Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Administration-Division of Personnel Management; Merit Recruitment › Chapter ER-MRS 1 - Force And Effect Of Rules; Definitions › Section ER-MRS 1.02 - Definitions

Current through June 24, 2024
In addition to those terms defined under s.
				230.03, Stats., the
				following are definitions for terms used in chs. ER-MRS 1 to 34:
(1) "Agency" has the meaning defined in s.
			 230.03(3),
			 Stats.
(2) "Appointment" means the
			 action of an appointing authority to place a person in a position within the
			 agency in accordance with the law and chs.
			 ER 1 to 47 and ER-MRS 1 to 34,
			 effective when the employee reports for work or is in paid leave status on the
			 agreed starting date and time. "Appointment" does not include an acting
			 assignment under ch. ER-MRS 32.
(3)
			 "Compensation plan" means the compensation plan adopted under s.
			 230.12,
			 Stats.
(4) "Counterpart pay ranges"
			 means pay ranges or groupings of pay ranges in different pay schedules which
			 are designated by the administrator to be at the same level for the purposes of
			 determining personnel transactions.
(5) "Demotion" means the permanent
			 appointment of an employee with permanent status in one class to a position in
			 a lower class than the highest position currently held in which the employee
			 has permanent status in class, unless excluded under s. ER-MRS 17.02.
(6) "Employee" means any person who receives
			 remuneration for services rendered to the state under an employer-employee
			 relationship in the classified civil service, except where otherwise stated or
			 modified by rule.
(7) "Employing
			 unit" means an agency or a functional, organizational or geographic unit within
			 the agency which has been approved under s.
			 230.30,
			 Stats., for the agency to use for any one or combination of the following:
			 promotion, demotion, transfer, reinstatement, restoration, layoff and other
			 related personnel transactions.
(8)
			 "Higher class" means a class assigned to a higher pay range.
(9) "Higher pay range" means the pay range
			 which has the greater pay range dollar value maximum when comparing pay ranges
			 not designated as counterparts.
(10) " Involuntary demotion" means a demotion
			 directed by the appointing authority.
(10m) "Involuntary transfer" means a transfer
			 directed by the appointing authority.
(11) "Layoff" means the termination of the
			 services of an employee with permanent status in class from a position in a
			 layoff group approved under s. ER-MRS 22.05, in which a reduction in force is
			 to be accomplished.
(12) "Leave of
			 absence" means absence from employment with the approval of the appointing
			 authority with or without loss of pay in accordance with the appropriate
			 statutory provision or rule.
(13)
			 "Limited term appointment" means the appointment of a person to perform a
			 grouping of duties and responsibilities on a non-project basis under conditions
			 of employment which do not provide for attainment of permanent status under s.
			 230.26(1),
			 Stats.
(14) "Limited term
			 employment" means employment in which the nature and conditions do not permit
			 attainment of permanent status in class and for which the use of normal
			 procedures for recruitment and examination are not practicable.
(15) "Lower class" means a class assigned to
			 a lower pay range.
(16) "Lower pay
			 range" means the pay range which has the lesser pay range dollar value maximum
			 when comparing pay ranges not designated as counterparts.
(17) "Month" means a calendar month or the
			 period from a given date in one month through the date preceding the given date
			 in the following month, whichever the context requires.
(18) "Original appointment" means the
			 appointment of a person who has not attained permanent status in class or
			 permanent status, or the appointment of a current or former employee on a basis
			 other than a demotion, promotion, reinstatement, restoration or transfer to a
			 classified position in which permanent status can be attained.
(19) "Pay range" means either of the
			 following:
(a) With respect to a
			 classification to which a non-trainee position is allocated, the range on an
			 official hourly basis as prescribed in the compensation plan.
(b) With respect to a classification to which
			 a trainee position is allocated, the minimum of the pay range for the trainee
			 position up to the maximum of the pay range for a non-trainee position
			 allocated to the same class.