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on June 14, 2009 Pay Changes (7/7/09)
Executive Directive 09-398 was signed this morning with an effective
date of June 14, 2009. The following pay actions will occur for
positions and/or employees on the Classified Pay Plan.
Minimum Wage
Due to federal changes to the minimum wage, pay grades 005 and
006 are removed from the Classified Pay Plan effective June 14,
2009. Job Classes on grade 005 (Seasonal Worker and Foster Grandparent
(State)) will move to grade 007; those on grade 006 (Seasonal Worker
Senior and Lifeguard) will move to grade 008. Employees whose current
hourly rate is below step 4 of the new grade will move to the new
step 4. All others will move to a new step whose hourly rate is
the same as the hourly rate on their current grade (in other words,
with no increase).
Pay Changes For Market Adjustments
The Legislature authorized pay grade changes and/or step increases
for specified job classes in the classified service effective June
14, 2009. The increases are implemented through pay grade change
and step increase(s); pay grade change and employee moves step-to-step;
or step increase(s) only with no grade change. The details are listed
in the Executive Directive located at http://www.da.ks.gov/ps/subject/arc/executivedirectives/2009/09-398.pdf
The Divisions of Personnel Services and Information Systems and
Communication will insert 6-14-2009 rows into SHARP position and/or
job data to implement the changes. The batch process to implement
the changes is scheduled to begin this afternoon. Since these changes
are retroactive to June 14, 2009, DPS staff will also be manually
updating many of the positions and/or employees for the next few
days.
However, agencies will need to manually calculate
the amount an employee should have received during the pay period
ending June 27, 2009. Use the ‘PRA’ earnings code to
enter the flat dollar amount of the difference due to the employee.
‘PRA’ should be entered on the timesheet (path: Administer
Workforce/Time and Leave/Use/Employee). It is recommended that this
amount be added to the timesheets for the on-cycle pay period that
ends July 11, 2009.
This update will not include Regents Institutions. These agencies
will process their own employees.
Please contact Patti Pearce at 785-296-7232 or at patti.pearce@da.ks.gov
if you have questions.
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