Kan. Admin. Regs. § 1-5-8 - Beginning pay
(a) Except as
specified in subsection (b), each new hire and each rehire not based on a
reemployment or reinstatement shall be paid at the minimum step of the pay
grade for the class.
(b) New hires
and rehires not based on a reemployment or a reinstatement may be paid at
higher steps in the pay grade only under the following circumstances:
(1) If an agency has an eligible candidate
with exceptional qualifications directly related to the vacant position and the
agency cannot employ the person at the minimum step, the appointing authority
may approve beginning pay for the individual at a higher step in the pay grade.
Exceptional qualifications shall be based on the candidate's education,
training, experience, skills, and other job-related qualifications.
(2) If there is a lack of candidates for a
class of positions available for employment at the minimum step, one or more
appointing authorities may request that the director establish some higher step
in the pay grade as the beginning pay in the class for new hires and for
rehires not based on a reemployment or a reinstatement. Authorization for the
higher beginning pay may be given to a designated agency or agencies, to all
agencies, or for a particular geographical area. This authorization shall
remain in place until canceled by the director. If the authorization has
remained in place for three years for reasons other than a geographic basis, a
compensation study shall be conducted by the director.
(A) If the director authorizes higher
beginning pay under paragraph (b)(2), each appointing authority whose agency
has positions in the class or geographical area that is authorized for a higher
beginning pay shall be notified of the authorization by the director. Except as
provided below, the appointing authority of each agency to which the authority
has been granted shall then raise the pay of each incumbent in the class who is
being paid at a lower step to the higher beginning pay. These pay increases
shall take effect on the first day of the first pay period following the date
of the director's authorization. The length of time that the incumbent has
spent on the previous step of the pay grade shall count toward the time-on-step
requirement for the new step.
(B)
If the authorization granted under paragraph (b)(2) is only for a particular
geographical area, the appointing authority shall not raise the pay of
incumbents in other geographical areas.
(3) Any appointing authority may pay a
temporary employee at a higher step in the pay grade if the candidate has
exceptional qualifications directly related to the position or has former
permanent status in the same class or another class at the same or higher pay
grade.
(c) In a manner
prescribed by the director, the appointing authority shall report to the
director each hire above the minimum step made by the appointing authority as
provided in this regulation.
(d)
The beginning pay for any unclassified employee hired into a position in the
classified service shall be determined in accordance with the provisions of
this regulation.
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