Common use of CLASSIFICATION AND PAY PLAN Clause in Contracts

CLASSIFICATION AND PAY PLAN. (A) The Department of Management Services shall continue to maintain a classification and pay plan, applicable to all positions in this unit, designed to attract and retain qualified personnel consistent with applicable law, rules, and regulations. When the Department of Management Services conducts a comparison between the salaries and benefits of private and public sector employees performing the same or similar job responsibilities, such information shall be provided to the Union. (B) The employing agency shall continue to maintain a position description for each position on a current basis. Each employee and the Union shall be provided access to current position descriptions. Upon request an employee shall be provided a copy of his position description either by hard copy or electronic means. (C) The Department shall assign each position to its appropriate broadband level according to the current position description. (D) The classification and pay plan includes: (1) All approved pay bands, (2) The allocation of each position to a broadband level, and (3) Provisions governing the administration of the plan. (E) Upon making an original or subsequent appointment to a Selected Exempt Service position in this unit, the employing agency shall set the salary at an amount within the assigned pay band. The Agency Head may give an employee an increase in salary provided the total salary is within the assigned pay band, funds are available for the increase, and the increase is not specifically prohibited by act of the Legislature. An employee may be paid less than the minimum of the assigned pay band due to budget limitations in the instances of a fiscal exigency. A vacant position may be filled below the minimum of the pay band if approved by the Secretary of the Department of Management Services. (F) The Department of Management Services may adjust a pay band in the classification and pay plan when adjustments are appropriate. A salary adjustment shall be consistent with state law. The Union shall be notified, in writing, of individual salary increases.