5210601S Payroll PPM

City of Raleigh, NC

Human Resources Policy Personnel Program Policy Definitions

300-1A

PURPOSE To provide definitions that apply to terms used throughout the Human Resources Policies and to provide a unified place to revise definitions as practices and regulations change.

APPLIES TO All Departments/Divisions

REFERENCES Code of Ordinances of the City of Raleigh, Part 3.

All Human Resources Policies and Procedures set out in the Standard Operating Procedures, No. 300 et seq. The Raleigh Civil Service Act, as amended.

POLICY STATEMENT 1.0

1.1 Policy The City of Raleigh maintains a personnel program, which brings together those policies, regulations, and procedures that apply to all City employees, as well as the City’s pay plan and classification plan, in a convenient form, that employees can easily access. Responsibilities 2.1 The City Council is be responsible for approving the personnel policies and rules, the pay plan, and for making and confirming appointments when so specified by law. The Council may at any time make changes to any matter within its legislative authority, including budgetary items, policies, or procedures related to compensation without the need to amend any City policy. The Raleigh City Charter grants the City Manager broad authority to make operational changes. City policy cannot and does not limit the City Manager’s discretion and authority. 2.2 The City Manager will be responsible for the following: 2.2.1 The administration of the personnel program and implementation of rules, policies, and procedures, including those rules adopted by the City Council. 2.2.2 Making all appointments to positions under the manager’s jurisdiction in accordance with provisions set forth in the City Charter and the current established policies and procedures. 2.2.3 Preparation and presentation of the procedures governing the overall administration of the personnel program to the City Council for its approval.

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