Ariz. Admin. Code § 13-5-202

Current through Register Vol. 30, No. 49, December 6, 2024

Section R13-5-202 - Compensation

A. Compensation plan. The Council shall adopt compensation levels for all classifications. Collectively, compensation levels adopted by the Council comprise the compensation plan of the Council. An agency shall periodically revise the compensation plan for a covered position, based on the principle that like salaries are paid for comparable duties and responsibilities, and shall submit the agency's recommendations to the Council for approval.

B. Hearings. If an agency recommends a change in a pay range, the Council shall grant any adversely affected employee an opportunity to be heard.

C. Pay Levels. The Council shall specify all pay levels. The Council may also establish more than one pay range, hourly rate, or method of compensation for classifications and positions with unusual hours, conditions of work, or when necessary to compete with other employers.

D. Lack of Funds. If an agency lacks sufficient funds to pay an employee's salary, the agency shall consider an alternative method of reducing costs, including those described in R13-5-802(B). If an alternative method is not adequate or available, the agency shall assign an employee to a leave of absence without pay under the layoff procedure in R13-5-802. The agency shall recall the laid off employee when sufficient funds become available.

E. Entrance rate. The minimum pay rate for each classification is the entry rate, unless otherwise provided in these rules. The agency shall maintain a record of each employee's employment date and entrance into a classification.

F. Special pay adjustments. When making an appointment, promotion, reinstatement, recall, transfer, reclassification or reassignment, an agency head may authorize pay anywhere within the pay range to meet recruiting and retention needs, and to give credit for prior agency service.

G. Rate above maximum. When a position is reallocated resulting in the reclassification of an employee to a lower classification or the pay range of a classification is reduced, the agency head may authorize a pay rate for the employee above the maximum for the classification. While an employee's pay remains above the maximum rate for the employee's classification, the employee shall not receive any pay increases except those required by law.

H. Rate on movement to a classification with a lower pay range. An employee who accepts reassignment to a classification with a lower pay range may receive a rate above the minimum, if authorized by the agency head. The agency shall then establish a new classification date for the employee.

I. Rate on movement to a classification with the same range. When an employee moves to another classification with the same range, the employee shall retain the employee's current rate of pay.

J. Rate on movement to a classification with a higher pay range. When an employee moves to another classification with a higher pay range, the employee shall receive pay at the entry level of the new classification. If the employee's current pay is greater than the entry level of the new classification, the employee shall receive no less than a $500 annual increase. In no case shall an employee's salary exceed the maximum for the new classification.

K. Rate upon reinstatement. Upon reinstatement, a former employee shall receive the entrance rate for the employee's classification, unless the agency head authorizes a higher rate or as directed by the Council following a disciplinary hearing.

L. Rate upon recall. A former employee who is recalled after a layoff shall receive the same pay rate as that held before the layoff. If the Council approved a general pay adjustment or classification adjustment while the employee was on leave of absence without pay, the employee shall receive the adjustment.

M. Automatic pay adjustment. A classification pay range adjustment applies equally to all employees within the classification and does not alter an employee's classification date for a pay adjustment.

Ariz. Admin. Code § R13-5-202

New Section adopted by final rulemaking at 6 A.A.R. 2090, effective May 10, 2000 (Supp. 00-2).