Definitions. As used in this chapter, the following terms
shall have the meanings indicated:
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR
The person with the authority to perform for and in the absence of
the Director of the Allegheny County Health Department.
CLASS or CLASS OF POSITIONS
A group of positions sufficiently similar in respect to the duties
and responsibilities thereof that the same requirements as to experience,
knowledge and ability are demanded of incumbents, the same tests of fitness
may be used to choose qualified appointees, and the same schedule of compensation
may be made to apply with fairness under similar working conditions.
DEMOTION
The assignment to an employee of new duties and/or responsibilities
that are allocated to a class of positions with a maximum salary lower than
the class of positions to which the employee's previous duties and/or
responsibilities were allocated.
DEPARTMENT
The Allegheny County Health Department.
DIRECTOR
The Director of the Allegheny County Health Department. Eligible
means a person who received a passing grade in an examination.
ELIGIBLE LIST
A list of persons who by examination are deemed qualified to carry
out the duties of a class or position.
EMERGENCY APPOINTMENT
An appointment required under unusual and unforeseen state of circumstances
calling for immediate action, which appointments shall not be for a period
of time greater than 60 days.
EMPLOYEE
A person in the full-time or part-time employment of the Department
who is paid a salary or wage and who is appointed in accordance with these
rules.
EQUAL OPPORTUNITY
All personnel actions are taken without regard to race, politics,
sex, religion, national origin, age, or handicap. Sex, age and physical ability
will however, be considered where they constitute a bona fide occupational
qualification necessary for the proper and efficient performance of the job.
EXAMINATION
Any combination of valid, reliable and objective tests used to determine
the relative ability of a person to carry out the duties of a class or position.
Tests will include the requirements of the probationary period to determine
the ability of an employee to perform satisfactorily.
EXEMPT POSITION
Not subject to the examination procedures of the Allegheny County
Health Department, except that an individual in an exempt position will be
required to serve a probationary period.
FURLOUGH
The releasing from employment of one or more employees without prejudice
because of the lack of funds or lack of work, or lack of minimum qualifications
when position is reallocated.
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS
The minimum requirements of training, experience, knowledge, skills,
abilities and special requirements as prescribed for a given class.
ORIGINAL APPOINTMENT
The first appointment of an individual to the Department through
selection from an eligible list.
PERMANENT STATUS
An appointment following a probationary period made in accordance
with these rules.
PERSONNEL OFFICE
The Personnel Office of the Allegheny County Health Department.
PERSONNEL OFFICER
The member of the staff of the Allegheny County Health Department who is immediately responsible for the merit system in the Department and whose duties are described in §
855-3.
POSITION
A set of duties with accompanying responsibilities requiring the
services of one employee. It may be part-time, full-time, temporary or permanent,
occupied or vacant.
PROBATIONARY APPOINTMENT
An appointment of an employee from an eligible list for the purpose
of determining final fitness for permanent employment.
PROFESSIONAL EMPLOYEE
One who is predominately intellectual and varied in character, is
one who is required consistently to exercise discretion and judgment, is one
who has participated in a specialized study program to achieve a high standard
of intellectual achievement, and is one whose output is measured by results.
PROMOTION
The assignment of new duties and/or responsibilities to an employee
that are allocated to a class of positions with a maximum salary higher than
the class of positions to which the employee's previous duties and/or
responsibilities were allocated.
PROMOTIONAL LIST
A list of persons who have been found qualified by a promotional
examination for appointment to a position in a particular class.
PROVISIONAL APPOINTMENT
An appointment not to exceed six months to fill a position pending
the establishment of an eligible list.
REASSIGNMENT
The change or movement of allotted responsibilities from one location
to another within the unit.
RE-EMPLOYMENT LIST
A list of persons who have been furloughed by lack of work or lack
of funds and who are eligible for re-employment in the inverse order of their
furlough.
REMOVAL
The separation from the classified services of an employee.
RESIGNATION
The termination of employment of an employee made at the request
of the employee or by his/her own act.
SALARY ADVANCEMENT
An increase in salary within the salary range prescribed for the
class by the compensation plan.
SPECIFICATIONS
A document showing for each class the class title, a definition of
the class, examples of work performed, the minimum experience, training, knowledge,
skills and abilities, and special requirements necessary for effective performance
of the work, and such other information as may be deemed necessary.
SUBSTITUTE APPOINTMENT
Appointment, or promotion from a list to a position for the duration
of a special project, or while the former incumbent is on approved leave.
SUSPENSION
An enforced leave of absence for a temporary period for disciplinary
purposes.
TRANSFER
To move an employee from one unit to another unit; from one physical
location to another physical location, from one assignment to another assignment,
from one set of responsibilities to another set of responsibilities.
UNIT
Any combination of employees assigned to complete a charged responsibility.
WAIVER
The right of an applicant to defer action and yet retain his/her
rights for a specific period on an eligible list.
WITHIN REACH
Eligibility for certification for a position or positions.