25 NCAC 01D .0101. COMPENSATION PLAN

(a)  It is the policy of the state to compensate its employees at a level sufficient to encourage excellence of performance and to maintain the labor market competitiveness necessary to recruit and retain a competent work force.  To this end, and in accordance with the State Human Resources Act, the State Human Resources Commission shall conduct annual compensations surveys to determine the percent of funds appropriated for salary increases to be reserved for a general increase for all state employees and the percent to be reserved for performance-based increases for eligible employees.

(b)  A compensation plan is maintained which provides a salary rate structure or structures adequate to appropriately compensate all positions subject to the State Human Resources Act.  This structure may be revised in composition, or the total structure moved upward or downward, in response to labor market trends and to legislative actions affecting salaries; such action is dependent on the availability of funds.

 

History Note:        Authority G.S. 126-4;

Eff. February 1, 1976;

Amended Eff. January 1, 1990.