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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-. |