North Dakota Administrative Code
Title 4 - Management and Budget, Office of
Article 4-07 - Organization of Human Resource Management Services
Chapter 4-07-02 - Salary Administration Procedures
Section 4-07-02-01 - Definitions

1. "Appointing authority" has the same meaning as provided in North Dakota Century Code section 54-44.3-02.

2. "Class" or "classification" means a group of positions, regardless of location, which are enough alike in duties and responsibilities to be called by the same descriptive title, to be given the same pay range under similar conditions, and to require substantially the same qualifications.

3. "Classification plan" means the listing of all the classes that have been established, the description for those classes, and the process and procedures developed to maintain the plan.

4. "Equity increase" means a salary increase provided to a classified employee to mitigate either a serious internal agency inequity or a documented external market condition.

5. "General salary increase" means a salary increase provided to classified employees by specific legislative appropriation.

6. "Hiring rate" means the salary level assigned to an employee upon initial employment with an agency.

7. "Job evaluation committee" is the committee responsible to evaluate, maintain, and ensure the consistency of job evaluations of the North Dakota classification system. The job evaluation committee shall be made up of professional human resource staff from human resource management services and state agencies designated by the director of human resource management services.

8. "Pay grade" means the number assigned to a classification which corresponds with one specific range of pay rates.

9. "Performance increase" means a salary increase provided to a classified employee in recognition of documented performance which is consistently superior or which consistently exceeds performance standards.

10. "Probationary increase" means a salary increase provided to a classified employee upon the successful completion of their applicable probationary period.

11. "Promotional increase" means a salary increase provided to a classified employee when the employee is assigned to a position in a different class which has a higher pay grade or which reflects a substantially higher level of responsibility than the employee's previous position, and the assignment is not a result of a reclassification of the employee's position.

12. "Reclassification adjustment" means a salary change applied to a classified employee when the employee's position is reallocated to a different classification that has a different pay grade.

13. "Responsibility level or workload increase" means a salary increase provided to a classified employee when either of the following conditions are met:

14. "Salary range" means the range of pay rates, from minimum to maximum that are assigned to a pay grade, and which are often divided into quartiles for reference.

15. "Temporary increase" means a salary increase provided to a classified employee when the employee is assigned temporarily to perform a higher level of responsibilities on an acting or interim basis.