The Commissioner of Administrative Services may establish one or more state incentive plans for employees whose positions have been designated managerial or confidential. Annual salary increases or lump-sum payments for employees whose positions have been designated managerial or confidential may be based on annual performance appraisals made by agency heads or their designees in accordance with state incentive plans approved by the Commissioner of Administrative Services. Such salary increases shall be in accordance with the provisions of the compensation schedule then in effect. Such employees shall receive an increase for “good” performance up to the position rate.

(1967, P.A. 657, S. 19; P.A. 77-614, S. 66, 610; P.A. 78-231, S. 4, 10; P.A. 79-121, S. 1, 2; P.A. 81-457, S. 5; P.A. 85-510, S. 31, 35; P.A. 93-80, S. 55, 67.)

History: P.A. 77-614 replaced personnel commissioner with commissioner of administrative services; P.A. 78-231 replaced commissioner of administrative services with director of personnel and labor relations and added Subsec. (d) re increases for managerial employees; P.A. 79-121 changed Subsec. (d) to include considerations of management incentive programs in determining managerial pay increases and permitting increases of 3.5% for “good” performance in absence of such program; P.A. 81-457 amended Subsec. (d) to permit annual increases in the form of lump sum payments, and to provide the commissioner of administrative services with greater controls over management incentive program plans; P.A. 85-510 amended Subsec. (d) to authorize the commissioner of administrative services to establish one or more state incentive plans for managerial or confidential employees; to delete provision that annual salary increases for managerial employees shall be based on annual performance appraisals made in accordance with state agency management incentive program plans, substituting provision that annual salary increases or lump-sum payments for managerial or confidential employees may be based on annual performance appraisals made in accordance with state incentive plans and to delete provisions specifying that employees eligible for annual increase July first who received annual increment January first shall be granted prorated increase effective July first, annual salary increase shall become effective on first day of payroll period which includes anniversary date of July first, increases greater than 3.5% up to position rate and any increases above position rate may take the form of lump-sum payments or salary increases, commissioner of administrative services may require reports and review administration of management incentive plans, disallow payments that do not conform to plans and withdraw approval of plans and, in the absence of a state agency plan approved by said commissioner, managerial employees shall receive annual increases of 3.5% up to the position rate for the salary range for such employees class for “good” performance; P.A. 93-80 repealed Subsec. (a) re annual one-step salary increase for a permanent employee in the classified service who has 9 months' service or more, repealed Subsec. (b) re determination of anniversary dates for permanent employees; repealed Subsec. (c) which had prohibited employee from receiving annual salary increase if a service rating less than “good” was filed with director of personnel and labor relations by the employee's appointing authority during any part of the 12-month period immediately preceding employee's anniversary date, removed Subsec. (d) designator and made technical change to remaining provisions, effective January 1, 1994.

See Sec. 5-212 re maximum annual salary increases and lump-sum payments.