Virginia Administrative Code › Title 22 - SOCIAL SERVICES › Agency 40 - DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES › Chapter 675 - PERSONNEL POLICIES FOR LOCAL DEPARTMENTS OF SOCIAL SERVICES › Part I - General Provisions › Section 22VAC40-675-10 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 40, No. 24, July 15, 2024
The following words and terms when used in this chapter
					 shall have the following meanings unless the context clearly indicates
					 otherwise:
"Administrative manual" means the Administrative/Human
					 Resources Manual for Local Departments of Social Services, dated October 19,
					 2011, last revised May 1, 2015, Virginia Department of Social Services, which
					 outlines the personnel policies and procedures.
"Board" means the State Board of Social Services.
"Classification" means the systematic grouping of positions
					 based on shared characteristics.
"Commissioner" means the Commissioner of the Virginia
					 Department of Social Services, his designee, or authorized
					 representative.
"Department" means the Virginia Department of Social
					 Services.
"Deviate" means to adopt all or portions of the local
					 jurisdiction's personnel policies instead of using policies and procedures
					 outlined in the administrative manual.
"Jurisdiction" or "local jurisdiction" means the city,
					 county, or town under which the local department is a governmental unit.
"KSA" means knowledge, skill, or ability needed to perform
					 the duties of a position.
"Local board" means the local administrative board of
					 social services representing one or more counties or cities.
"Local compensation plan" means the locally developed
					 compensation schedule that lists occupational titles and salary ranges from the
					 minimum to the maximum amounts established for each band and tier and includes
					 other pay actions.
"Local department" means the local department of social
					 services of any city or county of this Commonwealth.
"Local director" means the director or his designated
					 representative of a local department of social services for a city or
					 county.
"Merit system plan" means those regulations adopted by the
					 board in the development and operation of a system of personnel administration
					 meeting requirements of the federal Department of Health and Human Services as
					 relates to compliance with federal merit system standards set forth in the Code
					 of Federal Regulations (5 CFR Part 900).
"Occupational group description" means a detailed statement
					 that describes the characteristic elements of each occupational level within
					 the occupational group.
"Salary range" means the range that identifies the minimum
					 and maximum compensation rate authorized for a specific pay band and a specific
					 tier within the pay band.
"State classification plan" means the department's
					 classification plan that consists of approved occupational titles and their
					 corresponding groups, pay bands, tiers, classification codes, equal employment
					 opportunity codes, and effective dates.
"State compensation plan" means the department's pay plan,
					 which provides local departments a basis for developing local compensation
					 plans.
Statutory Authority: §§ 63.2-217 and 63.2-219
						of the Code of Virginia.