1.33 'Reassignment' means the change within the same department of a probationary or permanent employee from a position in one job to another position in a different job, both jobs of which have the same maximum rate of pay.
1.33.01 'Red Circle Rate' means an individual pay rate, excluding those that fall within the base supplement authorized for a position, that is above the maximum of a pay range for a grade; or, only under conditions as specified in Rule 6.15(d), an individual pay rate that is above the base supplement authorized for a position.
1.33.02
‘Reduction in Pay’ means an action taken for disciplinary reasons whereby an employee’s individual pay rate is reduced but the employee remains in the same job.1.33.1 'Reemployment' means the noncompetitive appointment of a person based on permanent status attained in former employment in the Classified Service.
1.34 'Regular or Permanent Appointment' means the status attained by a classified employee upon the successful completion of his probationary period.
1.35 Repealed, effective March 15, 1966.
1.36 'Reinstatement' means the restoration of an employee to pay and duty status with all benefits of employment.
1.37 'Removal' means the separation from employment for non-disciplinary reasons as provided in Rule 12.6.
1.37.1 'Reserve Component'-Consists of members of the National Guard and Reserves of all Branches, officers and enlisted personnel, who perform active duty, active duty for training or inactive training duty.
1.38 'Resignation' means the separation from employment at the employee's request.
1.38.1 'Restricted Appointment' means a temporary appointment or combination of temporary appointments not to exceed a cumulative total of six months in a calendar year for a person.
1.38.2 'Retitle' occurs when the revision in the job specifications results in a change in the job title.
1.39 'Service Rating' means the individual rating of an employee, made in accordance with the service rating system established by these Rules.
1.39.01 'Shift Differentials' means extra pay allowances made to employees who work nonstandard hours.
1.39.1 'Sick Leave' is leave with pay granted an employee who is suffering with a disability which prevents him from performing his usual duties and responsibilities or who requires medical, dental, or optical consultation or treatment.
1.39.2
'State Service’ for the purposes of layoff and layoff avoidance measures, means the total length of Classified State Service in the equivalent full-time years, months and days as an employee of a state agency or agencies subject to the following:(a) Periods of time not counted as Classified State Service under this definition for the purposes of layoff and layoff avoidance shall be:
1. All leave without pay not expressly authorized in Subsection (b)9 of this Rule.
2. State service earned before retirement in any state retirement system by an employee who is rehired into state service after such retirement.
3. Unclassified State Service acquired after January 1, 1983, subject to the provisions of Subsection (b) of this Rule.
4. Classified State Service obtained after January 1, 1983, on a restricted or provisional appointment if such an appointment was not converted to a probational or job appointment.
5. Classified or Unclassified State Service on a part-time intermittent (i.e., when actually employed -WAE) appointment, if such service was acquired after January 1, 1983.
(b) Periods of time counted as Classified State Service under this definition for the purpose of layoff or layoff avoidance measures are the following, which are all subject to Rule 1.39.2(a)2:
1. All time spent on any type of Classified and/or Unclassified appointment prior to January 1, 1983.
2. Classified State Service obtained after January 1, 1983, on probational, job and permanent appointments and on restricted or provisional appointments that were converted to probational or job appointments, subject to the provisions of Subsection (a) 5 of this Rule.
3. Absence from State Service of not more than one year as the result of a layoff of an employee with permanent status.
4. Any military service that interrupts Classified employment,
including military service consisting of active duty in the armed forces of the United States for not more than six years of voluntary service or an indefinite period of involuntary service, subject to the provisions of Rule 17.175. Separations of not more than thirty days from the Classified State Service, except that no breaks between emergency and/or restricted and/or multiple restricted appointments count.
6. Unclassified State Service acquired by an unclassified employee relative to his being brought into the Classified Service under Rule 8.27.
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Periods of time that the layoff avoidance measures stated in Rule 17.1(a) are in effect for full-time employees shall count as full-time employment.8. All authorized leave with pay.
9. Authorized leave without pay under the following conditions:
a. Any leave without pay taken prior to January 1, 1983.
b. Any period(s) of leave without pay which does not exceed 30 calendar days, if taken after January 1, 1983. Additionally, if any period of leave without pay taken after January 1, 1983 equals or exceeds a 30 calendar day period, i.e., a reportable action to Civil Service, 30 days of one reportable period shall be counted in any calendar year, i.e., January 1, 1983 through December 31, 1983.
c. To hold an unclassified office, job or position with the State.
d. Leave without pay for military purposes as provided in Rule 11.26.
e. If authorized for educational purposes and approved by the Director. Such education must be required by the agency, pertinent to the job or needs of the agency, and full-time as defined by the educational institution attended, except that a final semester's work toward a degree need not be full-time.
(c) All periods of Classified State Service not expressly excluded or included in these Rules shall be submitted to the Director for a ruling.
1.40 'Suspension' means the temporary exclusion from employment of an employee for disciplinary reasons or while criminal proceedings are pending or while an investig ation is being conducted.
1.40.01 'Temp' or 'Temporary Staffing Services Employee' means a short-term, temporary worker whose employer is a private sector temporary services firm on contract with the State.
1.40.02 'Temporary Staffing Services', for the purpose of these Rules, means a private firm on contract with the State whose primary business is to provide temporary employee staffing to private business.
1.40.1 '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.
1.41 'Transfer' means the change of an employee from a position in one depart ment to a position in another department without change in probational or permanent status and without a break in service of one or more working days.
1.41.1 'Unacceptable Rating' means a performance appraisal rating of either "Needs Improvement" or "Unsatisfactory".
1.42 'Uniform Pay Plan' means a pay plan wherein the pay structure and administrative rules are uniformly applicable to all agencies for positions of the Classified Service.