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14.1.
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Abandonment of position
means the desertion by a classified employee of his position.
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14.2.
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Allocation
means the determination of the class to which a position in the classified service
shall be deemed to pertain.
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14.3.
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Annual leave
is leave with pay granted an employee for the purpose of rehabilitation, restoration
and maintenance of work efficiency, or transaction of personal affairs.
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14.4.
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Appointment
means an offer to a qualified person of employment in a classified position and the
acceptance of such offer.
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14.5.
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Bona fide student
means a person enrolled in an accredited high school, college or university in the
state, or person enrolled in a state-operated vocational-technical school, in a sufficient
number of courses and classes in such institution to be classified as a full-time
regular student under the criteria used by the institution in which he is enrolled;
enrolled in an institution of higher education as defined in section 461(b) of the
Higher Education Act. A bona fide student shall not lose his status for vacation during
an academic year or summer recess.
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14.6.
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Class
means one (1) or more positions in the classified service so nearly alike in essential
characteristics as to warrant like treatment for all personnel purposes.
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14.7.
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Classified position
means any office or position in the classified service.
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14.8.
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Classified service
is defined as that body of employees performing personal services to and for the City
of monroe except those rendering such services who are specifically exempt from the
classified service by the City Charter and these rules.
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14.9.
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Commission
means the city of Monroe Personnel Merit Systems Commission.
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14.10.
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Continuing position
means an office or position of employment in the classified service which reasonably
can be expected to continue for more than twelve (12) months.
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14.11.
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Continuous city service
means uninterrupted status of a classified employee of the city exclusive of interruption
caused by authorized leave of absence, layoff of not more than one (1) year, military
service consisting of active duty in the armed forces of the United States for not
more than six (6) years of voluntary service or an indefinite period of involuntary
service.
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14.12.
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Demotion
means a change of a permanent or probationary employee from a position of one class
to a position of another class for which a lower minimum rate of pay is prescribed.
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14.13.
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Preferred reemployment list
means a list containing the names of former classified employees who have noncompetitive
reemployment rights in a particular class or classes in a certain department.
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14.14.
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Designated holiday
means a holiday or part of a holiday an employee observes, in lieu of a regular holiday
observed by the city, because the regular holiday or a portion thereof fell on the
employee's regular day off.
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14.15.
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Director
means the director of the department of personnel.
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14.16.
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Detail to special duty
means the temporary assignment of an employee to perform the duties and responsibilities
of a position other than the one to which he is regularly assigned, without prejudice
to his rights in and to his regular position.
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14.17.
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Discrimination
means consideration of religious or political beliefs, sex, race, or any other nonmerit
factors.
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14.18.
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Eligible
means any person who is currently on an eligible list for employment with the city.
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14.19.
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Emergency appointment
means a temporary appointment made necessary by an emergency work situation which
will not exceed ninety (90) days.
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14.20.
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Job appointment
means a temporary appointment of an employee for work of a temporary nature or to
substitute for another employee not to exceed six (6) months.
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14.21.
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Layoff
means the removal of an employee from a position because of lack of work, lack of
funds, or for other causes other than disciplinary actions.
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14.22.
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Leave of absence without pay
is leave or time off from work granted by the city for which period the employee receives
no pay.
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14.23.
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Original appointment
means initial appointment of a person to a classified position by provisional, probationary
or job appointment.
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14.24.
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Pay
means salary, wages, fees, allowances and all other forms of valuable consideration,
or the amount of any one (1) or more of them earned by or paid to any employee, for
service rendered in any position, but does not include any allowance for expense authorized
and incurred as incidence to employment.
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14.25.
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Pay plan
means all the rates of compensation prescribed by the commission and approved by the
mayor and city council for classes of positions in the classified service.
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14.26.
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Political activity
means an effort to support or oppose the election of a candidate for political office
in an election in the city.
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14.27.
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Position
means any employment in the classified service.
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14.28.
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Probationary appointment
means appointment to test the employee's ability to perform the job duties assigned.
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14.29.
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Promotion
means a change of a permanent employee in the classified service from a position of
one class to a position of another class for which a higher minimum rate of pay is
provided in the pay plan.
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14.30.
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Promotional list
means a list, established in conformity with these rules, of permanent employees who
have demonstrated their fitness for a higher class position by successfully meeting
the requirement of the commission for such higher class position and are eligible
for promotion.
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14.31.
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Public hearing
means a hearing held after public notice of at least ten (10) days, at which any person
may have a reasonable opportunity to be heard, in accordance with such rules and regulations
as may be adopted by the commission.
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14.32.
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Reallocation
means a change in the allocation of a position from one class to another class where
in the duties of the position have undergone a change.
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14.33.
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Reassignment
means the change of a probationary or permanent employee from a position in one class
to another position in a different class, both classes of which have the same minimum
rate of pay.
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14.34.
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Reemployment
means the noncompetitive appointment of a person based on permanent status attained
in former employment in the classified service for a period of three (3) years.
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14.35.
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Regular or permanent appointment
means the status attained by a classified employee upon the successful completion
of his probationary period.
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14.36.
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Reinstatement
means the restoration of a former classified employee to duty and pay status pursuant
to an order issued by the commission or an appellate court.
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14.37.
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Removal or dismissal
means the termination of employment of an employee for cause.
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14.38.
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Resignation
means the voluntary termination, by an employee, of his employment in the classified
service.
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14.39.
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Seniority
means an employee's length of continuous service with the city since his last date
of hire.
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14.40.
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Service rating
means the individual rating of an employee, made in accordance with the uniform service
rating system established by these rules.
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14.41.
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Sick leave
is leave with pay granted an employee who is suffering with a sickness or disability
which prevents him from performing his usual duties and responsibilities or who requires
dental or optical consultation or treatment.
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14.42.
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Suspension
means the enforced leave of absence without pay of an employee for disciplinary purposes,
or during an investigation of alleged misconduct by the employee.
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14.43.
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Title change
means a change in the title of the class to which a position is allocated without
change in the position's duty and responsibility content.
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14.44.
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Transfer
means the change of an employee from a position in one department to a position in
another department without change in probational or permanent status and without a
break in service of one (1) or more working days.
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14.45.
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Uniform pay plan
means a pay plan which is uniform in all respects within all departments of the city
for position in the classified service.
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