For the purpose of this chapter and the annual salary ordinance,
the words and terms used shall have the meaning indicated as follows
unless the context clearly indicates otherwise. Words used in the
present tense include the future; words used in the masculine or feminine
gender include the other gender and neuter; the singular number includes
the plural and the plural includes the singular.
(SCC 226 § 2, 1975)
"Agency" means grouping of departments or lesser organizational
units as established by the Board.
(SCC 226 § 2, 1975)
"Allocation" means the official determination of the class to
which a position belongs, and the assignment of a position to its
class.
(SCC 226 § 2, 1975)
"Applicant" means a person who has made formal application for
employment.
(SCC 226 § 2, 1975)
"Appointment" means the offer to a person and that person's
acceptance of, a position in accordance with this chapter.
(SCC 226 § 2, 1975)
"Appointing authority" means the person or group of persons
having the lawful power to make appointments and to suspend, demote,
reduce the compensation of, and remove persons from positions in the
County service, and subordinates to whom such authority is delegated.
(SCC 226 § 2, 1975)
"Biweekly salary" means the amount of individual compensation,
for a full biweekly pay period of service, which either is identified
by a range and step in the standard salary schedule or is established
specifically in the annual salary ordinance.
(SCC 226 § 2, 1975)
"Certification" means the submission of names of persons from
an appropriate eligible list to an appointing authority by the Director
of personnel management.
(SCC 226 § 2, 1975)
"CETA employee" means an employee who is appointed under the
provisions of the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act into an
authorized CETA position. Such positions are federally funded and
are established as separate classes so as to be distinct from the
regular County classes which bear the same class titles.
(SCC 415 § 1, 1980)
"Class" means a position or group of positions having comparable
duties, responsibilities and qualifications which have been approved
as a class by the Civil Service Commission and the Board of Supervisors.
(SCC 226 § 2, 1975)
"Class specification" means the official description of a class
including:
1.
The
title;
2.
A statement
of the duties and responsibilities; and
3.
The
employment standards, such as education, experience, knowledge, skills
and abilities, which may be required of applicants for employment
in the class.
(SCC 226 § 2, 1975)
"Classification plan" means the arrangement of positions in
classes, together with the titles and specifications describing each
class.
(SCC 226 § 2, 1975)
"Civil service position" means any position in County civil
service as provided in Section 71-D of the County Charter.
(SCC 226 § 2, 1975)
"Continuous employment" means employment uninterrupted from
the date of appointment, except by authorized absence.
(SCC 226 § 2, 1975)
"Daily rate" means the amount of individual compensation, for
a full day's service, which either is computed by dividing monthly
salary by the number of working days in a month or is specifically
established in the annual salary ordinance.
(SCC 226 § 2, 1975)
"Demotion" means a change between classes where the maximum
salary rate of a class to which the employee is appointed is one step
(approximately 5 percent) or more lower than the maximum salary rate
of the former class. Notwithstanding the foregoing, for purposes of
layoff," demotion" means a change between classes where the maximum
salary of the class to which the employee is changed is any amount
less than the maximum salary of the class from which the employee
is changed (the change is between classes in which the employee holds
permanent status).
(SCC 226 § 2, 1975; SCC
415 § 2, 1980)
"Department" means a major organizational unit of the County
government recognized as a department by the Board of Supervisors.
(SCC 226 § 2, 1975)
"Director" or "Personnel Director" means the Personnel Services
Administrator or his or her designee.
(SCC 226 § 2, 1975; SCC
0885 § 4, 1992)
"Eligible" means any person:
1.
On a
list of persons who have qualified by examination to be considered
for appointment in a class;
2.
On a
reemployment list for a class;
3.
On a
medical center transfer list;
5.
Who
previously held status in a class but demoted to a lower class in
lieu of layoff, provided the person's County employment has been continuous.
(SCC 226 § 2, 1975)
"Employee" means a person holding a position in County service.
(SCC 226 § 2, 1975)
"Examination" means a test given to determine whether applicants
are qualified, consisting of:
1.
