H.
B.
4591
(By Delegates S. Williams, Beach, Doyle and Manuel)
[Introduced February 23, 1994; referred to the
Committee on Education then Finance.]
A BILL to amend and reenact section eleven, article nine, chapter eighteen-b of the code of West Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as amended, relating to changing the amount of salary increase to be received by classified employees at higher education institutions on the first day of July, one thousand nine hundred ninety-four, from seven hundred fifty dollars to one thousand dollars.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That section eleven, article nine, chapter eighteen-b of the code of West Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as amended, be amended and reenacted to read as follows:
ARTICLE 9. CLASSIFIED EMPLOYEE SALARY SCHEDULE AND
CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM.
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11. Institutional salary policies; salary increase
authorization.
(a) Beginning with the fiscal year commencing on the first day of July, one thousand nine hundred ninety-four, classified employee salary increases shall be distributed within each state institution of higher education, to the extent of legislative appropriation therefor, in accordance with a written institutional salary policy which does not conflict with the uniform employee classification system and which achieves or moves toward the following goals:
(1) Each classified employee receives at least the amount indicated by the minimum salary schedules pursuant to section three of this article;
(2) Each classified employee within a classification group receives a salary which will achieve salary equity as defined in the uniform employee classification system established pursuant to subsection (b), section four of this article;
(3) Classified employees are recognized for outstanding performance;
(4) Equity among salaries is maintained; and
(5) The institution's classified employees are effectively involved in the administration of the campus-level classified employee salary policy.
(b) Subject to an appropriation by the Legislature therefor, for the fiscal year commencing on the first day of July, one thousand nine hundred ninety-four, an amount equal to seven hundred fifty one thousand dollars per full-time classified employee is recommended to be appropriated and distributed in that fiscal year for salary increases for classified employees, and, for the fiscal year commencing on the first day of July, one thousand nine hundred ninety-five, an amount equal to one thousand five hundred dollars per full-time classified employee is recommended to be appropriated and distributed in that fiscal year for salary increases for classified employees, such distribution to be in accordance with the resource allocation policies developed pursuant to the provisions of section two, article five of this chapter and the salary policies required in subsection (a) of this section:
Provided,
That nothing in this section shall be construed to prohibit future salary increases for classified employees determined to be at the maximum for their pay grade under any new classification system promulgated in accordance with subsection (b), section four of this article and in accordance with policies which shall be adopted by each governing board relating to salary increases for classified employees determined to be at maximum salary:
Provided,
however,
That such policies shall provide that, when there is a system-wide, mandated salary increase, those employees determined to be at the maximum shall receive a percentage or across-the-board salary increase in an amount equal to not less than one half of the percentage or across-the-board increase granted to the employee within the same pay grade receiving the smallest percentage or across-the-board increase.
NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to increase the salary raise given to classified employees for the year beginning on July 1, 1994, from $750 to $1,000.
Strike-throughs indicate language that would be stricken from the present law, and underscoring indicates new language that would be added.