{"data":{"id":"us-ky/krs-18a.005","jurisdiction":"us-ky","citation":"KRS 18A.005","heading":"Definitions for chapter.","body":"As used in this chapter, unless the context indicates otherwise:\n(1) \"Appointing authority\" means the agency head or any person whom he or she has\nauthorized by law to designate to act on behalf of the agency with respect to\nemployee appointments, position  establishments, payroll documents, register\nrequests, waiver requests, requests for certification, or other position actions. Such\ndesignation shall be in writing and signed by both the agency head and his or her\ndesignee. Prior to the exercise of appoint ing authority, such designation shall be\nfiled with the secretary;\n(2) \"Base salary or wages\" means the compensation to which an employee is entitled\nunder the salary schedules adopted pursuant to the provisions of KRS 18A.030 and\n18A.110. Base salary or wages shall be adjusted as provided under the provisions of\nKRS 18A.355 and 48.130;\n(3) \"Board\" means the Personnel Board created by KRS 18A.045;\n(4) \"Career employee\" means a state employee with sixteen (16) or more years of\npermanent full-time state service, or the part-time employment equivalent of at least\nsixteen (16) years of full -time state service. The service may have been in the\nclassified service under this chapter, the unclassified service in the executive branch\nof state government, or a combina tion thereof. At least five (5) years of the\ncombined service shall have been in the classified service under this chapter;\n(5) \"Certification\" means the referral of the name of one (1) or more qualified\nprospective employees by the secretary on request of  an appointing officer for\nconsideration in filling a position in the classified service;\n(6) \"Class\" means a group of positions sufficiently similar as to duties performed,\nscope of discretion and responsibility, minimum requirements of training,\nexperience, or skill, and such other characteristics that the same title, the same tests\nof fitness, and the same schedule of compensation have been or may be applied to\neach position in the group;\n(7) \"Classified employee\" means an employee appointed to a positio n in the classified\nservice under this chapter whose appointment and employment are subject to the\nclassified service provisions of this chapter and the administrative regulations\npromulgated under this chapter;\n(8) \"Classified position\" means a position i n the executive branch of state government\nthat is not exempt from the classified service under KRS Chapter 16, KRS 18A.115,\nKRS Chapter 151B, or any other provision of law;\n(9) \"Classified service\" includes all the employment subject to the terms of this chapter\nexcept for those positions expressly cited in KRS 18A.115; a \"classified position\" is\na position in the classified service;\n(10) \"Secretary\" means the secretary of the Personnel Cabinet as provided for in KRS\n18A.015;\n(11) \"Demotion\" means a change in the rank of an employee from a position in one (1)\nclass to a position in another class having a lower minimum salary range and less\ndiscretion or responsibility;\n(12) \"Cabinet\" means the Personnel Cabinet provided for in KRS 18A.015, unless the\ncontext indicates otherwise;\n(13) \"Eligible\" refers to a person who has made a passing score on any examination\nrequired under KRS 18A.010 to 1 8A.200 or who has qualified to be placed on a\nregister;\n(14) \"Employee\" means a person regularly appointed to a position in the state service for\nwhich he or she is compensated on a full-time, part-time, or interim basis;\n(15) \"Federally funded time -limited employee\" means an employee in the unclassified\nservice, appointed to a position that is funded one hundred percent (100%) by a\nfederal grant or grants. An employee appointed to a federally funded time -limited\nposition shall be required to meet the minim um requirements for the classification\nin which he or she is hired and, subject to the provisions of KRS 18A.113, shall\nserve at the pleasure of the appointing authority during a period of time that shall\nnot exceed the life of the federal grant that funds  the position. A federally funded\ntime-limited employee who has been aggrieved by notice of disciplinary action or\ntermination, other than an action based on expiration of the federal grant funding,\nmay petition the appointing authority of the agency for t he opportunity to be heard\nby the appointing authority or his or her designee prior to the effective date of the\ndisciplinary action or termination. The decision of the appointing authority shall be\nfinal except as provided by KRS 18A.095(14) and 18A.140. A federally funded\ntime-limited employee shall not have the right of appeal to the Personnel Board\nexcept as provided by KRS 18A.095(14) and 18A.140;\n(16) \"Federally funded position\" means a full -time or a part -time position in which the\nunclassified emplo yee is eligible for benefits at the same level as a classified\nemployee in a permanent position;\n(17) \"Full-time employee\" means an employee in a full-time position;\n(18) \"Full-time position\" means a position, other than an interim position, requiring an\nemployee to work at least thirty -seven and one -half (37.5) hours in a work week,\nexcept for the following:\n(a) Positions in the state parks, where the work assigned is dependent upon\nfluctuations in tourism, may be assigned work hours from twenty -five (25)\nhours per week during the off seasons and remain in full-time positions; and\n(b) Positions in health care facilities, which