Sec.5-201-10. Definitions

For the purposes of Section 5-201-10 through 5-201-17, inclusive, of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies:

(1) "Board" means the Employees' Review Board established by section 5-201 of the Connecticut General Statutes;

(2) "Employee" means any employee of the State of Connecticut who is not included in any collective bargaining unit of state employees established pursuant to section 5-275 of the Connecticut General Statutes, and who has achieved a permanent appointment to a position in the classified service following successful completion of a working test period. "Employee" does not include employees in collective bargaining units, persons appointed to state offices established by statute, persons holding positions in the unclassified service, including all officers and employees of the judicial and legislative department, persons in provisional, temporary, emergency and intermittent appointments, or persons in working test periods;

(3) "Intervenor" means any person who has been granted status as an intervenor in accordance with section 4-177a(b) of the Connecticut General Statutes;

(4) "Quasi-Public Agency Employee" means any employee of a quasi-public agency, as defined in section 1-120 of the Connecticut General Statutes, who is not included in any collective bargaining unit. "Quasi-Public Agency Employee" does not include employees in collective bargaining units, or officers or directors of a quasi-public agency;

(5) "Panel" means a hearing panel that hears and acts upon an appeal, consisting of either the full Board or any three of its members designated by the Board or, with the authorization of the Board, by the chairperson of the Board;

(6) "Parties" mean any employee filing an appeal, his or her appointing authority, the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management, the Office of Labor Relations, and any other interested person granted party status in accordance with section 4-177a of the Connecticut General Statutes, or sections 5-201-10 through 5-202-17, inclusive, of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies; and

(7) "Secretary" means the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management or the Secretary's authorized designee.

(Effective July 23, 1993; Amended November 12, 2008)