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STATE OF LOUISIANA

DEPARTMENT OF STATE CIVIL SERVICE

BATON ROUGE, LOUISIANA

 

July 19, 2007

 

General Circular No. 1706

 

To:                  Heads of State Agencies and Human Resource Directors

 

Subject:           Governor approves Commission Pay Actions

 

Issue Date:      July 19, 2007

 

GENERAL PAY INCREASE FOR INDIVIDUAL STATE EMPLOYEES

The Governor has given official final approval to the $0.72 per hour general pay increase for state employees, effective July 1, 2007. This pay increase is mandatory for all classified employees.  Employees may expect to see this increase reflected in their paychecks sometime in August.  Please refer to the following communications for details regarding the implementation of this general increase. 

 

  • General Circular #1705, issued July 17, 2007 – Contains instructions for the implementation of the General Pay Increase for classified state employees.

 

 

  • ISIS–HR Quick Tips #21, issued July 18, 2007 – Details the payroll system actions to be taken to for the execution of the pay increase for both ISIS-HR-Paid and ISIS HR-Non-Paid state agencies.
  • OSUP Memo 2008-03 issued by the Office of State Uniform Payroll. www.doa.louisiana.gov/osup/memos/fy2008/08-03.pdf

 

CHANGES TO CLASSIFIED EMPLOYEE PAY SCHEDULES

In addition to the general pay increase, the Governor has also authorized changes to increase the minimums and maximums of the classified employee pay schedules which were approved by the State Civil Service Commission at their public hearing on Wednesday, July 18, 2007.  These changes to the classified pay schedules will be reflected on the Department of State Civil Service website shortly. 

 

CHANGES TO FLEXIBLE SPECIAL ENTRANCE RATES

Effective July 18, 2007, the Civil Service Commission approved changes to the established Flexible Special Entrance Rates for the Administrative, Social Services and Technical Pay Schedules.  As a result, the Flexible Special Entrance Rate limits for classified pay schedules are as follows.

 

            Pay Schedule                                      Flexible SER Limit

AS - Administrative Schedule             Midpoint

SS – Social Services Schedule                       Midpoint

TS – Technical Services Schedule                  3rd Quartile

PS – Protective Services Schedule                 Maximum

WS – Wage & Trades Schedule                      Maximum

MS – Medical Schedule                                  Maximum       

 

IMPORTANT!! Agencies are advised to review their existing Special Entrance Rate policies in light of the above changes.  The changes to the pay schedules, particularly the increases in minimums, may cause some SERs to no longer be needed.  Others may need to be adjusted.  Please remember that SER policies must be based upon actual employment market conditions.  SER’s should NOT be automatically increased when a pay range is increased.  As pay ranges are adjusted to become more competitive within a market, the use of SER’s should decrease.

 

CONTACTS FOR INFORMATION

We appreciate your patience as we work to implement these pay changes.  If you have any questions, please contact your Assistance Coordinator at (225) 342-8274 or the Compensation Division at (225) 342-8083.

 

Sincerely,

 

 

 

s/Anne S. Soileau

Director