Assembled
Examination. An examination conducted at a specified time and place
under the supervision of an examiner;
2.
Unassembled
Examination. An examination involving solely an appraisal of the relative
qualifications of applicants without requiring them to appear in a
group at specified places.
(SCC 226 § 2, 1975)
"Extra help employee" means any employee who is employed for
a period of short duration, whether parttime or full-time, in a position
which either is designated as extra help in the annual salary ordinance
or is not contained therein.
(SCC 226 § 2, 1975)
"Flat rate" means the rate of compensation for a class, which
is established specifically in the annual salary ordinance rather
than in accordance with the standard salary schedule.
(SCC 226 § 2, 1975)
For purposes of layoff, "former class" means a class in which
an employee previously has held permanent status. An employee may
have one or more former classes. However, only those classes in which
the employee has held permanent status during the current period of
continuous service are eligible former classes in respect to a right
to demote pursuant to layoff.
(SCC 415 § 3, 1980)
"Hourly rate" means the amount of individual compensation, for
a full hour's service, which either is computed by dividing monthly
salary by the number of working hours in a month or is specifically
established in the annual salary ordinance.
(SCC 226 § 2, 1975)
"Layoff" means the involuntary termination from a class of a
permanent or probationary employee without fault on the part of the
employee, because of lack of work, lack of funds, or in the interest
of economy.
(SCC 226 § 2, 1975; SCC
415 § 4, 1980)
"Leave of absence" means permission to be absent from duty for
a specified period of time and for a specified purpose, with the right
to return as provided in the approved leave.
(SCC 226 § 2, 1975)
"Limited term employee" means a person who accepts a limited
term appointment as defined in Section 7.7(f) of the Civil Service
Commission Rules. A limited term employee is a temporary employee
for purposes of separation from County employment. However, in the
event of such separation, a permanent employee appointed to a limited
term position shall have return rights, within the same department,
from the limited term position to the permanent position.
(SCC 415 § 5, 1980)
"Medical Center employee" means a County employee assigned to
the Sacramento Medical Center, who on June 30, 1973, was employed
by the County and assigned to the Sacramento Medical Center, and who
exercised, by March 31, 1973, an option to remain a County employee
subsequent to July 1, 1973, pursuant to paragraph 29(c) of that agreement
dated November 20, 1972, between the County and the Regents of the
University of California, entitled "Agreement Providing for Transfer
of Operation, Control and Ownership of the Sacramento Medical Center."
(SCC 226 § 2, 1975)
"Medical Center transfer list" means a listing of those employees described in Section 2.78.250 above, who hold positions in classifications which also exist in departments other than the medical center.
(SCC 226 § 2, 1975)
"Indigent defense program employee" means an employee who previously
was employed by the Sacramento County Superior Courts as of November
1, 2000 and who, as of that date, exercised an option to become a
County employee.
(SCC 1174 § 1, 2000)
"Monthly salary" means the amount of individual compensation,
for a full month of service, which is established specifically in
the annual salary ordinance.
(SCC 226 § 2, 1975)
"New child" means a new dependent through birth, adoption, foster
care, or for whom one acts "in loco parentis". Dependent must be under
the age of 18 years, or over age 18 but incapable of self care due
to a physical or mental disability.
(SCC 0953 § 1, 1994)
"Original appointment" means the first appointment of an employee
to a position in the civil service.
(SCC 226 § 2, 1975)
"Permanent employee" means an employee who has completed a probationary
period.
(SCC 226 § 2, 1975)
"Permanent position" means any position established in the annual
salary ordinance, excepting any position established to accomplish
a specific project which is limited in its duration.
(SCC 226 § 2, 1975)
"Position" means any combination of duties regularly assigned
to be performed by one person.
(SCC 226 § 2, 1975)
"Probationary period" means the period of continuous service
following appointment from an eligible list to a class in the civil
service and prior to obtaining permanent status in the class.
(SCC 226 § 2, 1975)
"Promotion" means advancement from a position in one class to
a position in a higher class, defined as one having a maximum salary
rate at least one step (approximately five percent) higher than the
employee's former class.
