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Section 3. Employee Definitions (a) Adverse Action. A demotion, suspension, dismissal, reduction in pay, involuntary transfer or lay-off. (b) Anniversary Date. An employee's original date of hire for Cabarrus County service in a permanently established position. This may be adjusted Go an artificial da~e if there is spli~ service, (c) Appointin~ Authority. Any position with the legislated or delegated authority to make hiring decisions. (The Board of Elections, County Manager, Sheriff, Register of Deeds and State Personnel Act department heads.) (d) Class. A position or group of positions having similar duties and responsibilities requiring similar qualifications, which can properly be designated by one title indicative of the nature of work performed, and which carries the same salary range. (e) Classification Plan. An approved plan by the Board of Commissioners which assigns positions with similar kinds of duties into classes for similar treatment in selection, compensation and other employment processes. (f) Completed Month. Any month in ~hich an employee works at least one-half the work days. (g) Completed Year. A period of twelve (12) calendar months in which the employee is in active pay status or is receiving Wor~men's Compensation payments while on leave without pay. (h) Demotion. The reassignment of an employee to an existing position in County service having a lower salary grade than the position from which the reassignment is made. (i) Effective Date. Normally ~he date of an employee's last slEnifican~ personnel action rela~ed to their position - such as hire or promotion da~e. Determines when an employee is eligible for a performance evalua~ion and any rela~ed salary increase. (j) Full-time Employee. An employee, either permanent or temporary~ who is scheduled to work the number of hours per work week designated by the Board of County Commissioners as full-time. (k) General County Employee. A County employee not subject to the State Personnel Act. (1) Grievance. A claim or complaint based upon an event or condition which affects the circumstances under which an employee works, allegedly caused by misinterpretation, unfair application, lack of established policy pertaining to employment conditions, or any other inequity relating to conditions of employment.. (m) Part-time Employee. An employee, either permanent or temporary, who is scheduled to work less than the number of hours per work week designated by the Board of County of Commissioners as full-time. (n) Pay Plan. A listin§ by grade and step of all approved hiring, intermediate and maximum rates of pay authorized by the Board of Commissioner for various position classifications of County Government. (o) Pay Plan Adjustment. The raising or lowering of the salary.grade for one or more classe~ of positions within the classification plan. (p) Position. A group of current duties and responsibilities, assigned by a competent authority, requiring the full or part-time employment of one person. The existence of a position or its identity does not depend upon its being occupied by an employee. (q) Probationary Employee. A person appointed to a permanent position who has not yet completed the probationary period. (See Article IV, Section 10.) (r) Probationary Period. The required period of time an employee serves upon entering County service before obtaining permanent status, after which no adverse action or disciplinary action may be taken unless in accordance with Article VII of this Ordinance. (s) Promotion. The reassignment of an employee to an existing vacant position in County service having a higher salary grade than the position from which the reassignment is made. (t) Reclassification. The reassignment of an existing position from one class to another, based on changes in job content such as duty, difficulty, required skill and responsibility of the work performed. (u) Re~ular Employee. An employee in a regular position who has completed at least six (6) months satisfactory County service, or in the case of law enforcement officers, twelve (12) months, and has been approved for continuing employment by the department head and the appointin~ authority.