Amends existing law to provide for compensation increases based on performance as well as consideration of certain internal and external factors.

The purpose of this legislation is to allow for flexibility and clarification within established compensation practices. Currently, all employee compensation increases require a satisfactory performance evaluation on file prior to granting the increase. The requirement of an evaluation restricts an agency from giving salary increases when necessary for internal equity or external market changes. Language will be added in 67-5309 and 59-1603 to clarify that salary increases based on performance require a current evaluation to be on file and that other salary increases may be given based on internal equity or external market changes. This will allow agency heads to recruit and retain state employees more effectively.