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Oklahoma Administrative Code (Last Updated: March 11, 2021) |
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TITLE 260. Office of Management and Enterprise Services |
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Chapter 25. Merit System of Personnel Administration Rules |
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Subchapter 7. Salary and Payroll |
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Part 1. SALARY AND RATE OF PAY |
SECTION 260:25-7-11. Continuous Service Incentive Plan
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- (a) Appointing Authorities may implement a pay incentive plan [74:840-1.6A(10)] intended to promote continuous service within the first two years of state employment. The plan shall be limited to job families for which there are critical recruitment and retention problems as identified by the Appointing Authority.(b) The pay incentive shall consist of scheduled periodic payments over the employee's first two (2) years of continuous service in the targeted job families, not to exceed a total of $2,500 in any twelve (12) month period. Payments may not be made prospectively or prorated. No payment shall be made under the plan until the employee has completed at least six (6) months of continuous service in the targeted job family.(c) At the discretion of the Appointing Authority, the following persons filling positions in the targeted job families may be included in the plan:(1) Persons not currently employed in state government;(2) Current state employees during their first two (2) years of continuous state employment in the targeted job family; and(3) Former state employees following a break in service of at least thirty (30) days.(d) Appointing Authorities who choose to implement the pay incentive shall submit a written plan to the Administrator of the Human Capital Management Division and the Director of the Office of Management and Enterprise Services prior to implementation. The plan shall identify the job families to which the pay incentive will be applicable and shall document the critical recruitment and retention problems and the agency's rationale for the plan. The plan may provide for different pay incentives for different job families at the discretion of the Appointing Authority. The plan shall also identify the criteria for eligibility and shall include information concerning the funding of the pay incentive from the agency's existing budget. The plan shall be signed by the Appointing Authority, and this signature requirement may not be delegated. No payment shall be made under this Section until the plan has been reviewed and accepted by the Administrator.