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SECTION 2: DEFINITIONS 2.1 Definitions The following words and phrases will have the meaning as defined herein: 1. Absent without Leave. Any absence of an employee from duty, including any absence for a single day or part of a day, which is not authorized by a specific leave of absence or time off under the provisions of this policy. 2. Administrative Leave. Paid leave granted to an employee, who is the subject of an investigation, when the City Administrator determines it is in the best interest of City employees and the public that the employee be removed from duty until the investigation is complete. 3. Anniversary Date. The month and day of initial hiring or promotion of a regular full -time or regular part-time employee. 4. Child. A biological, adopted, or foster child, a stepchild, a legal ward, or a child of a person standing in loco parentis. Child, for the purposes of Family Medical Leave, will be defined in accordance with 29 CFR 825.113. 5. Compensation Plan. A schedule of pay ranges for all job classifications within the City. 6. Domestic Partnerships. Employees may register a domestic partner with the City Administrator. Domestic partnerships apply only to sick leave and funeral leave. 7. Exempt Employee. Executive, administrative, and professional employees who are exempt from overtime pay as defined by the federal Fair Labor Standards Act. 8. Immediate Family Member. An immediate family member shall be defined as spouse, parent, spouse's parent, child, brother, sister, brother -in -law, sister -in -law, niece, nephew, grandparent of the employee or employee's spouse, and grandchild. 9. Job Classification. Refers to the act of assigning a position to its appropriate pay range based on the duties performed and the responsibilities assumed. 10. Non - Exempt Employee. An employee who is not exempt from the provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act and is subject to overtime pay. 11. Pay Grade. A grouping of positions that are considered substantially equal for pay purposes. 12. Pav Range. A schedule of minimum and maximum pay rates, which are established for each job classification. 13. Job Reclassification. A change in a class of an individual position on the basis of revisions to job duties and responsibilities, which places the position in a higher or lower pay grade. 5