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Terms Used In Utah Code 63A-17-304

  • Agency: means any department or unit of Utah state government with authority to employ personnel. See Utah Code 63A-17-102
  • Employee: means any individual in a paid status covered by the career service or classified service provisions of this chapter. See Utah Code 63A-17-102
  • 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.
  • Market comparability adjustment: means a salary range adjustment determined necessary through a market survey of salary data and other relevant information. See Utah Code 63A-17-102
  • State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes a state, district, or territory of the United States. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
     (1)(a) If an employee is promoted or the employee’s position is reclassified to a higher salary range maximum, the agency shall place the employee’s salary within the new range of the position.
     (1)(b) An agency may not set an employee’s salary:

          (1)(b)(i) higher than the maximum in the new salary range; or
          (1)(b)(ii) lower than the minimum in the new salary range of the position.
(2) An agency shall adjust the salary range for an employee whose salary range is approved by the Legislature for a market comparability adjustment consistent with Subsection 63A-17-307(5)(b)(i):

     (2)(a) at the beginning of the next fiscal year; and
     (2)(b) consistent with appropriations made by the Legislature.
(3) Division-initiated revisions in the state classification system that result in consolidation or reduction of class titles or broadening of pay ranges:

     (3)(a) may not be regarded as a reclassification of the position or promotion of the employee; and
     (3)(b) are exempt from the provisions of Subsection (1).