Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 27 - STATE PERSONNEL BOARD › Part 150 - Information Technology Classifications Special Compensation Plan for FY 2022 › Section 27-150-C - General Policy Provisions

Current through June 25, 2024
1.
Designation Authority
The Mississippi State Personnel Board shall have exclusive
				authority to approve designated Special Compensation Plan classifications. The
				Mississippi State Personnel Board will appoint, from a list of nominees
				submitted by the Executive Director of Information Technology Services, an
				Information Technology Professional Development Committee (ITPDC) to review
				information technology related degrees in regard to meeting classification
				minimum requirements and agency requests for reallocations and class
				establishments. The ITPDC will provide a recommendation for action to the
				Mississippi State Personnel Board. This committee shall act in an advisory
				capacity to the Mississippi State Personnel Board. The ITPDC shall be
				established by precept and members are appointed in accordance with the
				procedures in Attachment 1.
Rules for operation of the ITPDC will be published with the
				Secretary of State's Office as Attachment 1 to this policy.
2.
Adding Classifications to the
			 Special Compensation Plan
Classifications shall be added to the Special Compensation Plan
				only upon prior approval by the Mississippi State Personnel Board with
				recommendations by the ITPDC.
3.
Position Movement
Positions may be placed under the Special Compensation Plan
				through the normal reallocation process as outlined in the
Mississippi
				State Personnel Board Policy and Procedures Manual
and the
Variable Compensation Plan for FY 2022
.
Requests for budgeted and non-budgeted reallocations and new
				positions shall be considered on a case-by-case basis by the Mississippi State
				Personnel Board with recommendations by the ITPDC. Classifications that are
				part of the Special Compensation Plan are not eligible for
				reclassifications.
4.
Educational Benchmarks
The Mississippi State Personnel Board Executive Director is
				authorized to certify requests to award Educational Benchmark increases on a
				case-by-case basis. Employees may receive an educational benchmark for the
				possession or attainment of education, licensure, certification, or
				registration, which exceeds the level of minimum qualifications listed for the
				employee's assigned job class.
General Benchmark Policies
a. Requests for Educational Benchmark awards
			 are made at the discretion of the agency head.
b. No Educational Benchmark shall be awarded
			 for degrees, licensure, certification, or registration, which the incumbent
			 possessed at the time of hire.
c.
			 If the employee being awarded an Educational Benchmark is currently at end
			 salary of his or her classification or should the benchmark cause an employee's
			 salary to exceed end salary, that portion of the benchmark exceeding end salary
			 shall be paid as a one-time lump-sum payment.
d. Any new hire flexibility, recruitment
			 flexibility, or other discretionary compensation awarded for, or in
			 anticipation of, future educational achievement, licensure, certification, or
			 registration shall not result in a subsequent award of an Educational Benchmark
			 for the same achievement.
e.
			 Educational Benchmarks shall not be awarded for degrees, licensure,
			 certifications, or registrations, which are required by law for performance of
			 job duties.