§ 21-5-209 - Compensation plan. - Arkansas Statutes

21-5-209. Compensation plan.

(a) There is established for state agencies and institutions covered by this subchapter a compensation plan for the setting of salaries and salary increases, when deserved, of all employees serving in positions covered by this subchapter.

(b) (1) No employee shall be paid at a rate of pay higher than the appropriate rate in the grade assigned to his or her class, and no employee shall be paid more than the highest pay level established for the employee's grade unless otherwise provided for in this subchapter.

(2) However, an employee presently employed in a position who is being paid at a rate in excess of the maximum for his or her assigned grade may continue to receive his or her rate of pay.

(c) It is the specific intent of the General Assembly to authorize, in the enactment of the compensation plans, rates of pay for each of the appropriate grades assigned to a class, but it is not the intent that any pay increases shall be automatic or that any employee shall have a claim or a right to pay increases unless the department head of the state agency or the institution determines that the employee, by experience, ability, and work performance, is eligible for the increase in pay authorized for the appropriate rate.

(d) Pay levels established in this subchapter are for compensation management purposes and are not to be construed as a contract, right, or other expectation of actual employee salary determination.

(e) (1) The following grades and pay levels shall be the authorized career service pay plan, effective July 1, 2009, and thereafter, for the state service for all positions of state agencies and institutions covered by this subchapter to which a classification title and career service salary grade have been assigned in accordance with this subchapter and the appropriation act of the state agency or institution: Click here to view image.

(2) The following grades and pay levels shall be the authorized professional and executive pay plan, effective July 1, 2009, and thereafter, for the state service for all positions of state agencies and institutions covered by this subchapter to which a classification title and professional and executive salary grade have been assigned in accordance with this subchapter and the appropriation act of the state agency or institution: Click here to view image.

(f) It is the intent of the General Assembly that the compensation plans in this section shall be implemented and function in compliance with other provisions in this subchapter, the Regular Salary Procedures and Restrictions Act, 21-5-101, and other fiscal control laws of this state, when applicable.