As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the
meanings indicated:
The actual calendar day of a holiday.
An exempt employee who primarily performs office or nonmanual
work directly related to the County's management policies and operations
that requires the exercise of discretion and independent judgment.
An appointed nonmerit employee who is hired by the authority
of law and who serves for an indefinite period of time and serves
at the pleasure of an elected official.
The listing of all established classes of work.
One or more positions which have similar duties, tasks and
responsibilities, require the same minimum qualifications and have
been assigned the same grade, salary range and title; also called
"classification."
A grouping of two or more classes of work within the same
occupational group, based on the similarity of the nature and type
of work and representing ascending levels of responsibility and qualifications,
which reflect normal promotional lines.
A description of a class of work which summarizes the job,
its essential functions and other duties, the required knowledge abilities
and skills, minimum qualifications and other pertinent requirements.
A class specification is generally descriptive of all positions assigned
to the class of work, but not restrictive.
A nonmerit individual employed under written agreement for
a specific position for a specific length of time.
Substances controlled by federal or state government. The
Federal Drug Enforcement Administration list of controlled substances
can be found in 21 CFR 1300. Maryland information can be found in
Criminal Law Article of the Annotated Code of Maryland, § 5-101.
[Added 6-3-2014 by Ord. No. 22-14]
Calvert County government, Board of County Commissioners,
or department head, as the context requires.
The personnel action by which an employee, while continuously
employed, is voluntarily or involuntarily changed to a position with
a lower grade.
The highest ranking official in each department or agency.
The official temporary assignment to an employee of all or
part of the duties and responsibilities of another position in order
to accommodate an emergency situation or a temporary disability.
The Director of Personnel who serves as the County Personnel
Officer.
Those applicants qualified for employment for positions in
a specific class of work.
The process of verifying the identity of United States work
eligibility of all persons selected for County employment, including
the presentation of qualifying documents at the time of hire and periodically
thereafter in the case of aliens temporarily authorized to engage
in United States employment.
An exempt employee who primarily manages a recognized County
department or office and who regularly directs the work of at least
two employees or their equivalent. An executive employee makes decisions
or recommendations that affect the status of other employees.
An employee exempt from the minimum wage and overtime requirements
of the federal Fair Labor Standards Act.
An employee intended to be employed for the total number
of hours within the standard workweek applicable to the position.
A nonmerit individual employed for an indeterminate period
relative to availability of and/or interest in grant-funded programs.
A grant-funded employee is not a merit employee and is not entitled
to the benefits and privileges of merit employment other than those
required by law or expressly provided by the County.
Compensation granted to eligible employees that is in addition
to their normal compensation when those employees are required to
work on legal holidays observed by the County.
Paid leave granted to eligible employees in observance of the holidays listed in § 86-3-601.
A nonmerit individual employed for an indeterminate number
of hours.
A licensed physician (medical doctor or doctor of osteopathy)
responsible for receiving laboratory results generated by the drug
testing program who has knowledge of substance abuse disorders, and
has appropriate medical training to interpret and evaluate an individual's
confirmed positive test result, together with his/her medical history,
and any other relevant biomedical information.
[Added 6-3-2014 by Ord. No. 22-14]
An employee hired for an indefinite period in accordance
with the County's merit selection system and subject to the terms
and conditions of employment adopted by the Board of County Commissioners
for merit employees.
A written description for each class of work which specifies
the basic qualifications requisite for any employee to occupy and
continue to occupy a position in that class of work.
An employee who is covered by the minimum wage and overtime
requirements of the federal Fair Labor Standards Act.
The day a legal holiday is observed by the County when it
differs from the actual calendar day.
An hourly rated nonmerit employee intended to be employed
for less than the total number of hours within the standard pay period
applicable to the position. A part-time employee is not a merit employee
and is not entitled to the benefits and privileges of merit employment
other than those required by law or expressly provided by the Board
of County Commissioners.
One of 26 units of time comprising a pay year commencing
on Monday at 12:00 midnight and terminating the second following Sunday
at 12:00 midnight for purposes of calculating salary to be paid to
an employee.
Tables of position grades setting forth salary ranges constructed
around an established number of hours in a pay period.
[Amended 12-2-2014 by Ord. No. 49-14]
A twelve-month period beginning with the first day of the
first full pay period and ending with the last day of the last full
pay period for which wages are paid in a calendar year. A pay year
may begin in one calendar year and end in another calendar year.
A group of duties, tasks, and responsibilities allocated
by the Director of Personnel to a class of work and requiring the
full- or part-time employment of one person.
An optional document reflecting duties, responsibilities
and requirements which are specific to an individual position and
fall generally within the scope of those contemplated for the class
of work.
An alpha or numeric rating assigned to a position based on
requirements and duties.
An exempt employee who primarily performs work requiring
advanced education and consistent exercise of discretion and judgment,
or originality or talent in a recognized artistic or creative field.
The personnel action by which an employee, while continuously
employed, is competitively changed to a vacant position with a higher
grade or by which an employee hired in a classification designated
as probationary or trainee and his or her position is noncompetitively
moved to the next higher level in his or her classification series.
An employee partially exempt from the payment of overtime
under Section 7(k) of the federal Fair Labor Standards Act, as amended,
including but not limited to deputy sheriffs and correctional officers,
and for whom the County has elected an extended work period of 28
days/171 hours standard for overtime calculation purposes.
The personnel action by which a position and, if applicable,
its incumbent are changed to a different grade or title as a result
of a review of the responsibilities of the position.
A list of individuals formerly occupying nonprobationary
merit County positions who were separated through a layoff action
and who may be recalled in positions of the same or of a lower-graded
class of work in the class series than they previously occupied for
which they are qualified.
A set of pay rates for a grade, officially established and
published, which begin at the minimum or base rate and continue through
the maximum rate.
An employee's regular straight time hourly rate of pay, exclusive
of premium pay, upon which all personnel actions are based.
A nonmerit individual employed to fill a position for a periodic
peak season.
The written schedules of the required daily hours of work
constituting a work shift within a standard workweek.
An adjustment to an employee's salary rate in accordance
with the applicable pay scale.
A nonmerit individual employed to work sporadically or for
a fixed term while a position is vacant and coverage must be provided
while the hiring process is underway, when an employee is absent and
coverage must be provided, when additional help is authorized due
to workload, or when the future of a position is uncertain.
The personnel action by which an employee, while continuously
employed, is changed to a position of the same grade and same or different
title, or by which an employee and position are moved to a different
unit of County government.
An authorized, budgeted position that has no incumbent.
A certificate of eligibility for minors (age 14 to 17) to
be employed by the Board of County Commissioners.
The standard number of hours an employee is scheduled to
work in seven consecutive calendar days.
