Pennsylvania Code › Title 4 - ADMINISTRATION › Part IV - CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION › Subpart A - RULES OF THE CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION › Chapter 91 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 91.3 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 28, July 13, 2024
Words, terms and phrases, when used in this part, have the
					 meaning in section 3 of the act (71 P. S. §
											741.3), unless the context clearly indicates
					 otherwise. In addition, the following terms, when used in this part, have the
					 following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:
Act
-The Civil Service Act (71 P. S. §
											§
											741.1-741.1005).
Appointing authority
-The officers, board,
					 commission, person or group of persons having power by law to make appointments
					 in the classified service.
Certification
-The referral of one or more
					 eligibles by the Director to an appointing authority, in order to fill one or
					 more positions or to take appropriate classification action.
Class
or
class of positions (also
					 known as jobs)
-A group of positions in the classified service which
					 are sufficiently similar in respect to the duties and responsibilities that the
					 same descriptive title may be used for the position, the same requirements as
					 to experience, knowledge, and ability are demanded of incumbents, the same
					 tests of fitness may be used to choose qualified appointees, and the same
					 schedule of compensation may be made to apply with fairness under like working
					 conditions.
Classification plan
-A plan consisting of a
					 schedule of class titles and related codes arranged according to a series of
					 classes and occupational services, including class specifications for each
					 class, as approved by the Executive Board.
Commission
-The State Civil Service
					 Commission of the Commonwealth.
Demotion
-The voluntary or involuntary
					 movement of an employee to a class assigned to a pay range with a lower maximum
					 salary, except as provided for in §
										99.41 (relating to effect of
					 reclassifications).
Director
-The Executive Director of the
					 Commission.
Eligible
-A person whose name is on an
					 eligible list.
Eligible list
-An employment list,
					 promotion list, or reemployment list.
Emergency employee
-A qualified person
					 hired by an appointing authority to meet an unexpected need and whose tenure
					 will be not more than 60 work days.
Employee
-A person legally occupying a
					 position in the classified service.
Employment list
-A list of persons who have
					 been found qualified by an entrance examination for appointment to a position
					 in a particular class.
Entrance examination
-An examination for
					 positions in a particular class, admission to which is not limited to persons
					 employed in the classified service.
Examination
-A test, series of tests, or
					 assessments used to determine the degree to which applicants or employees are
					 qualified for appointment or promotion and includes, but is not limited to,
					 written tests, oral tests, ratings of qualifications, performance tests,
					 medical tests, physical or agility tests, personality or interest inventories,
					 and biographical inventories.
Furlough
-The termination of employment
					 because of lack of funds or work.
Intermittent position
-A position filled
					 from an eligible list and utilized by an appointing authority on a periodic or
					 recurrent basis.
Leave of absence
-A temporary interruption
					 of employment for which the employee is given a specified period of leave
					 without pay for purposes such as illness, school attendance, cyclical
					 employment, military duty or training or employment in a noncivil service
					 position.
Limited term employment
-Work that is
					 usually a standard workweek for a specified period of time.
Minimum qualifications
-The education,
					 experience, licensure, certification or other requirements which are
					 established in the classification standards for a class and which must be met
					 by applicants or employees seeking appointment or promotion.
Part-time employment
-Work that is less
					 than the standard workweek.
Permanent position
-A position in the
					 classified service which does not have an expiration date.
Position
-A group of current duties and
					 responsibilities assigned or delegated by competent authority requiring the
					 full-time or part-time employment of one person.
Probationary employee
-A person serving a
					 probationary period prior to acquiring regular status in a classified service
					 position.
Probationary period
-A preliminary period
					 of employment the purpose of which is to determine the fitness of an employee
					 for regular status.
Promotion
-The movement of an employee to
					 another class in a pay range with a higher maximum salary.
Promotion examination
-An examination for
					 positions in a particular class, admission to which is limited to employees in
					 the classified service.
Promotion list
-A list of persons who have
					 been found qualified by a promotion examination for appointment to a position
					 in a particular class.
Provisional employee
-A person selected by
					 an accelerated examination program and serving a 6-month working test period
					 prior to the required probationary period.
Qualifier
-An employee whose position has
					 been placed in the classified service by proper authority and who will be
					 required to take and pass an examination in order to continue in the
					 position.
Reallocate
-To reclassify or to change the
					 classification of a position from one class title and code to another class
					 title and code.
Reassignment
-The movement of an employee
					 from one position to another position in the same class or in a similar class
					 for which the employee qualifies at the same maximum salary.
Regular employee
-An employee who has been
					 appointed to a position in the classified service under the act after
					 completing the probationary period.
Regular status
-Standing achieved by a
					 classified service employee who has successfully completed a probationary
					 period.
Reinstatement
-The return to the classified
					 service of a former employee who resigned or otherwise left in good
					 standing.
Removal
-The permanent separation from the
					 classified service of an employee who has been permanently appointed.
Resignation
-The voluntary termination of
					 employment by an employee, usually evidenced by the employee's written
					 notice.
Rule of three
-The requirement that the
					 appointing authority is required to choose from among the three highest-ranking
					 available eligibles in filling a particular vacancy and is therefore entitled
					 to have three eligibles from which to choose. This rule does not prohibit an
					 appointing authority from making an appointment if there are fewer than three
					 available eligibles.
Seasonal employment
-Work that may be a
					 standard workweek for a specified part of the calendar year and may be
					 recurring.
Seniority
-The amount of time an employee
					 has served in a class or classes in the classified service, calculation and use
					 of which is defined in this part.
Separation
-The voluntary or involuntary
					 termination of employment, including temporary termination as in suspension or
					 permanent termination as in removal.
Suspension
-The temporary, involuntary
					 separation of an employee.
Temporary employee
-A qualified person
					 appointed to a position from an eligible list for a period not to exceed 12
					 months.
Temporary position
-A position in the
					 classified service which arises out of temporary pressure of extra work for a
					 period of 12 months or less.
Trainee
-A qualified person appointed or
					 promoted to a class identified as a training level class.
Training period
-The period of time
					 prescribed for a trainee class, during which the incumbent receives general or
					 specialized training, or both, upon the successful completion of which the
					 trainee is promoted without further examination to the class for which
					 trained.
Transfer
-The movement of an employee from
					 one appointing authority to a different appointing authority.
Unskilled labor
-A person occupying or
					 assigned to a position for which the principal job requirement is good physical
					 condition as related to the duties of the particular
					 position.