State employee longevity pay-prospective repeal.

Plain English Breakdown

The bill summary does not provide specific details about the impact on employees hired before July 1, 2021 other than they will continue to receive longevity pay.

Eliminating Longevity Pay for New State Employees

The bill removes the provision that allows state employees hired before July 1, 2021 to receive longevity pay increases and stops new hires after this date from getting such benefits.

What This Bill Does

• Changes a law about how state workers are paid.
• Removes the ability for current state workers who were hired before July 1, 2021 to get extra money based on their years of service.
• Prevents new hires after July 1, 2021 from getting longevity pay increases.

Who It Names or Affects

• State employees hired before July 1, 2021 will continue to receive longevity pay as it was previously established.
• New state hires starting on or after July 1, 2021 won't be eligible for longevity pay increases.

Terms To Know

Longevity Pay

Extra money given to employees based on how long they have worked at a job.

Base Salary

The basic amount of pay someone gets before any extra benefits or bonuses are added.

Limits and Unknowns

• This bill only affects state workers in Wyoming.
• It does not change how other types of employees, like teachers or city workers, get paid.
• The bill is inactive and was last updated on April 7, 2021.

Current Bill Text

21LSO-0367
2021
STATE OF WYOMING
21LSO-0367
Numbered
2.0

SENATE FILE NO. SF0097

State employee longevity pay-prospective repeal.

Sponsored by: Senator(s) Hicks

A BILL

for

AN ACT relating to administration of the government; eliminating longevity pay for state employees hired after the effective date of this act; and providing for an effective date.

Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Wyoming:

Section 1
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W.S. 9
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2
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1022(c)(v) is amended to read:

9
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2
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1022.

Duties of department performed through human resources division.

(c)

The state compensation plan shall provide for the following procedures to establish and change individual pay rates:

(v)

Longevity pay increases shall be approved at a rate of forty dollars ($40.00) per month for each five (5) years of service
for employees initially hired before July 1, 2021
. Longevity pay increases shall not be considered as part of base pay
. Longevity pay shall not be paid to employees initially hired on or after July 1, 2021
;

Section 2
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This act is effective July 1, 2021
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(END)

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