Definitions

The terms used throughout this chapter have the same meaning as in North Dakota Century Code chapter 54-44.3, except: 1. "Cause" means conduct or factors related to a regular employee's job duties, job performance, or working relationships that is detrimental to the discipline and efficiency of the service in which the employee is or was engaged. 2. "Demotion" means an involuntary reduction in the current base salary or grade level where the newly assigned grade level forecloses pay adjustments of a regular employee resulting from reassignment for cause to a position in a lower class. 3. "Dismissal" means an involuntary termination of a regular employee's employment. 4. "Progressive discipline" means the disciplinary actions imposed to correct a regular employee's behavior, beginning with a less severe appropriate action and progressing to a more severe appropriate action, for repeated instances of poor job performance or for repeated violations of the same or similar rules or standards. 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 of the disciplinary action. 6. "Suspension with pay" means a forced paid leave of absence. 7. "Suspension without pay" means a forced unpaid leave of absence. 8. "Working days" means Monday through Friday exclusive of holidays, unless otherwise defined by an agency.