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September 21, 2009 (Regular Meeting) time. Page 1571 (m) General County Employee. A County employee not subject to the State Personnel Act. (n) 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 employment conditions. (o) Job Classification Schedule. A listing of authorized classes with identifying characteristics and salary. Includes County Classification and Pay Plans. (p) NCGS. North Carolina General Statutes. (q) Part Time Employee. An employee, either regular or temporary, who is scheduled to work less than the number of hours per work week designated by the Board of Commissioners as full time. (r) Pay Plan. A listing by grade and level of all approved minimum and maximum rates of pay authorized by the Board of Commissioners for various position classifications of County Government. (s) Pay Plan Adjustment. The raising or lowering of the salary grade for one or more classes of positions within the classification plan. (t) 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. (u) Probationary Employee. A person appointed to a regular position who has not yet completed the probationary period (v) Probationary Period. The required period of time an employee serves upon entering County service before obtaining regular status. (w) Promotion. The reassignment of an employee to an existing position having a higher salary grade than the position from which the reassignment is made. (x) Reclassification. The reassignment of an existing position from one class to another, based on changes in job content such as duty, difficulty, required skills and/or responsibility of the work performed. (y) Regular Employee. An employee in a regular position who has completed their probationary period, and has been approved for continuing employment by the department head and the appointing authority. (z) Regular Position. A position approved by the Board of Commissioners in which the duties and responsibilities are required on a continuous and annually recurring basis, requiring either the full time or part time employment of an individual. (aa) Salary Grade. The range of pay to which all sufficiently comparable positions are assigned. (bb) Salary Range. The minimum and maximum salary for a given classification and includes the job rate (level 31 of the range). (cc) State Personnel Act Employee. An employee of the Department of Social Services or who participates in an Office of Emergency Management program that receives federal grant-in-aid funds subject to the State Personnel Act. (dd) Temporary Employee. A person appointed to serve in a position for a limited duration, usually not to exceed one year. (ee) Transfer. The reassignment of an employee from one position or department to another. Section 9. Merit Principle All appointments and promotions hereunder shall be made solely on the basis