§ 16-32-39. Longevity payments — Non-classified employees.
(a) The non-classified employees of the board of trustees, except for faculty employees
and except for non-classified employees already receiving longevity increases, shall
be entitled to a longevity payment in the amount of five percent (5%) of base salary
after ten (10) years of service and increasing to a total of ten percent (10%) of
base salary after twenty (20) years of service. The provisions of this section will
apply only to employees with a pay grade under nineteen (19). The longevity payments
shall not be included in base salary.
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§ 16-32-39. Longevity payments — Non-classified employees.
(a) The non-classified employees of the board of trustees, except for faculty employees
and except for non-classified employees already receiving longevity increases, shall
be entitled to a longevity payment in the amount of five percent (5%) of base salary
after ten (10) years of service and increasing to a total of ten percent (10%) of
base salary after twenty (20) years of service. The provisions of this section will
apply only to employees with a pay grade under nineteen (19). The longevity payments
shall not be included in base salary.
(b) The board of trustees is authorized to promulgate regulations implementing the provisions
of this section.
(c) Beginning on July 1, 2011, notwithstanding any rule, regulation, or provision of the
public laws or general laws to the contrary, there shall be no further longevity increases
for employees of the board of trustees; provided, however, for employees with longevity
provisions pursuant to a collective bargaining agreement in effect on June 1, 2011,
longevity increases shall cease beginning on July 1, 2011, or beginning upon the expiration
of the applicable collective bargaining agreement, whichever occurs later. To the
extent an employee has previously accrued longevity payments, the amount of the longevity
payment earned by the employee for the last pay period in June, 2011, shall be added
to the employee's base salary as of June 30, 2011, or in the case of an employee with
longevity provisions pursuant to a collective bargaining agreement in effect on June
1, 2011, the amount of the longevity payment earned by the employee for the latter
of the last pay period in June or the last pay period prior to the expiration of the
applicable collective bargaining agreement shall be added to the employee's base salary
as of June 30, 2011, or upon the expiration of the applicable collective bargaining
agreement, whichever occurs later.