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Budget Amendments - SB800 (Conference Report)

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Funding for State Employee Salary Compression Adjustment

Item 468 #4c

Item 468 #4c

First Year - FY2013 Second Year - FY2014
Central Appropriations
Central Appropriations FY2013 $0 FY2014 $24,684,433 GF

Language
Page 425, line 5, strike "$219,730,394" and insert "$244,414,827".
Page 430, line 42,  after "up to" strike "$54,667,823" and insert "$52,730,570".
Page 430, line 52, after "percent on" strike "July 10, 2013" and insert:
"July 25, 2013".
Page 431, line 28, after "authority." insert: "However, notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the governing authorities of those state institutions of higher education with employees not subject to the Virginia Personnel Act may implement salary increases for such employees that may vary based on performance and other employment-related factors.
Page 431, line 38, after "included" strike "$39,116,546" and insert "$37,179,293".
Page 432, line 9, after "no earlier than" strike "July 10, 2013" and insert:
"July 25, 2013".
Page 432, after line 23, insert:
"S.  Subsequent to effectuating the salary adjustment authorized in paragraph P. of this item the base salary of employees listed in P.1 of this item, except for those listed in subparagraph 1 below, who have five years or more of continuous state service shall be increased by $65 for each full year of service, except sworn employees of the Department of State Police who shall receive $70 for each full year of service,  up to thirty years, effective July 25, 2013. The Department of Human Resource Management shall develop guidelines and procedures for implementation of this salary compression compensation adjustment.
1. Employees excluded from adjustment:  
a) Faculty at public institutions of higher education;
b) Judges and Justices of the Judicial Department;
c) Commissioners of the State Corporation Commission;
d) Commissioners of the Virginia Workers' Compensation Commission;
e) Employees of public institutions of higher education who are not faculty but are also not subject to the Virginia Personnel Act;  
f)  Legislative Assistants who are employees of individual members of the General Assembly.
2. Employees in the Executive Department subject to the Virginia Personnel Act shall receive the salary increases authorized in this paragraph only if they attained at least a rating of "Contributor" on their latest performance evaluation.
3.  Employees specifically excluded from the salary compression adjustment pursuant to section b) and c) of subparagraph 1 above shall receive a one percent salary adjustment effective July 25, 2013 in addition to the two percent adjustment authorized in paragraph P of this item.
4.  The governing authorities of those state institutions of higher education with employees specifically excluded from the salary compression adjustment pursuant to section e) of subparagraph 1 may provide a salary adjustment based on performance and other employment-related factors, as long as the increases do not exceed what the average would have been based on the general methodology authorized in this paragraph.    
5.  Out of the appropriation Employee Compensation Supplements, $26,621,686 the second year from the general fund is included to support the general fund costs associated with the salary adjustment authorized in this paragraph."


Explanation
(This amendment provides additional funding for state employee salary adjustments in fiscal year 2014 to address salary compression. The amendment authorizes a salary adjustment of $65 per year of service for state employees with 5 or more years of continuous service, capped at 30 years. The amendment also provides public universities flexibility in determining their salary actions for their non-classified workforce. Funding to increase the average salary adjustment for faculty of higher education institutions from 2 percent to 3 percent is included in separate amendments within the institutions and are thus excluded from the compression salary adjustment in this amendment. The amendment also reflects savings of $1.9 million from moving the 2 percent salary adjustment approved in Chapter 3 from July 10, 2013 to July 25, 2013 to become effective on the same date as the compression adjustment.)