Additional Terms

Question 1

Appointing Authority

Answer 1

an official, board or commission having the legal authority to make appointments to positions in the State service, or a person to whom the authority has been delegated by the official, board, or commission.

Question 2

Appointment

Answer 2

The acceptance by an applicant of an offer of employment by an appointing authority and their mutual agreement as to the date of hire.

Question 3

Automatic Advancement

Answer 3

Means the progression of an employee through a class series to the authorized grade of the position, but not exceeding the journey level.

Question 4

Break in Service

Answer 4

Means any separation from state service, with some exceptions.

Question 5

Class

Answer 5

A group of positions sufficiently similar with respect to their duties and responsibilities that the same title may be reasonably and fairly used to designate each position allocated to the class.

Question 6

Class series

Answer 6

Means the normal line of progression from training, entry, or preparatory levels to supervisory or administrative levels within a job specialty.

Question 7

Class specification

Answer 7

Means a written description of a class, consisting of a title, a definition, examples of duties and the minimum qualifications that are required.

Question 8

Classification

Answer 8

Means the systematic process of analytically grouping and allocating positions to classes based on the similarity of actual duties and responsibilities.

Question 9

Classification plan

Answer 9

Means a listing of all the classes that have been established, the class specifications, and the grade to which each is assigned.

Question 10

Date of hire

Answer 10

Means the date an employee begins or, after a break in service, resumes his or her paid employment with the State.

Question 11

Demotion

Answer 11

Is any movement of an employee to a class having a lower grade than the class previously held.

Question 12

Exempt Classified Employee

Answer 12

An employee in the classified service who is an executive, administrative or professional employee within the meaning of the Fair Labor Standards Act

Question 13

Grade

Answer 13

The number assigned by the Division of Human Resource Management to identify the range of pay for a class.

Question 14

Promotion

Answer 14

An advancement to a position in a class that has a higher grade than the class previously held, with exceptions

Question 15

Step

Answer 15

A specific rate of pay within a grade.

Question 16

Underfill

Answer 16

The filling of a position with an employee holding a lower classification, except for those situations where the employee is in a classification that is at a training or intermediate level preparatory to promotion to the journey level class.