Conn. Gen. Stat. § 5-208: Compensation schedules.

(a) The Commissioner of Administrative Services shall establish compensation schedules or plans. For employees who are not members of any collective bargaining unit, subject to the approval of the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management such schedules or plans shall consist of sufficient salary grades to provide compensation rates determined to be necessary or desirable for all classes assigned to each compensation schedule.

(b) When the compensation of a class is raised, the salary of each incumbent in such class who is not a member of any collective bargaining unit shall be increased by an amount at least equal to one step or five per cent, whichever is less, in the higher salary grade, except managerial employees' salaries shall be increased by an amount equal to five per cent, up to the maximum of the new salary grade.