Arizona Administrative Code › Title 13 - PUBLIC SAFETY › Chapter 5 - Law Enforcement Merit System Council › Article 2 - CLASSIFICATION AND COMPENSATION › Section R13-5-202 - Compensation

Current through Register Vol. 30, No. 28, July 12, 2024
A. Compensation
				plan. The Council shall adopt compensation levels for all classifications.
				Collectively, compensation levels adopted by the Council comprise the
				compensation plan of the Council. An agency shall periodically revise the
				compensation plan for a covered position, based on the principle that like
				salaries are paid for comparable duties and responsibilities, and shall submit
				the agency's recommendations to the Council for approval.
B. Hearings. If an agency recommends a change
				in a pay range, the Council shall grant any adversely affected employee an
				opportunity to be heard.
C. Pay
				Levels. The Council shall specify all pay levels. The Council may also
				establish more than one pay range, hourly rate, or method of compensation for
				classifications and positions with unusual hours, conditions of work, or when
				necessary to compete with other employers.
D. Lack of Funds. If an agency lacks
				sufficient funds to pay an employee's salary, the agency shall consider an
				alternative method of reducing costs, including those described in
				R13-5-802(B). If an alternative method is not adequate or available, the agency
				shall assign an employee to a leave of absence without pay under the layoff
				procedure in
				R13-5-802. The
				agency shall recall the laid off employee when sufficient funds become
				available.
E. Entrance rate. The
				minimum pay rate for each classification is the entry rate, unless otherwise
				provided in these rules. The agency shall maintain a record of each employee's
				employment date and entrance into a classification.
F. Special pay adjustments. When making an
				appointment, promotion, reinstatement, recall, transfer, reclassification or
				reassignment, an agency head may authorize pay anywhere within the pay range to
				meet recruiting and retention needs, and to give credit for prior agency
				service.
G. Rate above maximum.
				When a position is reallocated resulting in the reclassification of an employee
				to a lower classification or the pay range of a classification is reduced, the
				agency head may authorize a pay rate for the employee above the maximum for the
				classification. While an employee's pay remains above the maximum rate for the
				employee's classification, the employee shall not receive any pay increases
				except those required by law.
H.
				Rate on movement to a classification with a lower pay range. An employee who
				accepts reassignment to a classification with a lower pay range may receive a
				rate above the minimum, if authorized by the agency head. The agency shall then
				establish a new classification date for the employee.
I. Rate on movement to a classification with
				the same range. When an employee moves to another classification with the same
				range, the employee shall retain the employee's current rate of pay.
J. Rate on movement to a classification with
				a higher pay range. When an employee moves to another classification with a
				higher pay range, the employee shall receive pay at the entry level of the new
				classification. If the employee's current pay is greater than the entry level
				of the new classification, the employee shall receive no less than a $500
				annual increase. In no case shall an employee's salary exceed the maximum for
				the new classification.
K. Rate
				upon reinstatement. Upon reinstatement, a former employee shall receive the
				entrance rate for the employee's classification, unless the agency head
				authorizes a higher rate or as directed by the Council following a disciplinary
				hearing.
L. Rate upon recall. A
				former employee who is recalled after a layoff shall receive the same pay rate
				as that held before the layoff. If the Council approved a general pay
				adjustment or classification adjustment while the employee was on leave of
				absence without pay, the employee shall receive the adjustment.
M. Automatic pay adjustment. A classification
				pay range adjustment applies equally to all employees within the classification
				and does not alter an employee's classification date for a pay
				adjustment.