The employee's anniversary date will remain unchanged. If during the twenty- four month period, the employee earns a step increase or there is an adjustment to the salary schedule which causes the employee's salary at the lower range to exceed the frozen salary, the freeze will end and the employee will receive the higher salary. Time served at Step F or a longevity increment at the higher range will be counted as time served at Step F or a longevity increment at the lower range. Written evaluations will be completed in a manner prescribed by the personnel director. Evaluations will be discussed with and signed by the employees prior to submission to the personnel director.
Employees have the right to make written responses to their supervisors' evaluations.
Evaluations and employees' responses, if any, will be made a permanent part of the employees' personnel files. The administrative director shall conduct, or cause to be conducted an annual salary survey to insure that employees of the Alaska Court System receive salaries consistent with those paid to employees in comparable state service. The employee will be assigned to the lower range at the step which is closest to, but does not exceed the employee's current salary. The employee's anniversary date will remain unchanged. If during the twenty- four month period, the employee earns a step increase or there is an adjustment to the salary schedule which causes the employee's salary at the lower range to exceed the frozen salary, the freeze will end and the employee will receive the higher salary.