Section 250.5 Definitions

Section 250

Section 250.5  Definitions

"Act":

the State Universities Civil Service Act [110 ILCS 70].

"Allocation":

assignment of a position to a class.

"Applicant":

a person requesting permission to take an examination.

"Candidate":

a person on a register, as qualified by examination, seniority, or service.

"Certification":

the act of certifying.

"Certified":

referred from a register, in accordance with the Act, as a candidate for

consideration for employment.

"Certify":

to refer from a register, in accordance with the Act, the name of a candidate

who shall be considered for employment.

"Class":

a group of positions that are so similar in duties, responsibilities, and job

worth, and require such similar education and experience, that each position in

the group has been given the same job title and is filled by the same tests of

ability.

"Classification":

assignment of a position to a class.

"Designated

Employer Representative (DER)":  the person designated by the employer to

act as its representative for the coordination of its acts and the exercise of

its responsibilities in matters relating to the State Universities Civil

Service Act and the Administrative Code.

"Demotion":

is defined in Section 250.110(g)(1) (Note for clarification:  If a status

employee, on their own initiative, requests a reassignment or a transfer to

another position in their class or applies for, and takes an examination and

thereafter permits their name to be certified to a position in a class other

than the one in which they are currently employed, and, in either case, accepts

an appointment that results in a reduction in pay or pay potential, the

reduction shall not be considered a demotion.)

"Employee":

a person legally employed to perform the work of a position.

"Employer":  the governing Board of an institution or agency

specified in Section 36e of the Act; and, for purposes of administration

pursuant to this Part, any institution or agency specified in Section 36e of

the Act

hat results in a reduction in pay or pay potential, the

reduction shall not be considered a demotion.)

"Employee":

a person legally employed to perform the work of a position.

"Employer":  the governing Board of an institution or agency

specified in Section 36e of the Act; and, for purposes of administration

pursuant to this Part, any institution or agency specified in Section 36e of

the Act.

"Executive Director":  the Executive Director of the State

Universities Civil Service System.

"Law Enforcement Personnel":  an individual who has statutory

authority to search, seize, or make arrests.

"Lesser Unit":  a seniority unit within a class, within an

institution or agency as specified in Section 36e of the Act, as determined by

the Merit Board, provided two-thirds of the status employees within the class

have agreed to the creation of the lesser unit.

"Merit

Board" or "University Civil Service Merit Board":  the governing

body of the University System as defined in Section 36c of the Act.  The 11

members of the Merit Board represent the public universities of the State of

Illinois and are appointed by their respective University governing boards.

The powers and duties of the Merit Board are defined in Section 36d of the Act.

"Nonstatus Appointment":  appointment of a certified candidate

to a position that has been classified and approved by the Executive Director

as other than a status appointment.

"Notice of Convening of Hearing":  notice sent by the

University System to parties of record in matters of discharge or demotion

informing the parties of the date, time, and place of the hearing.

"Place of Employment":  an institution or agency as specified

in Section 36e of the Act, or a unit of the institution or agency, as

determined by the Merit Board, the designation of which has been for the

purposes of maintenance of registers, computation of seniority, establishment

of pay rates or ranges, and effecting transfers by an employer

rties of the date, time, and place of the hearing.

"Place of Employment":  an institution or agency as specified

in Section 36e of the Act, or a unit of the institution or agency, as

determined by the Merit Board, the designation of which has been for the

purposes of maintenance of registers, computation of seniority, establishment

of pay rates or ranges, and effecting transfers by an employer.

"Position":  a group of duties and responsibilities assigned or

delegated by competent authority, requiring the full-time service of one person

or the part-time service of one or more persons.

"Reallocation":  reassignment of an existing position to a

class that is a part of a different promotional line or to a class that is not

a part of any promotional line.

"Reassignment":  moving of an employee by an employer from one

position to another in the same class within a place of employment, subject to

limitations imposed by lesser units.

"Reclassification":  reassignment of an existing position

within a promotional line.

"Register":  a list of one or more names of candidates listed

in accordance with the Act and this Part.

"Resignation":  an act by which an employee voluntarily

separates themself from their employment.

"Rewrite Examination":  an examination for a class that is

taken by an applicant subsequent to failing a previous examination for the same

class or that is taken by an applicant subsequent to passing a previous

examination for the same class in an attempt to improve their examination

score.

"Seniority":  after completion of the probationary period, a

term used to describe time worked in a class or in classes within the same

promotional line, computed in accordance with the provisions of the Act and

this Part.

"Service":  a term used to describe time worked in a class

under a status appointment by an employee who is serving, but who has not

completed, a probationary period in that class

ity":  after completion of the probationary period, a

term used to describe time worked in a class or in classes within the same

promotional line, computed in accordance with the provisions of the Act and

this Part.

"Service":  a term used to describe time worked in a class

under a status appointment by an employee who is serving, but who has not

completed, a probationary period in that class.

"Status Appointment":  appointment of a certified candidate to

a position that has been classified and approved by the Executive Director as a

continuing position under the position control record plan of the University System.

"Status Employee":  an employee who has successfully completed

a probationary period in a class.

"Status Position":  a position that has been classified and

approved by the Executive Director under the position control record system.

"Termination":  discontinuance of services of an employee

having a nonstatus appointment; discontinuance of services of an employee in

one place of employment who has transferred within the System to another place

of employment; failure of a provisional employee to meet certification

requirements; and/or death, retirement, or inability of an employee to return

from a leave of absence in accordance with Section 250.110(c).

"Transfer":  moving of an employee from one position to another

in the same class between constituent places of employment.

"Transfer List":  a list of applicants who have been employed

as sworn police officers within the past 24 months for employers to use to hire

in lieu of the original entry register.

"University System":  the State Universities Civil Service

System.