Section 310.50  Definitions

The following definitions of terms are for purposes of clarification only.  They affect the Schedule of Rates (Subpart B), Negotiated Rates of Pay (Appendix A), and the Schedule of Salary Grade Pay Grades − Monthly Rates of Pay (Appendix B).  Section 310.500 contains definitions of terms applying specifically to the Merit Compensation System.

"Adjustment in Salary" – A change in salary rate occasioned by a previously committed error or oversight, or required in the best interest of the State as defined in Sections 310.80 and 310.90.

"Base Salary" – A dollar amount of pay specifically designated in the Schedule of Salary Grade Pay Grades − Monthly Rates of Pay (Appendix B) or Schedule of Rates (Subpart B).  Base salary does not include commission, incentive pay, bilingual pay, longevity pay, overtime pay, shift differential pay or deductions for time not worked.

"Bilingual Pay" – The dollar amount per month, or percentage of the employee's monthly base salary, paid in addition to the employee's base salary when the individual position held by the employee has a job description that requires the use of sign language, Braille, or another second language (e.g., Spanish), or that requires the employee to be bilingual.

"Comparable Classes" – Two or more classes that are in the same pay grade.

"Creditable Service" – All service in full or regularly scheduled part-time pay status beginning with the date of initial employment or the effective date of the last salary increase that was at least equivalent to a full step.  A new creditable service date will follow an increase of a step or more, except for the following actions:

Revaluation as provided for in Section 310.80(d)(2) for non-bargaining-unit employees.

Reallocation as provided for in Section 310.80(d)(1) for non-bargaining-unit employees.

Adjustments as provided for in Section 310.80(e) for non-bargaining-unit employees.

            Interim assignment as provided for in Section 310.100(e).

"Demotion" – The assignment for cause of an employee to a vacant position in a class in a lower pay grade than the former class.

"Differential" – The additional compensation added to the base salary of an employee resulting from conditions of employment imposed on him/her during normal schedule of work.

"Entrance Base Salary" – The initial base salary assigned to an employee upon entering State service.

"Hourly Pay Grade" – The designation for hourly negotiated pay rates is "H".

"In Between Pay Grade" – The designation for negotiated pay rates in between pay grades is ".5".

"In-hiring Rate" – An in-hiring rate is a minimum rate/step for a class that is above the normal minimum of the range, as approved by the Director of Central Management Services after a review of competitive market starting rates for similar classes.

"Option" – The denotation of directly-related education and/or experience required to qualify for the position allocated to the classification.  The requirements may meet or exceed the requirements indicated in the classification specification.  The following options are for the Public Service Administrator classification and have a negotiated pay grade and/or a broad-banded salary range assigned:

"Pay Grade" – The numeric designation used for an established set of steps or salary range.

"Pay Plan Code" – The designation used in assigning a specific salary rate based on a variety of factors associated with the position.  Pay Plan Codes used in the Pay Plan are:

"Promotion" – The appointment of an employee, with the approval of the agency and the Department of Central Management Services, to a vacant position in a class in a higher pay grade than the former class.

"Reallocation" – The change in the classification of a position resulting from significant changes in assigned duties and responsibilities.

"Reclassification" − The assignment of a position or positions to a different classification based on creation of a new classification or the revision of existing class specification, and approved by the Civil Service Commission.

"Reevaluation" – The assignment of a different pay grade to a class based upon change in relation to other classes or to the labor market.

"Salary Grade" – The system of pay practices applied to specific positions or employees not represented by a bargaining unit, and not in the Merit Compensation System, which includes Broad-Band and Medical Administrator positions.

"Salary Range" – The dollar value represented by Steps 1c through 8 of a pay grade assigned to a class title.

"Satisfactory Performance Increase" – An upward revision in the base salary from one designated step to the next higher step in the pay grade for that class as a result of having served the required amount of time at the former rate with not less than a satisfactory level of competence.  (Satisfactory level of competence shall mean work, the level of which, in the opinion of the agency head, is above that typified by the marginal employee.)

"Transfer" – The assignment of an employee to a vacant position having the same pay grade.

"Work Year" – That period of time determined by the agency and filed with the Department of Central Management Services in accordance with 80 Ill. Adm. Code 303.300.

(Source:  Peremptory amendment at 32 Ill. Reg. 6097, effective March 25, 2008)