As used in KRS 61.371 to 61.377, unless the context otherwise requires:
(1) "Board" means the personnel board established by KRS Chapter 18A;
(2) "Employer" means the officer, employee, board, commission, or agency authorized by law to make appointments to a position in public service;
(3) "Military duty" means training and service performed by an inductee, enlistee, or reservist or any entrant into a temporary component of the armed forces of the United States, and time spent in reporting for and returning from such training and service, or if a rejection occurs, from the place of reporting therefor. "Military duty" shall not include voluntary active duty for training of an individual as a reservist in the Armed Forces of the United States;
(4) "Position" means an office or employment in the public service, excluding an office filled by popular election;
(5) "Public employee" means a person appointed to a position in public service for which he or she is compensated on a full-time basis, excluding elected officers;
(6) "Public service" means employment by the Commonwealth of Kentucky, or by any county, city, or political subdivision or by any department, board, agency, or commission thereof; and (7) "Seniority" means the increase in compensation, status, and responsibility resulting from promotion or step progression within a class of a classified service or promotion or increase in compensation, status, and responsibility in the unclassified service.