Definitions

The terms used throughout this chapter have the same meaning as those in North Dakota Century Code chapter 54-44.3, except: 1. "Closing date" means a date by which applications must be received as specified. 2. "External recruiting" means applications for filling a vacant position under an appointing authority must be accepted from current employees of the appointing authority and persons not employed by the appointing authority. 3. "Internal recruiting" means applications for filling a vacant position under an appointing authority only must be accepted from current employees of the appointing authority and employees eligible for reinstatement by the appointing authority. 4. "Promotion" means a personnel action that results in the advancement of an employee to a position in a different class that has a higher pay grade than the employee's previous position or which reflects a substantially higher level of responsibility. 5. "Regular employee" means a person who has completed the probationary period and who is or was in a position classified by human resource management services at the time the personnel action occurs. 6. "Reinstatement" means a personnel action that involves the re-employment of a previous employee of the appointing authority, who resigned or was separated while in good standing in a classified position. 7. "Transfer" means a personnel action that results in the reassignment of an employee from one position to a different position that has the same pay grade as the employee's previous position and that does not result in a break in service. 8. "Vacancy announcement" means an announcement that a particular position is vacant and that the appointing authority intends to recruit to fill it.