Section 39.28.200. Definitions.

In this chapter, unless the context requires otherwise,
        (1) "agency" means a department, office, agency, public corporation, board, commission, authority, or other organizational unit of the executive branch;
        (2) "department" means the Department of Administration;
        (3) "director of personnel" means the director of personnel appointed under AS 39.25.040;
        (4) "division of personnel" means the division of personnel established by AS 39.25.030;
        (5) "employment in the executive branch of state government" includes employment as a permanent, probationary, provisional, nonpermanent, or temporary employee in the classified, partially exempt, or exempt services in the executive branch of state government;
        (6) "member of a protected class" means a person protected by federal or state laws that prohibit discrimination in employment or a person who experiences or has experienced difficulty in obtaining employment or advancement in employment because of another factor not related to merit.

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History

(E.O. No. 104 Sec. 2 (2003))