Kentucky Statutes 18A.355 – Formula for increasing base salary or wages of state employees — Percentage of annual increment may be reduced
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(1) An annual increment of not less than five percent (5%) of the base salary or wages of each state employee shall be granted to each employee on his or her anniversary date. The employee’s base salary or wages shall be increased by the amount of the annual increment. When any increment due to a promotion, reallocation, reclassification or salary adjustment is granted an employee, the employee’s base salary or wages shall be increased by the amount of such increment. An employee’s base salary or wages shall not be increased by the amount of lump-sum payment awarded under KRS § 18A.110(7)(i).
(2) The branch budget recommendation submitted to the General Assembly under KRS Chapter 48 shall include a request for the amount of the annual increment expressed as a percentage of each employee’s base salary or wages and a request for the total appropriation needed to fund the annual increment. The annual increment shall be uniform for all employees. The financial plan enacted under the provisions of KRS
48.300 shall contain the annual increment expressed as a percentage of each employee’s base salary or wages, and the total appropriation needed to fund the annual increment.
(3) The budget reduction plan submitted and enacted under the provisions of KRS Chapter 48 shall provide that a reduction of the annual increment granted under this section shall be made only after other cost savings measures, as provided by KRS
18A.113 are taken. Any such reduction shall be uniform for all state employees and shall comply with the provisions of this chapter and KRS Chapter 48.
Effective: June 29, 2023
History: Amended 2023 Ky. Acts ch. 35, sec. 12, effective June 29, 2023. — Amended
2000 Ky. Acts ch. 501, sec. 3, effective July 14, 2000. — Amended 1986 Ky. Acts ch. 494, sec. 22, effective July 15, 1986. — Amended 1984 Ky. Acts ch. 111, sec.
168, effective July 13, 1984. — Created 1982 Ky. Acts ch. 456, sec. 2, effective July
15, 1982.
2022-2024 Budget Reference. See State/Executive Branch Budget, 2022 Ky. Acts ch.
199, Pt. IV, 2 at 1755.
Legislative Research Commission Note (10/19/2004). 2004 (1st Extra. Sess.) Ky. Acts ch. 1, sec. 10, provides, “Notwithstanding KRS § 18A.355(1):
(1) A cost-of-living adjustment of two percent is provided in fiscal year 2004-
2005 on the base salary or wages of each eligible state employee on his or her anniversary date and shall apply retroactively to July 1, 2004; and
(2) Effective January 1, 2005, an additional cost-of-living adjustment of one percent is provided on the base salary or wages of each eligible state employee.”
(2) The branch budget recommendation submitted to the General Assembly under KRS Chapter 48 shall include a request for the amount of the annual increment expressed as a percentage of each employee’s base salary or wages and a request for the total appropriation needed to fund the annual increment. The annual increment shall be uniform for all employees. The financial plan enacted under the provisions of KRS
Terms Used In Kentucky Statutes 18A.355
- Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
- Appropriation: means an authorization by the General Assembly to expend, from public funds, a sum of money not in excess of the sum specified, for the purposes specified in the authorization and under the procedure prescribed in KRS Chapter 48. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010
- Base salary or wages: means the compensation to which an employee is entitled under the salary schedules adopted pursuant to the provisions of KRS §. See Kentucky Statutes 18A.005
- branch budget: means an enactment by the General Assembly which provides appropriations and establishes fiscal policies and conditions for the biennial financial plan for the judicial branch, the legislative branch, and the executive branch, which shall include a separate budget bill for the Transportation Cabinet. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010
- Eligible: refers to a person who has made a passing score on any examination required under KRS §. See Kentucky Statutes 18A.005
- Employee: means a person regularly appointed to a position in the state service for which he or she is compensated on a full-time, part-time, or interim basis. See Kentucky Statutes 18A.005
- Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
- Promotion: means a change of rank of an employee from a position in one (1) class to a position in another class having a higher minimum salary or carrying a greater scope of discretion or responsibility. See Kentucky Statutes 18A.005
- Reallocation: means the correction of the classification of an existing position by placement of the position into the classification that is appropriate for the duties the employee has been and shall continue to perform. See Kentucky Statutes 18A.005
- Reclassification: shall mean the change in the classification of an employee when a material and permanent change in the duties or responsibilities of that employee has been assigned in writing by the appointing authority. See Kentucky Statutes 18A.005
- State: when applied to a part of the United States, includes territories, outlying possessions, and the District of Columbia. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010
48.300 shall contain the annual increment expressed as a percentage of each employee’s base salary or wages, and the total appropriation needed to fund the annual increment.
(3) The budget reduction plan submitted and enacted under the provisions of KRS Chapter 48 shall provide that a reduction of the annual increment granted under this section shall be made only after other cost savings measures, as provided by KRS
18A.113 are taken. Any such reduction shall be uniform for all state employees and shall comply with the provisions of this chapter and KRS Chapter 48.
Effective: June 29, 2023
History: Amended 2023 Ky. Acts ch. 35, sec. 12, effective June 29, 2023. — Amended
2000 Ky. Acts ch. 501, sec. 3, effective July 14, 2000. — Amended 1986 Ky. Acts ch. 494, sec. 22, effective July 15, 1986. — Amended 1984 Ky. Acts ch. 111, sec.
168, effective July 13, 1984. — Created 1982 Ky. Acts ch. 456, sec. 2, effective July
15, 1982.
2022-2024 Budget Reference. See State/Executive Branch Budget, 2022 Ky. Acts ch.
199, Pt. IV, 2 at 1755.
Legislative Research Commission Note (10/19/2004). 2004 (1st Extra. Sess.) Ky. Acts ch. 1, sec. 10, provides, “Notwithstanding KRS § 18A.355(1):
(1) A cost-of-living adjustment of two percent is provided in fiscal year 2004-
2005 on the base salary or wages of each eligible state employee on his or her anniversary date and shall apply retroactively to July 1, 2004; and
(2) Effective January 1, 2005, an additional cost-of-living adjustment of one percent is provided on the base salary or wages of each eligible state employee.”