Other Pay Provisions. Department of Corrections
(A) Initial Appointment The following shall apply to all employees who are appointed to a position with probationary status:
(1) Persons appointed to a position prior to being certified by the Criminal Justice Standards and Training Commission will be employed at a biweekly base rate of pay at the established trainee rate 10% below the minimum for the class or broadband level to which the appointment is made.
(2) Upon being certified by the Criminal Justice Standards and Training Commission, the employee shall be placed at the minimum of the appropriate pay grade for the class or broadband level to which appointed, effective the date of certification. Appointments above the minimum may be approved by the Agency Head or designee.
(3) Persons holding a current Certificate of Completion for basic recruit training issued by the Criminal Justice Standards and Training Commission at the time of appointment will at the minimum of the pay grade for the class or broadband level to which the appointment is made.
(4) The probationary period shall be 12 months for any employee appointed to a position with probationary status.
(5) Time spent as a trainee prior to receiving a Certification of Completion shall not be counted toward completion of the probationary period.
(B) Pay upon Promotion Appointment When promoted the employee shall receive a minimum of five percent (5%) above the employee’s base rate of pay in the lower class or broadband level, contingent upon funds being available, or to the minimum of the higher pay grade, whichever is greater at the time of promotion. As an exception, when the employee is demoted and subsequently promoted back to the former classification or broadband level, or to a classification assigned to the same broadband level in the Security Services Unit, within the succeeding 12 months, the employee shall receive the same rate of pay upon promotion as was received immediately prior to demotion. The Agency Head may, at his discretion, grant the employee up to an additional five percent (5%) at the time of promotion. In no case shall the employee be paid below the minimum for the class or broadband level.
(C) Pay upon Demotion Appointment When an employee is demoted, the employee’s base rate of pay will not be reduced by more than the amount of all promotional increases received by the employee since filling a position in the class into which the employee is demoted.
Other Pay Provisions. In accordance with Section 8 of the General Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year 2022-2023, effective July 1, 2022, the minimum annual base rate of pay for each eligible unit employee shall be $50,000. In addition to the inflation pay adjustment, each unit employee shall receive a special pay adjustment equal to the increase necessary to attain the minimum annual base rate of pay of $50,000, or an additional 5 percent increase to the employee’s June 30, 2022, base rate of pay after the inflation pay adjustment is made, whichever is greater.
Other Pay Provisions. All other hours worked by the employees, including but not limited to Investigations, Juvenile, and Warrants will count towards the minimum hours in the Regular Pay Period.
Other Pay Provisions. Call Back Pay
Other Pay Provisions. Department of Corrections
(A) In accordance with Section 8 of the General Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year 2021-2022, the Department of Corrections is authorized to grant hazardous duty pay additives, as necessary, to those employees assigned to their institutions’ Rapid Response Teams (including the baton, shotgun, and chemical agent teams) and the Correctional Emergency Response Teams.
(B) In accordance with Section 8 of the General Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year 2021-2022, the Department of Corrections is authorized to grant a temporary special duties pay additive of up to ten percent (10%) of the employee’s base rate of pay for each certified Correctional Officer (class code 8003); certified Correctional Officer Sergeant (class code 8005); certified Correctional Officer Lieutenant (class code 8011); and certified Correctional Officer Captain (class code 8013) employed full time in an assigned mental health unit post. For purposes of determining eligibility for this special pay additive, the term “certified” means the employee has obtained a correctional behavior mental health certification as provided through the department.
(1) To be certified, a correctional officer must:
(a) Initially complete 5 courses consisting of a total of 54 hours of instruction taught by a department instructor with a correctional officer behavioral mental health certification through the American Correctional Association;
(b) Upon completing that instruction, satisfactorily pass a department examination; and
(c) Twice each year satisfactorily complete 16 additional hours of training and an examination, including in the year the correctional officer satisfies (a) and (b).
(2) The courses and training must educate correctional officers in identifying symptoms of mental illness in prisoners while helping to xxxxxx a safer environment for inmates with mental illness.
(3) Such additive may be awarded only during the time the certified officer is employed in an assigned mental health unit post.
(C) In accordance with Section 8 of the General Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year 2021-2022, the Department of Corrections is authorized to grant a one-time $1,000 hiring bonus to newly-hired Correctional Officers (class code 8003) who are hired to fill positions at a correctional institution that had a vacancy rate for such positions of more than ten percent (10%) for the preceding calendar quarter. The bonus may not be awarded before the officer obtains his or her correctional offi...
Other Pay Provisions. Call Back Pay Reporting Pay
Other Pay Provisions. Employees are assigned salary and wage classifications. The classifications are divided into two basic groups, exempt and non-exempt. Table I shows the approved classifications in each group, and also shows the approved rate range and basis for payment for each classification.
Other Pay Provisions. 12.1 Field Training Officer (FTO).
12.1.1 During the hours worked as an FTO, employees shall receive a five percent (5%) out-of-class pay increase. This five percent (5%) is in lieu of receiving the compensatory time formerly provided for the extra duties and responsibilities involved in training new employees and/or reserves.
12.1.2 Employees are eligible for the FTO program when the following conditions are met:
(1) Three (3) years of patrol experience;
(2) Completion of probation; and
(3) Completion of the FTO academy.
12.1.3 The Sheriff’s Office reserves the right to change or terminate an FTO assignment at any time. Employees who are under investigation and/or subject to disciplinary action may be removed from FTO status at the discretion of the Sheriff.
Other Pay Provisions. CALL BACK PAY 26 Any employee called back for work outside their regularly scheduled hours shall receive not less than two (2) hours pay at their applicable rate. REPORTING PAY 27 When an employee reports for work and no work is available, they shall be paid up to four (4) hours at their regular straight time rate for the time lost during the first half of their shift unless they were notified in advance of the starting time of their shift not to report for work. However, if stoppage of work is due to fire, lightning, failure of power lines or other causes beyond the Company's control no payment for lost time shall be made.
Other Pay Provisions. 12.1 Field Training Officer (FTO).
