As used in this Division A, the following terms shall have the
meanings indicated:
An appointed employee who is hired by the authority of law
and who serves for an indefinite period of time and serves at the
pleasure of an elected official.
An individual employed to work sporadically rather than regularly
or for a fixed term who has no continuity of interest in terms and
conditions of employment and has no right to expect the employment
to continue and does not enjoy the benefits of a merit employee.
The listing of all established classes of work.
One or more positions which have similar duties, tasks and
responsibilities, require the same minimum qualifications and have
been assigned the same grade, salary range and title; also called
"classification."
A description of a class of work which summarizes the job,
its essential functions and other duties, the required knowledge,
abilities, and skills, minimum qualifications and other pertinent
requirements. A class specification is generally descriptive of all
positions assigned to the class of work, but not restrictive.
An individual employed under written agreement for a specific
position. The agreement can, but is not required to, employ the individual
for a specific length of time.
The personnel action by which an employee, while continuously
employed, is voluntarily or involuntarily changed to a position of
a lower grade.
The highest ranking official in each department and designated
by the Mayor as a department head.
The official temporary assignment to an employee of all or
part of the duties and responsibilities of another position in order
to accommodate an emergency situation or a temporary disability.
Those applicants qualified for employment for positions in
a specific class of work.
The process of verifying the identity of United States work
eligibility of all persons selected for Town employment, including
the presentation of qualifying documents at the time of hire and periodically
thereafter in the case of aliens temporarily authorized to engage
in United States employment.
An employee exempt from the minimum wage and overtime requirements
of the Federal Fair Labor Standards Act.
An employee intended to be employed for the total number
of hours within the standard work week applicable to the position.
An individual employed for an indeterminate period relative
to availability of and/or interest in grant-funded programs. Full-time,
grant-funded employees shall be required to serve a probationary period
as set forth in the probationary status provision of this Personnel
Ordinance.
The elected Mayor of Chesapeake Beach, Maryland or his or
her successor.
An employee hired for an indefinite period of the Town in
accordance with the Town's merit selection system and subject
to the terms and conditions of employment adopted by the Town Council
for merit employees. Merit employees shall be required to serve a
probationary period as set forth in the probationary status provision
of this Division A. Contract, temporary, grant-funded, part-time,
substitute, and seasonal appointees, and appointed officials are not
selected under the Town merit system and are not covered by the rights
and benefits of the Town merit system.
A position which is currently held by a merit employee. Nothing
herein requires a merit position to remain so designated as a merit
position to be automatically converted to a non-merit position by
the appointment of a non-merit employee to said position.
A written description for each class of work which specifies
the basic qualifications requisite for any employee to occupy and
continue to occupy a position in that class of work.
An employee who is covered by the minimum wage and overtime
requirements of the Federal Fair Labor Standards Act.
Those individuals hired by the Mayor to work in Town Hall
and whose responsibilities include the administration of the Mayor's
office, including but not limited to the administration of this Personnel
Ordinance and the employee records required by this Division A.
An hourly rated employee intended to be employed for less
than the total number of hours within the standard pay period applicable
to the position.
One of 26 units of time comprising a pay year commencing
on Monday 12:00 midnight and terminating the second following Sunday
at 12:00 midnight for purposes of calculating salary to be paid to
an employee.
A table of grades and corresponding salary ranges setting
forth the compensation of employees who occupy positions in established
classes of work.
A twelve-month period comprised of 26 pay periods beginning
with the first day of the first full pay period and ending with the
last day of the last full pay period for which wages are paid in a
calendar year. A pay year may begin in one calendar year and end in
another calendar year.
A group of duties, tasks, and responsibilities allocated
by the Mayor to a class of work and requiring the full-time or part-time
employment of one person.
An optional document reflecting duties, responsibilities
and requirements which are specific to an individual position and
fall generally within the scope of those contemplated for the class
of work.
An alpha or numeric rating assigned to position based on
requirements and duties.
An exempt employee who performs work requiring advanced knowledge
or teaching and consistent exercise of discretion and judgment, or
work invention, imagination, and talent in a recognized field of endeavor.
The personnel action by which an employee, while continuously
employed, is competitively changed to a vacant position with a higher
grade or by which an employee is hired in a classification designated
as probationary or trainee and his or her position is noncompetitively
moved to the next higher level in his or her classification series.
A list of individuals formerly occupying nonprobationary
merit Town positions who were separated through a layoff action and
who may be recalled in positions of the same or of a lower graded
class of work in the class series than they previously occupied for
which they are qualified.
The personnel action by which a position and, if applicable,
its incumbent are changed to a different grade or title as a result
of a review of the responsibilities of the position.
A set of pay rates for a grade, officially established and
published, which begins at the minimum or base rate and continues
through the maximum rate.
An employee's regular straight-time hourly rate of pay,
exclusive of premium pay, upon which all personnel actions are based.
An individual employed to fill a position for a periodic
peak season.
The written schedules of the required daily hours of work
constituting a work shift within a standard work week.
An adjustment to an employee's salary rate in accordance
with the applicable pay scale.
An individual employed for a definite or indefinite period
of time not to exceed 700 hours in a fiscal year. Substitute employees
may be used to fill in when an employee is absent and coverage must
be provided.
An individual employee who is designated by a department
head to supervise the work of other employees on either a routine
or a per-assignment basis.
An individual employed for a period not to exceed 700 hours
in a fiscal year. Temporary employees may be used when an emergency
situation will not permit the filing of a position through the normal
process, to fill in for an employee on leave, when additional help
is authorized due to workload, or when the future of a position is
uncertain.
The personnel action by which an employee, while continuously
employed, is changed to a position of the same grade and same or different
title, or by which an employee and position are moved to a different
unit of Town government.
An authorized, budgeted position which has no incumbent.
A certificate of eligibility for minors (ages 14 to 17) to
be employed by the Town.
The standard number of hours an employee is scheduled to
work in seven consecutive calendar days.
