Alabama Administrative Code › Title 670 - ALABAMA STATE PERSONNEL BOARD › Chapter 670-X-8 - PAY PLAN AND PAY ADMINISTRATION › Section 670-X-8-.04 - Salary Advances

Current through Register Vol. 42, No. 9, June 28, 2024
(1)
Upon Completion of Probation
: A probationary employee
			 who has successfully completed probation may be granted a performance salary
			 increase effective at the beginning of the first semimonthly pay period after
			 the conclusion of the probationary period, and the first day of that pay period
			 shall be the employee's anniversary date for future salary administration
			 purposes. The salary advance may be one or two steps, depending upon the manner
			 of performance of the employee during probation, as recommended by the
			 employee's immediate supervisor and approved by the appointing authority, with
			 report to the Director of the action to be taken.
(2)
Annual
			 Consideration
: Every employee shall be considered for a
			 performance salary advance each year on the anniversary date of the last salary
			 increase, unless he has reached the maximum of the range or merit raises are
			 frozen. The appointing authority shall determine the amount of the increase to
			 be granted, if any, in accordance with the following table, and report the
			 action to be taken to the Director in the manner he may prescribe. The granting
			 of across-the-board cost-of-living raises by the Legislature does not change
			 the consideration date for performance salary advances. If merit raises have
			 been frozen and the freeze is lifted, current anniversary dates will be
			 maintained for all state employees. Agencies are prohibited from adjusting
			 employee anniversary dates to obtain merit pay increases at an earlier date,
			 unless approved by the Board.
Service
							 Rating
Number Of Steps For Performance
							 Advance
Does Not Meet Standards
0
Partially Meets Standards
0
Meets Standards
#1
Exceeds Standards
#2
Consistently Exceeds Standards
#2
#But not to exceed the maximum rate of the range.
(3)
Special Merit
			 Raises:
Any recommendation for any increase interval of less than
			 one year or which does not comply with the prescribed number of steps to be
			 given for a specific performance level will be made by the appointing authority
			 directly to the Board, in a form prescribed by the Director, will be acted on
			 individually, and will be recorded in the minutes. The granting of a Special
			 Merit Raise changes the consideration date for regular performance salary
			 advances.
(4)
Special
			 Merit Bonus:
An appointing authority may recommend to the Board
			 for its approval a Special Merit Bonus for an employee within his agency. Such
			 bonus must conform to guidelines and limits as prescribed by the State
			 Personnel Department. This bonus will be a lump sum payment in addition to all
			 salaries and wages and will not be used in the calculation of retirement or
			 other benefits. This rule will allow an agency to recommend a bonus for its
			 employee, who has performed an exceptional act outside of his normal duties and
			 responsibilities.
(5)
Retention or Incentive Bonus
: An appointing authority
			 may give a Retention or Incentive Bonus, in conformance with guidelines and
			 limits as prescribed by the State Personnel Department, in an effort to retain
			 an employee or to provide an incentive to an employee who occupies an essential
			 or critical position with the agency. This bonus will be a lump sum payment in
			 addition to all salaries and wages and will not be used in the calculation of
			 retirement or other benefits.
(6)
Compression Pay
: In accordance with guidelines
			 prescribed by the Department, an appointing authority may request the Board to
			 approve up to a four-step (10%) salary increase for employees in order to
			 reduce salary compression. If approved, this increase will not alter the
			 probationary or annual raise date of the employee.
Author:
Jackie B. Graham, State Personnel
				  Director
Statutory Authority:
Code of Ala.
				  1975
, §§
										36-6-1(d),
				  36-26-9.