Senate Bill No. 453
(By Senators Laird. Unger, Stollings, Miller and Kessler (Acting
President))
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[Introduced February 7, 2011; referred to the Committee
on Government Organization; and then to the Committee on Finance
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A BILL to amend the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, by
adding thereto a new section, designated §5-5-2a, relating
to retention salary increases for Division of Corrections'
and Division of Juvenile Services' employees based on years
of service.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, be amended
by adding thereto a new section, designated §5-5-2a, to read as
follows:
ARTICLE 5. SALARY INCREASE FOR STATE EMPLOYEES.
§5-5-2a. Retention incentive salary increases for employees of
the Division of Corrections and the Division of
Juvenile Services.
(a) Effective July 1, 2011, every employee of the Division
of Corrections and the Division of Juvenile Services with two
years of employment with their respective division shall receive
a salary increase of $1,000 on the two-year anniversary of their
employment with their respective division.
(b) Every employee of the Division of Corrections and the
Division of Juvenile Services shall receive an additional salary
increase of $1,000 on the anniversary of their third year of
continuous service with their respective division and every two
years after that on the anniversary of their continuous
employment with their respective division.
(c) This section does not prohibit other pay increases based
on merit, seniority, promotion or other reason, if funds are
available for the other pay increases:
Provided, That the
executive head of each spending unit shall first grant the
mandated increases in compensation in this section to all
eligible employees prior to the consideration of any increases
based on merit, seniority, promotion or other reason.
NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to provide retention
salary increases for the Division of Corrections and the Division
of Juvenile Services employees.
§5-5-2a is new; therefore, strike-throughs and underscoring have been omitted.