When a classification “wins” a selective salary increase, they are implemented via what the State calls “least cost implementation.” What does this mean?  First a selective salary increase results in a classification moving from one salary range to a higher salary range.  Under least cost implementation, when this happens, employees move from their current step to a step on the new range that matches the dollar amount of their current step in their current salary range.  This means that most people will be at a lower step in the new range, but with the same wage.

The one exception to this is that people who were in the first step (or steps, depending on the number of ranges the classification was increased) as this step (or steps) will now have a wage attached to it that is below the new salary range.  In this case, people will be moved to the bottom step of the new salary range and will see an immediate pay increase.  People at the top of the range will now have new steps available to them on their SED. 

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