§ 21-5-219 - Nonclassified employees. - Arkansas Statutes

21-5-219. Nonclassified employees.

(a) An employee compensated with a maximum annual salary rate as set out in dollars by law enacted by the General Assembly for a department, board, commission, and state agency shall be eligible to receive an annual rate of pay that shall be determined by increasing the employee's June 30, 2009, salary as follows:

(1) One percent (1%) for an employee with less than two (2) years of cumulative service;

(2) One and one-half percent (1.5%) for an employee with two (2) years or more and up to five (5) years of cumulative service;

(3) Two percent (2%) for an employee with more than five (5) years and up to ten (10) years of cumulative service;

(4) Two and one-half percent (2.5%) for an employee with more than ten (10) years and up to fifteen (15) years of cumulative service;

(5) Three percent (3%) for an employee with more than fifteen (15) years and up to (20) years of cumulative service;

(6) Three and one-half percent (3.5%) for an employee with more than twenty (20) years and up to twenty-five (25) years of cumulative service;

(7) Four percent (4%) for an employee with more than twenty-five (25) years and up to thirty (30) years of cumulative service;

(8) Four and one-half percent (4.5%) for an employee with more than thirty (30) years and up to thirty-five (35) years of cumulative service; and

(9) Five percent (5%) for an employee with more than thirty-five (35) years of cumulative service.

(b) The maximum annual rate of compensation for which a nonclassified employee is eligible on July 1, 2010, shall be determined by increasing the employee's June 30, 2010, salary by two and three-tenths percent (2.3%).

(c) An employee compensated with maximum annual salary rate as set out in dollars by law enacted by the General Assembly for a department, board, commission, or state agency is eligible to receive an additional salary increase of two percent (2%) each fiscal year, provided that the Chief Fiscal Officer of the State determines that sufficient general revenues become available.

(d) A nonclassified employee compensated at the highest pay rate authorized for his or her position shall be eligible to receive the salary increase authorized in this section, but the increase shall be paid as a lump sum on the last pay period of the fiscal year of the year in which the increase is to occur.

(e) Lump-sum payments made under this section shall not be construed as exceeding the maximum salary.