Connecticut § 5-200c - Elimination of wage inequities in state service. Reserve for salary adjustments account report.

§ 5-200c. Elimination of wage inequities in state service. Reserve for salary adjustments account report.

Sec. 5-200c. Elimination of wage inequities in state service. Reserve for salary adjustments account report. (a) The Commissioner of Administrative Services shall take into account any further wage inequities identified as part of the five-year review process in accordance with section 5-200a. In each fiscal year, upon the request of the commissioner with the approval of the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management, the General Assembly shall appropriate sufficient funds to the reserve for salary adjustments account in the annual appropriations act for such fiscal year to be designated for use in modifications to the compensation plan for state service, as identified by the findings of (1) the objective job evaluation process conducted by the Commissioner of Administrative Services pursuant to section 5-200a, and (2) other studies negotiated under collective bargaining agreements. Inequities shall not be eliminated through the downgrading of any job classification or salaries.

(b) Not later than January 1, 2024, and quarterly thereafter, the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management shall report, in accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a, to the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to appropriations and the budgets of state agencies on the status of the reserve for salary adjustments account. Such report shall include, but need not be limited to: (1) The total amount of appropriated and carryforward funds available within the account; and (2) the amounts distributed to each agency during the previous calendar quarter. The first quarterly report submitted each year shall also include a year-end reconciliation for the previous calendar year.

(P.A. 87-407, S. 1, 5; P.A. 91-321, S. 1, 2; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 92-4, S. 1, 2; P.A. 93-12, S. 1, 3; P.A. 13-247, S. 346; P.A. 23-204, S. 61.)

History: P.A. 91-321 designated existing section as Subsec. (a), changed the date for the elimination of wage inequities from June 30, 1991, to June 30, 1993, and added Subsec. (b) re collective bargaining negotiations concerning wage changes as a result of objective job evaluations; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 92-4 extended the date by which wage inequities are required to be eliminated from June 30, 1993, to June 30, 1994, extended the date by which collective bargaining negotiations concerning wage changes are required to commence from July 1, 1992, to April 1, 1993, and extended the date by which results of such negotiations are required to be implemented from July 1, 1993, to July 1, 1994; P.A. 93-12, effective March 31, 1993, extended the date by which wage inequities are required to be eliminated from June 30, 1994, to July 1, 1995, and extended the date by which the results of negotiations concerning wage changes are required to be implemented from July 1, 1994, to July 1, 1995; P.A. 13-247 added provisions re Commissioner of Administrative Services to take further wage inequities into account and re appropriation of sufficient funds for modifications to compensation plan upon request of commissioner, with approval of Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management, deleted provisions re eliminating wage inequities within and between job families, re objective job evaluation studies of unclassified employees, re variations in compensation in relation to assigned point values and re distribution of funds, deleted former Subsec. (b) re collective bargaining negotiations concerning wage changes from objective job evaluations, and made conforming changes, effective July 1, 2013; P.A. 23-204 designated existing provisions re wage inequities identified as part of five-year review process and appropriation of funds to reserve for salary adjustments account for modification to compensation plan as Subsec. (a), added Subsec. (b) re reports on status of reserve for salary adjustments account, and made a technical change, effective June 12, 2023.