61.371 Definitions for KRS 61.371 to 61.379. - Kentucky Statutes

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61.371 Definitions for KRS 61.371 to 61.379. As used in KRS 61.371 to 61.379, unless the context otherwise requires:
(1) "Public employee" means a person appointed to a position in public service for which he is compensated on a full-time basis, excluding elected officers; (2) "Public service" means employment by the Commonwealth of Kentucky, or by any county, city, or political subdivision or by any department, board, agency, or
commission thereof; (3) "Employer" means the officer, employee, board, commission or agency authorized by law to make appointments to a position in public service; (4) "Position" means an office or employment in the public service, excluding an office filled by popular election; (5) "Military duty" means training and service performed by an inductee, enlistee, or reservist or any entrant into a temporary component of the armed forces of the
United States, and time spent in reporting for and returning from such training and
service, or if a rejection occurs, from the place of reporting therefor. "Military duty"
shall not include voluntary active duty for training of an individual as a reservist in
the armed forces of the United States; (6) "Board" means the personnel board established by KRS Chapter 18A;
(7) "Seniority" means the increase in compensation, status, and responsibility resulting from promotion or step progression within a class of a classified service or
promotion or increase in compensation, status, and responsibility in the unclassified
service. History: Created 1966 Ky. Acts ch. 32, sec. 1.