Ohio Administrative Code › Title 3339 - Miami University › Chapter 3339-3 - In General › Section 3339-3-02 - Definitions

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
Ohio law specifies that all Miami
				university employees are part of the civil service of the state. Ohio law
				divides the civil service into classified and unclassified administrative
				employees. Miami subdivides the unclassified civil service into instructional
				staff and administrative staff
Policies affecting classified employees
				of Miami are administered by the department of human resources. Information
				about these policies may be obtained from that office.
Fulltime employee. A person whose
				customary annual appointment is longer than one semester for
								thirty or more
				hours per week or .75 FTE or greater. Full-time appointments are benefit
				eligible
Note: Instructional staff do not earn
				vacation. In order to earn vacation, unclassified administrative staff must
				have an annual appointment of 1.0 FTE of at least ten
								months
				duration
Part-time employee. A person whose
				customary annual appointment is longer than one semester but for less
				than
								thirty
				hours per week (.70 FTE or less). Part-time appointments are not benefit
				eligible.
Temporary employee. A person whose
				customary annual appointment is for one semester or less. Temporary
				appointments are not benefit eligible.
Note: An employee who receives an
				appointment on or after July 1. 2014. specifying full-time status is eligible
				for benefits on the first day of the first month following the effective date
				of the appointment.
Immediate family. Unless otherwise
				defined in a policy, immediate family includes the employee's mother, father,
				brother, sister, biological or adopted child, spouse, domestic partner,
				grandparent, grandchild, mother-in-law, father-in-law, daughter-in-law,
				son-in-law, brother-in-law, sister-in-law, grandparent-in-law. anyone who stood
				in loco parentis to the employee as a child, and other persons for whom the
				employee is legally responsible.
Domestic partner. A person of the same
				sex as the employee who meets the criteria of a domestic partner and is
				designated by the employee as a domestic partner on an affidavit of domestic
				partnership. A completed affidavit of domestic partnership must be on file with
				benefit services in order to use domestic partner benefits.
Retiree. A person who meets either of
				the following definitions:
(A) An employee who applies for and
				receives a service retirement benefit from an Ohio public employees retirement
				system (e.g.. state teachers Retirement /System [STRS]. public employees
				retirement system [PERS]) or an employee who is a participant in the Miami
				university alternative retirement plan (ARP). is age
								fifty-nine
				and half and who applies for and receives a retirement distribution from the
				ARP: or
(B) An employee who applies for a
				disability retirement benefit from an Ohio public retirement system or
				university-sponsored disability plan and whose application for that benefit has
				been approved. (Note that individuals receiving a disability retirement benefit
				from an Ohio public retirement system are deemed to be on a statutory leave of
				absence during the first five 
								years following the
				effective date of a disability retirement.)
Replaces: 3339-3-02