New York Codes, Rules and Regulations
Title 9 - EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT
Subtitle C - Division of the Budget
Part 156 - Performance Evaluations And Advances For Employees In The Rent Regulation Services Negotiating Unit
Section 156.3 - Definitions

(a) Hiring rate. The minimum salary stated in the appropriate salary schedule for each of the salary grades applicable to employees covered by this Part.

(b) Job rate. The maximum salary stated in the appropriate salary schedule for each of the salary grades applicable to employees covered by this Part.

(c) Salary range. The dollar difference between the hiring rate and the job rate of the salary grade on the appropriate salary schedule.

(d) Performance advance. An increase in the basic annual salary rate of an employee who is below the job rate of the salary grade on the appropriate salary schedule based on an assessment of the employee's performance as provided for in this Part.

(e) Performance rating. A term as defined in the performance evaluation system developed and administered by the State and used to describe an employee's performance.

(f) Evaluator. The immediate supervisor of the employee to be rated. This individual is directly responsible for evaluating the performance of an employee.

(g) Reviewer. The member of management (i.e., an employee who has been designated as managerial pursuant to article 14 of the Civil Service Law) to whom the evaluator reports or who is immediately responsible for the functions which are under the evaluator's supervision.

(h) Performance program. The specific tasks, assignments, activities and objectives to be accomplished by an employee during the period of evaluation, the standards by which the employee's performance will be evaluated, the training and development activities to be accomplished by the employee during the period of evaluation, and the standards by which the employee's progress in those developmental activities will be determined.

(i) Performance evaluation report. A written evaluation of an employee's performance, including a narrative which relates the employee's performance to the performance standards specified in the performance program, a rating of the employee's performance and recommendations concerning personnel actions, performance advances, training and development activities, and other actions deemed appropriate by the evaluator based on the employee's performance.

(j) Performance advance system. A system which provides for movement from step-to-step of the salary schedule at the rate of one step upon completion of each year of service in grade where performance was evaluated as higher than unsatisfactory or the equivalent.

(k) Equated to a grade. Positions equated to a grade as shown on the certificate of approval for the position, a budget director's approval form signed by the Director of the Budget or his designee, or the appropriate classification form (CC-4) signed by the Director of the Budget or his designee.

(l) Anniversary date. The date of appointment or promotion to employee's current salary grade.