(SCC 226 § 2, 1975)
"Provisional appointment" means the appointment of a qualified
person to fill a position for which no appropriate reemployment or
eligible list exists, pending an examination.
(SCC 226 § 2, 1975)
"Qualified" means an applicant or appointee who meets the employment
standards for a class.
(SCC 226 § 2, 1975)
"Range" means a sequence of salary steps used to identify the
minimum, maximum and intermediate salary rates in the standard salary
schedule which may be paid to employees within a class.
(SCC 226 § 2, 1975)
"Reemployment list" means a list of persons who formerly held
permanent status in a class who have been laid off and who are entitled
to preference in appointment to vacancies in that class.
(SCC 226 § 2, 1975)
"Registered domestic partner" means a domestic partner as defined
in California Family Code Sections 297, et seq.
(SCC 1290 § 1, 2005)
"Regular employee" means any officer or employee, in civil service
or not in civil service, who occupies a permanent position, whether
part-time or full-time, established in accordance with the annual
salary ordinance, in the class which is intended for permanent or
career-type employment; any officer or employee of the municipal court
or Marshal's Department who, pursuant to Sections 72150 and 72151
of the Government Code, is appointed to a position approved by the
Board of Supervisors in the annual salary ordinance, subject to approval
of the State Legislature; any elected official and any exempt deputy
or assistant; and any regular employee who temporarily transfers to
a temporary position.
(SCC 226 § 2, 1975)
"Reinstatement" means the reappointment of an employee who has
resigned.
(SCC 226 § 2, 1975)
"Resignation" means the voluntary action of an employee which
separates the employee from the employee's position.
(SCC 226 § 2, 1975)
"Scale" means the rate of compensation for a class, when specified
in the annual salary ordinance, which is based upon union trade rates,
less any amount determined to be the value of vacation, sick leave,
overtime, health and welfare pension and miscellaneous benefits.
(SCC 226 § 2, 1975)
"Serious health condition" is a long term illness or medical
condition in which the patient is hospitalized, or for which recurring
treatment is necessary, under the supervision of a health care professional.
(SCC 0953 § 1, 1994)
"Separation" means any termination of employment. Separation
from employment of a temporary employee or the return of a regular
employee from a temporary upgrade to the immediate former class in
which the employee held permanent status does not constitute a layoff.
(SCC 226 § 2, 1975; SCC
415 § 6, 1980)
"Spouse" means any person recognized as such by the State of
California.
(SCC 0953 § 1, 1994)
"Status" means the employee's current appointment, such as permanent,
temporary, provisional or probationary. Temporary includes intermittent
and limited term.
(SCC 226 § 2, 1975; SCC
415 § 7, 1980)
"Step" means one of the salary rates identified in the standard
salary schedule by the numbers "2", "3", "4", "5", "6", "7", "8",
or "9", which are used to identify the specific compensation of an
employee within the established range for the employee's class.
(SCC 226 § 2, 1975; SCC
1104 § 1, 1998)
"Suspension" means an involuntary absence without pay imposed
by the appointing authority or other authorized person for disciplinary
purposes.
(SCC 226 § 2, 1975)
"Temporary appointment" means an appointment of limited duration
and which may not exceed one day less than six months.
(SCC 226 § 2, 1975)
"Temporary employee" means an employee who has been appointed
from a list of eligibles, or provisionally, in the absence of a list,
to a position which is other than a permanent position.
(SCC 415 § 8, 1980)
"Transfer" means a change between positions within two departments
which positions are in the same class or between classes where the
maximum salary rate of the class to which transferred is less than
one step (approximately five percent) higher or is less than one step
(approximately five percent) lower.
(SCC 226 § 2, 1975)
"Vacancy" or "vacant position" means any unfilled position in
the County service.
(SCC 226 § 2, 1975)
"Waiver" means the voluntary relinquishment by an eligible of
any right to consideration for appointment to a specific position.
(SCC 226 § 2, 1975)
