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Oklahoma Administrative Code (Last Updated: March 11, 2021) |
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TITLE 260. Office of Management and Enterprise Services |
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Chapter 25. Merit System of Personnel Administration Rules |
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Subchapter 5. Position Allocation and Employee Classification System |
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Part 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS |
SECTION 260:25-5-3. Authority and responsibility of Appointing Authorities
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- (a) Appointing Authorities have control of positions within their agency and have the authority to organize their agencies, to create positions, to abolish positions and to prescribe or change the duties and responsibilities assigned to any position or employee at any time. Appointing Authorities shall determine the level within a job family at which duties and responsibilities are assigned [74:840-4.3]. Appointing Authorities have the authority to reclassify employees in accordance with other provisions of the Merit Rules.(b) Appointing Authorities are responsible for ensuring that:(1) managers and supervisors assign work to employees on a regular and consistent basis that conforms with the employee's classification;(2) employees are classified in accordance with the work they are assigned on a regular and consistent basis as an integral part of their normal job [74:840-4.3];(3) all records relied on by the Appointing Authority in making changes to the job family level are maintained.