25 NCAC 01D .0913         SALARY RATE

(a)  If an employee transfers to a position having the same salary grade, the salary may be increased as long as the increase does not create internal salary inequity. For the purposes of this Rule, "internal salary inequity" exists when an employee's salary is 10 percent above or below that of others in similar classification having similar duties and responsibilities and with similar knowledge, skills, abilities, education and training, experience, and performance. The salary may be reduced if there is a lack of sufficient funds or if it results in the creation of internal salary inequity. A reduction shall not occur when applied to employees with reduction-in-force priority consideration in which case the salary shall remain unchanged,  unless the employee voluntarily offers or agrees to accept a lower salary rate by waiver obtained in the pre-screening phase of the selection process. If the employee is being reinstated to a higher class, the rules of Section .0300 of this Subchapter shall apply.

(b)  When the transfer is to a higher class and results in a promotion, the rules in Section .0300 of this Subchapter shall apply.

(c)  If the transfer is to a lower class and results in a demotion or reassignment, then the rules in Section .0400 of this Subchapter shall apply.

(d)  If an employee is in an agency not utilizing a special entry rate and transfers to an agency that does, the special entry rate cannot be used as justification for a salary increase if both work stations are within the same geographic area.

(e)  If an employee is receiving a higher rate of pay by virtue of working in a position where a geographic differential applies and transfers to a position where a geographic differential does not apply, whether in the same geographic area to a position without a differential, or to the same job in a geographic area without a differential, the employee's pay rate shall be reduced by the amount of the differential the employee had been receiving.

History Note:        Authority G.S. 126-4;

Eff. March 1, 2019.