§77-1 Definitions. As used in this part, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:

"Affected persons or parties" includes employee organizations, departments, persons, and their respective representatives.

"Bench mark class" means a class which is (A) pivotal in that the assignment of other classes within a series of classes may be made with reference to such class, (B) easily identifiable according to the nature of the duties and responsibilities of the positions within the class, and (C) common to all or most of the jurisdictions.

"Chief executive officer" means the governor in the case of the State, the chief justice of the supreme court in the case of the judiciary, the chief executive officer in the case of the Hawaii health systems corporation, the mayor in the case of the city and county of Honolulu or the counties of Hawaii, Maui, and Kauai.

"Class" or "class of positions" means a group of positions sufficiently similar with respect to duties, authority, and responsibility so that the same title may reasonably be required for, and the same salary range may apply to, each position allocated to the class.

"Commission" means the civil service commission.

"Compensation" means any salary, wage, fee, or other cash emolument paid to an employee for service in a position.

"Compensation plan" is the result of the assignment of all classes in the position classification plan to appropriate salary ranges in the salary structures.

"Department" includes the judicial branch, the Hawaii health systems corporation, and any department, board, commission, or agency of the State or any of its political subdivisions.

"Director" means the director of human resources development in the case of the State, the administrative director of the courts in the case of the judiciary, the chief executive officer in the case of the Hawaii health systems corporation, the director of civil service in the case of the city and county of Honolulu, or the respective personnel directors in the case of the counties of Hawaii, Maui, and Kauai.

"Employee" means a person holding a position in accordance with chapter 76, whether permanently or otherwise.

"Fiscal officer" means the director of finance in the case of the State, the administrative director of the courts in the case of the judiciary, the chief executive officer in the case of the Hawaii health systems corporation, the director of finance in the case of the city and county of Honolulu and the counties of Hawaii, Maui, and Kauai.

"Legislative body" means the legislature in the case of the State, the city council in the case of the city and county of Honolulu, and the respective county councils in the case of the counties of Hawaii, Maui, and Kauai.

"Position" means a group of current duties and responsibilities legally assigned or delegated by competent authority to an officer or employee and performed on either a full- or part-time basis.

"Position classification plan" means classes of positions arranged in a logical and systematic order.

"Pricing" means the assignment of classes to salary range.

"Salary range" means the group of steps, from minimum to maximum, to which a class may be assigned.

"Salary schedule" or "pay schedule" means the rates of compensation for all steps under a salary structure.

"Salary structure" means the number of steps and salary ranges prescribed in section 77-5(2) and section 77-13(a). [L 1955, c 274, pt of §2; RL 1955, §4-1; am L 1961, c 188, §1; am L 1963, c 114, §1; HRS §77-1; am L 1974, c 159, §§11 to 13; am L 1977, c 159, §8; am L 1980, c 253, §2; am L 1994, c 56, §9; am L 1996, c 262, §10]