protection
				  Commission.
"Noncompetitive"
means an unskilled or
				  semiskilled job designated by Human Capital Management as noncompetitive.
				  Noncompetitive jobs do not require written examinations for placement on
				  registers of eligibles.
"HCM"
means the State Human Capital
				  Management.
"HCM Certificate"
means a list of eligible
				  applicants for a particular position who have applied through Human Capital
				  Management.
"Open Competitive"
means an application process
				  through the State Human Capital Management which permits the competition of all
				  persons who meet the announced requirements for the class, and is not
				  restricted to persons currently employed in the classified service.
"Permanent"
means a classified employee who has
				  acquired permanent status in conformity with the Merit Rules.
"Probationary"
means a classified employee who
				  has not acquired permanent status with the agency in accordance with the Merit
				  Rules.
"Reinstatement"
means the reappointment of a
				  former permanent classified employee as provided in the Merit Rules.
"Selecting official"
means the staff person
				  directly responsible for the process of recommending a selection. Unless
				  otherwise designated, this will usually be the immediate supervisor for the
				  position being announced.
"Trial work period"
means a working test period
				  after promotion or intra-agency lateral transfer during which a classified
				  employee is required to demonstrate satisfactory performance in the job family
				  level to which promoted or laterally transferred before acquiring permanent
				  status in that job family level.
"Unclassified"
means employees and positions
				  excluded from coverage of the Oklahoma Merit System of Personnel
				  Administration. Such employees and positions are subject to specified
				  provisions of the Oklahoma Personnel Act and the Merit Rules.
Added at 12 Ok Reg 769,
				  eff 1-5-95 (emergency); Added at 12 Ok Reg 1953, eff 4-28-95 (emergency); Added
				  at 13 Ok Reg 1731, eff 7-1-96; Amended at 14 Ok Reg 2323, eff 7-1-97; Amended
				  at 20 Ok Reg 1769, eff 7-1-03