3339-3-02. Definitions  


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  • Ohio law specifies that all Miami university employees are part of the civil service of the state. Ohio law divides the civil service into classified and unclassified administrative employees. Miami subdivides the unclassified civil service into instructional staff and administrative staff

    Policies affecting classified employees of Miami are administered by the department of human resources. Information about these policies may be obtained from that office.

    Fulltime employee. A person whose customary annual appointment is longer than one semester for thirty or more hours per week or .75 FTE or greater. Full-time appointments are benefit eligible

    Note: Instructional staff do not earn vacation. In order to earn vacation, unclassified administrative staff must have an annual appointment of 1.0 FTE of at least ten months duration

    Part-time employee. A person whose customary annual appointment is longer than one semester but for less than thirty hours per week (.70 FTE or less). Part-time appointments are not benefit eligible.

    Temporary employee. A person whose customary annual appointment is for one semester or less. Temporary appointments are not benefit eligible.

    Note: An employee who receives an appointment on or after July 1. 2014. specifying full-time status is eligible for benefits on the first day of the first month following the effective date of the appointment.

    Immediate family. Unless otherwise defined in a policy, immediate family includes the employee's mother, father, brother, sister, biological or adopted child, spouse, domestic partner, grandparent, grandchild, mother-in-law, father-in-law, daughter-in-law, son-in-law, brother-in-law, sister-in-law, grandparent-in-law. anyone who stood in loco parentis to the employee as a child, and other persons for whom the employee is legally responsible.

    Domestic partner. A person of the same sex as the employee who meets the criteria of a domestic partner and is designated by the employee as a domestic partner on an affidavit of domestic partnership. A completed affidavit of domestic partnership must be on file with benefit services in order to use domestic partner benefits.

    Retiree. A person who meets either of the following definitions:

    (A) An employee who applies for and receives a service retirement benefit from an Ohio public employees retirement system (e.g.. state teachers Retirement /System [STRS]. public employees retirement system [PERS]) or an employee who is a participant in the Miami university alternative retirement plan (ARP). is age fifty-nine and half and who applies for and receives a retirement distribution from the ARP: or

    (B) An employee who applies for a disability retirement benefit from an Ohio public retirement system or university-sponsored disability plan and whose application for that benefit has been approved. (Note that individuals receiving a disability retirement benefit from an Ohio public retirement system are deemed to be on a statutory leave of absence during the first five years following the effective date of a disability retirement.)

Replaces: 3339-3-02


Effective: 3/6/2015
Promulgated Under: 111.15
Statutory Authority: 3339.01
Rule Amplifies: 3339.01
Prior Effective Dates: 3/2/78, 9/30/99, 10/31/02, 3/31/05, 11/14/09, 9/13/12