§ 36-4-14. Adoption of pay plan.
(a) After reasonable opportunity to be heard has been given to employees, appointing authorities, and the general public, and after incorporating any modification, change, or amendment he or she considers desirable, the director shall submit the plan to the governor who shall approve and adopt the plan with such changes as he or she deems necessary and order its application to all positions in the classified service. When the governor has adopted the pay plan, it shall constitute the official pay schedule for positions in the classified service; thereafter, no person in the classified service shall be paid a salary that is greater than the maximum or less than the minimum rates fixed in the approved pay plan or by amendments thereto, or by the personnel rules. Notwithstanding the provisions of this section or any other section of this chapter, upon successful completion of a four-course curriculum incentive in-service training program approved by the personnel administrator, a state employee hired before July 1, 2001 shall be granted a one-step pay increment next above the current base step, or if the employee is at the maximum of the grade the employee shall receive a pay increment equal in amount to the last step in the pay grade, the increment to be retained, separate and apart from any salary or longevity increase that the employee may at that time or thereafter receive.
(b) Upon leaving state service, upon choosing an educational incentive plan provided for in the Personnel Rules or upon choosing to participate in another recognized educational incentive plan, a state employee’s eligibility for the one-step pay increase described in subsection (a) shall cease.
(c) Unless otherwise provided in the general laws, state employees hired on or after July 1, 2001 shall be eligible only for the educational incentive plan as provided for in the Personnel Rules. However, state employees who are eligible for a different statutory or contractual educational incentive plan may choose that other plan instead of the educational incentive plan as provided for in the Personnel Rules.
History of Section.P.L. 1939, ch. 661, § 10; P.L. 1952, ch. 2975, § 12; G.L. 1956, § 36-4-14; P.L. 1965, ch. 212, § 1; P.L. 1984, ch. 208, § 1; P.L. 2001, ch. 77, art. 27, § 1.
Structure Rhode Island General Laws
Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees
Section 36-4-1. - Divisions of state service.
Section 36-4-2. - Positions in unclassified service.
Section 36-4-2.1. - Exemptions from merit system.
Section 36-4-3. - Branches of classified service.
Section 36-4-4. - Positions classed as noncompetitive.
Section 36-4-5. - Assignment of positions to noncompetitive branch — Transfer to competitive branch.
Section 36-4-6. - Appointments to noncompetitive branch.
Section 36-4-7. - Probationary period in noncompetitive branch — Acquisition of full status.
Section 36-4-8. - Rules — Amendments.
Section 36-4-9. - Adoption of classification plan.
Section 36-4-10. - Changes in plan — Notice of establishment of new positions.
Section 36-4-11. - Allocation of positions to classes within plan.
Section 36-4-13. - Submission of proposed pay plan for classified service.
Section 36-4-14. - Adoption of pay plan.
Section 36-4-14.1. - Ineligibility for other incentive payments.
Section 36-4-15. - Changes in pay plan for classified service — New classes.
Section 36-4-16. - Unclassified pay plan board — Abolishment — Transfer of functions.
Section 36-4-16.1. - Repealed.
Section 36-4-16.2. - Duties and responsibilities of the department of administration.
Section 36-4-16.3. - Repealed.
Section 36-4-16.4. - Salaries of directors.
Section 36-4-16.5. - Certain unclassified positions excluded.
Section 36-4-17. - Preparation of employment lists.
Section 36-4-17.1. - Longevity payments.
Section 36-4-17.2. - Future longevity payments.
Section 36-4-18. - Competitive tests.
Section 36-4-19. - Placement of names on employment lists — Listing of veterans.
Section 36-4-20. - Duration of employment lists.
Section 36-4-21. - Open continuous competitive tests.
Section 36-4-22. - Promotion examinations and lists.
Section 36-4-23. - Preferred reemployment list.
Section 36-4-23.1. - Reemployment lists.
Section 36-4-24. - Removal of disqualified names from lists.
Section 36-4-25. - Designation of appropriate list for filling of vacancies.
Section 36-4-26. - Certification and appointment to positions in classified service.
Section 36-4-27. - Unlawful procurement of waiver or withdrawal.
Section 36-4-28. - Probationary period.
Section 36-4-31. - Temporary appointment when no list available.
Section 36-4-32. - Emergency appointments.
Section 36-4-33. - War duration appointments.
Section 36-4-34. - Transfers within classified service.
Section 36-4-34.1. - Transfer of state employees.
Section 36-4-36. - Disciplinary suspensions.
Section 36-4-37. - Layoffs — Preference for retention or reemployment.
Section 36-4-39. - Retirement or transfer to light duty.
Section 36-4-40. - Appeal from administrator to administrator of adjudication.
Section 36-4-40.1. - Administrator of adjudication — Duties.
Section 36-4-40.2. - Hearings — Appeals.
Section 36-4-41. - Appeal from administrator of adjudication to appeal board.
Section 36-4-42. - Appeal from appointing authority to appeal board.
Section 36-4-43. - Conditions of service.
Section 36-4-44. - Training programs.
Section 36-4-46. - Reports of changes in status of employees.
Section 36-4-47. - Personnel roster and records — Tabulation and analysis of data.
Section 36-4-48. - Certification of payrolls and accounts.
Section 36-4-49. - Recovery of unlawful payments.
Section 36-4-50. - Merit as basis — Discrimination prohibited.
Section 36-4-50.1. - Certification of select positions.
Section 36-4-52. - Restrictions on political activities of classified employees.
Section 36-4-53. - Solicitation of political contributions.
Section 36-4-54. - Promise of influence to obtain favors in classified service.
Section 36-4-55 - — 36-4-55.2. Repealed.
Section 36-4-56. - Penalties for violations.
Section 36-4-57. - Compliance with federal standards.
Section 36-4-58. - Severability.
Section 36-4-59. - Tenure in state service.
Section 36-4-60. - Delegation by appointing authority.
Section 36-4-61. - Persons with disabilities — Special list of eligibles.
Section 36-4-62. - Pay incentive program.