18A.155 Rules for unclassified employees.
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(1)The secretary shall prepare and submit proposed administrative regulations to the
Governor for employees in unclassified positions enumerated in KRS
18A.115(1)(g), (h), (i), (j), (k), (p), (t), and (u). Such administrative regulations
shall become effective after approval by the Governor and promulgation in
accordance with KRS Chapters 12 and 13A. The administrative regulations shall
provide:
(a)For the preparation, maintenance, and revision of a position classification plan
for all aforementioned positions in the unclassified service, based upon
similarity of duties performed and responsibilities assumed, so that the same
qualifications may reasonably be required for and the same schedule of pay
may be equitably applied to all positions in the same class. After such
classification plan has been approved by the Governor, the secretary shall
allocate the positions of every employee in the unclassified service to one
of the classes of the plan. Any employee affected by the allocation of a
position to a class shall, after filing with the secretary a written request for
reconsideration thereof in such manner and form as the secretary may
prescribe, be given a reasonable opportunity to be heard thereon by the
secretary;
(b)For a pay plan for all aforementioned employees in the unclassified service,
after consultation with appointing authorities and the state budget director,
and taking into account such factors as:
1. The relative levels of duties and responsibilities of various classes of
positions;
2. Rates paid for comparable positions elsewhere; and
3. The state's financial resources.
Such pay plan shall become effective only after it has been approved by the
Governor after submission to him by the secretary. Amendments to the pay
plan may be made in the same manner. Each employee shall be paid at one
of the rates set forth in the pay plan for the position in which he is employed;
(c)For transfer from a position in one
(1)department to a similar position in
another department involving similar qualifications, duties, responsibilities,
and salary ranges;
(d)For annual, sick, and special leaves of absence, with or without pay, or
reduced pay, after approval by the Governor as provided in subsection
(1)of
this section;
(e)For the development and operation of programs to improve the work
effectiveness and morale of employees in the unclassified service, including
training, safety, health, welfare, counseling, recreation, and employee
relations; and
(f)For such other rules and administrative regulations not inconsistent with KRS
18A.005 to 18A.200, as may be proper and necessary for its enforcement.
(2)Nothing herein shall be construed to preclude the optional use of administrative
regulations promulgated under this section on behalf of employees enumerated in
KRS 18A.115(1)(a), (b), (d), (e), (p), (u), and
(w)and on behalf of members of state
boards and commissions who work on a full-time, salaried basis.
(3)Months of service earned as a contract employee of the Kentucky Department of
Education shall be recognized and credited as service credit for calculating years of
service in any public agency position held subsequent to the employment by
contract. The provisions of this subsection are retroactive for employees hired in a
public agency position on or after January 1, 1997.