regularly involve three (3)\nconsecutive days of twelve (12) hour shifts to cover weekends, shall be\nconsidered full-time;\n(19) \"Initial probation\" means the period of service following initial appointment to any\nposition under KRS 18A.010 to 18A.200 which requires special observation and\nevaluation of an employee's work and which must be passed successfully before\nstatus may be conferr ed as provided in KRS 18A.110 and by the provisions of this\nchapter. If the appointee is granted leave in excess of twenty (20) consecutive work\ndays during this period, his or her initial probation shall be extended for the same\nlength of time as the granted leave to cover such absence;\n(20) \"Interim employee\" means an unclassified employee without status who has been\nappointed to an interim position that shall be less than nine (9) months duration;\n(21) \"Interim position\" means a position established to a ddress a one -time or recurring\nneed of less than nine (9) months duration and exempt from the classified service\nunder KRS 18A.115;\n(22) \"Part-time employee\" means an employee in a part-time position;\n(23) \"Part-time position\" means a position, other than an interim position, requiring an\nemployee to work less than one hundred (100) hours per month;\n(24) \"Position\" means an office or employment in an agency (whether part -time, full -\ntime, or interim, occupied, or vacant) involving duties requiring the servic es of one\n(1) person;\n(25) \"Promotion\" means a change of rank of an employee from a position in one (1)\nclass to a position in another class having a higher minimum salary or carrying a\ngreater scope of discretion or responsibility;\n(26) \"Promotional probation\" means the period of service, consistent with the length of\nthe initial probationary period, following the promotion of an employee with status\nwhich must be successfully completed in order for the employee to retain the\nposition to which he or she ha s been promoted. If the employee is granted leave in\nexcess of twenty (20) consecutive work days during this period, his or her\npromotional probation shall be extended for the same length of time as the granted\nleave to cover such absence;\n(27) \"Qualifying\" means the selection method type which results when the knowledge,\nskills, and abilities necessary for a job classification cannot be accurately measured\nby written examination;\n(28) \"Reallocation\" means the correction of the classification of an existing  position by\nplacement of the position into the classification that is appropriate for the duties the\nemployee has been and shall continue to perform;\n(29) \"Reclassification\" shall mean the change in the classification of an employee when\na material and pe rmanent change in the duties or responsibilities of that employee\nhas been assigned in writing by the appointing authority;\n(30) \"Reemployment\" shall mean the rehiring of an employee with status who has been\nlaid off;\n(31) \"Reemployment register\" means the  separate list of names of persons who have\nbeen separated from state service by reason of layoff. Reemployment registers shall\nbe used as provided by the provisions of KRS 18A.110, 18A.130, and 18A.135;\n(32) \"Register\" means any official list of eligibles  for a particular class and, except as\nprovided in this chapter, placed in rank order according to the examination scores\nmaintained for use in making original appointments or promotions to positions in\nthe classified service;\n(33) \"Reinstatement\" means th e privilege of restoration of an employee who has\nresigned in good standing at the option of the appointing authority, or who has been\nordered reinstated by the board or a court to a position in his former class, or to a\nposition of like status and pay;\n(34) \"Reversion\" means either the returning of a status employee to his or her last\nposition held in the classified service, if vacant, or the returning of a status\nemployee to a vacant position in the same or similar job classification as his or her\nlast position held in the classified service. Reversion occurs after a career employee\nis terminated other than for cause from the unclassified service or after a status\nemployee fails to successfully complete promotional probation. Reversion after\nunsuccessful c ompletion of promotional probation, or in the case of a career\nemployee after termination from the unclassified service, may only be appealed to\nthe Personnel Board under KRS 18A.095(11);\n(35) \"Seniority\" means the total number of months of state service;\n(36) \"Status\" means the acquisition of tenure with all rights and privileges granted by the\nprovisions of this chapter after satisfactory completion of the initial probationary\nperiod by an employee in the classified service; and\n(37) \"Transfer\" means a movement of any employee from one (1) position to another of\nthe same grade having the same salary ranges, the same level of responsibility\nwithin the classified service, and the same salary received immediately prior to\ntransfer.","path":["KRS Chapter 18A"],"source_url":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=53721","current_through":"Includes enactments through the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"09/05/2026","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T20:48:39Z","sha256":"1e9130a19a2afd5d010d0809d49ce3368bf555d149f084935067a3032070e835","source_id":"us-ky","stale":false,"prev":"us-ky/krs-189a.500","next":"us-ky/krs-18a.010"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. 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