25 NCAC 01D .2602. AGENCY RESPONSIBILITIES

Agencies shall:

(1)           Develop and submit to the Office of State Human Resources an in-range salary adjustment plan that shall:

(a)           Document management's commitment to the fair and equitable implementation of salary adjustments.

(b)           Provide a mechanism for plan policies and procedures that ensures employee understanding.

(c)           Establish a procedure for identifying the need for, and determining the priority and fiscal feasibility of, implementing in-range salary adjustments.  This shall include a method for determining individual salary adjustments considering internal equity, salary history, consistency, fairness within the work unit and organization, and salary increases granted under other rules in this Subchapter.

(d)           Ensure that no employee shall be granted more than a 10% salary increase under this Rule within a one-year period.

(e)           Ensure that salary increases granted to an employee under other salary administration rules after an in-range adjustment shall be offset by the amount of the in-range increase to the extent that the factors used to justify the subsequent increase were the same as those used to justify the in-range increase.

(f)            Ensure that the amount of an in-range salary adjustment for an employee who has previously received a salary adjustment under other salary administration rules shall be offset by the amount of the previous increase to the extent that the factors used to justify the previous increase are the same as those being used to justify the in-range increase.

(g)           Provide that the amount of a promotional increase of an employee transferring from another agency shall be offset by the amount of any previous in-range adjustment based upon the same factors.

(h)           Provide for the administration of the rules in this Section such that the agency does not engage in unlawful discrimination.

(i)            Establish procedures to document the justification of all in-range adjustments including placing a summary of the justification on the Personnel Action Form (PD-105) and; establish procedures to monitor, analyze and report trends annually including the impact on all demographic groups in granting increases, exceptions granted and the fiscal impact of administering the rules in this Section on the agency budget.

(j)            Designate a plan administrator who shall review and monitor agency administration and provide technical assistance in the administration of the plan to agency management.

(k)           Establish a procedure for updating and revising the plan in response to changing budgetary and organizational priorities.

(2)           Review the plan annually and submit any proposed revisions to the Office of State Human Resources.

(3)           Administer in-range adjustments according to their plan and the rules in this Section.

(4)           File a report annually, or as requested, with the Office of State Human Resources, regarding the administration of compensation and related personnel policies.

 

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

Eff. December 1, 1995.