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About The Oregon state employee. (Salem, Oregon.) 1944-195? | View Entire Issue (March 1, 1947)
6 Operation of Civil Service Pay Plan who were within their range would be eligible to be increased io the . next higher step. I f such advancement was H than one-half a normal step, one further-step increase would be permit ted. In no case could any person over the maximum rates be advanced. Finally, beginning on .July 1, salary advancements will be made on either July 1, or January 1, w ith the excep tion of salary increases permitted for the completion of the six months’ ser vice at the minimum rate. In general, eligibility for salary advancernents for eihployees within ranges will require at least one year of service since the last increase was received by an em ployee. If employees are promoted to higher classes they are of course sub ject to the hfgKêppay range , at time of promotion. The àboyé regulations provided sal ary adjustments for many employees. It should be remembered, however, that under the Civil Service program no The N ew Rules salary increase is automatic but apy in , I The following rules were provided crease^ is .- based upon merit* length of in an executive order signed by the service, eligibility under civil service Governor for adjustment to the plan: regulations and the availability of funds First, except for certain emergency for that purpose. or temporary employees, any employee whose salary was below the minimum Commission's Policy In developing a salary plan for state was automatically raised, as of March 1, to the minimum rate. Those em employees the Commission in its rec ployees on hourly rate jobs were placed ommendations had the alternative of at the hourly rate specified in the pay setting lower, and relatively narrow ranges of pay yhich might, provide op plan for their jobs. Second, after March 1, and until portunity for immediate salary adjust-? July 1, 1947, any employee whose sal ment in a limited amount for all em ary was Within the range might be ployees;or the alternative of setting eligible for increase depending upon the reasonable salary ranges which would time of his last salary increase, avail over a period of time give employees ability df funds and merit. Any em real incentives and opportunities for ployee who was a a minimum rate advancement. The Commisison chose would be eligible to be advanced to the this second alternative after careful and next step upon the completion of six deliberate study. Generally speaking, months’ service at the minimum rate. except for the highest pay levels,, which Exclusive of the $10.00 blanket cost of are narrower in spread, each range pro Jiving adjustment given last June, em vides for approximately a 30 percent ployees who had one year of service increase in^ maximum rate over mini without other salary advancement and mum rate* It i s believèd that employees By ROBERT R. JO H N SO N A cting Civil Service Director As a result of legislative action the Civil Service Pay Plan for the classified service became effective on March 1, 1947. Concurrently with this effective > date civil service, regulations dealing w ith classifications and pay became applicable. The pay plan thus went in to1 operation four months earlier than had originally been planned in the bud- get and civil service calculations. In placing the plan into effect, funds were provided by the ^legislature to bring those employees under minimum rates up td the new minimums for their classes. Although other salary adjust-, ments for employees w ithin ranges were permitted on the basis of budget and civil service rules, the principal effect of the installation of the pay plan was to bring all employees who were below the minimum rates to the new minimum rate:s-. |
