Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 260 - Office of Management and Enterprise Services › Chapter 25 - Personnel Administration Rules › Subchapter 1 - General Provisions › Part 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 260:25-1-2 - Definitions

Current through Vol. 41, No. 20, July 1, 2024
The following words and terms, when used in the Personnel
					 Administration Rules, shall have the following meaning, unless the context
					 clearly indicates otherwise.
"Absence without leave"
and
"unauthorized absence"
means any absence of an employee from duty
					 without specific approval.
"Act"
means the Oklahoma Personnel Act.
"Administrator"
means the Director of the
					 Office of Management and Enterprise Services. As the term is used in the
					 Personnel Administration Rules, the term includes employees and the
					 Administrator of the Human Capital Management Division of the Office of
					 Management and Enterprise Services to whom the Administrator has lawfully
					 delegated authority to act on his or her behalf.
"Agency"
means any office, department, board,
					 commission or institution of the executive branch of state government [74:840
					 1.3].
"Appointing authority"
means the chief
					 administrative officer of an agency [74:840 1.3]. As the term is used in the
					 Personnel Administration Rules, the term includes employees of an agency to
					 whom the Appointing Authority has lawfully delegated authority to act on his or
					 her behalf.
"Break in service"
means a period of time in
					 excess of thirty (30) days during which an employee is not present at work and
					 is not in paid leave status or on approved leave without pay.
"Employee"
means an elected or appointed
					 officer or employee of an agency unless otherwise indicated [74:840
					 1.3].
"FLSA"
means the federal 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.
"Human Capital Management Division"
as used
					 within the Personnel Administration Rules means the Human Capital Management
					 Division of the Office of Management and Enterprise Services.
"Office"
means the Office of Management and
					 Enterprise Services [74:840 1.3].
"Office of Management and Enterprise Services"
as used within the Personnel Administration Rules, includes the Human Capital
					 Management Division of the Office of Management and Enterprise Services.
"Oklahoma Personnel Act"
means Sections 8401.1
					 et seq. of Title 74 of the Oklahoma Statutes.
"Part-time employee"
means an employee who
					 works less than full time.
"Personnel Administration Rules"
means rules
					 adopted by the Director of the Office of Management and Enterprise Services
					 pursuant to the Oklahoma Personnel Act. The Merit Rules previously contained in
					 this Chapter are replaced by the Personnel Administration Rules. Wherever the
					 Merit Rules are referenced in this Chapter, that reference shall be construed
					 to mean the Personnel Administration Rules.
"Resignation"
means an employee's voluntary
					 termination of his or her employment with the state.
"Supervisor"
means an employee [within the
					 executive branch, excluding employees within The Oklahoma State System of
					 Higher Education 74:840 3.1] who has been assigned authority and responsibility
					 for evaluating the performance of [other state employees] 74:840 1.3].
Added at 31 Ok Reg
					 1346, eff 9-12-14