{"data":{"id":"us-ky/krs-18a.355","jurisdiction":"us-ky","citation":"KRS 18A.355","heading":"Formula for increasing base salary or wages of state employees --","body":"Percentage of annual increment may be reduced.\n(1) An annual increment of not less than five percent (5%) of the base salary or wages\nof each state employee shall be granted to  each employee on his or her anniversary\ndate. The employee's base salary or wages shall be increased by the amount of the\nannual increment. When any increment due to a promotion, reallocation,\nreclassification or salary adjustment is granted an employee, the employee's base\nsalary or wages shall be increased by the amount of such increment. An employee's\nbase salary or wages shall not be increased by the amount of lump -sum payment\nawarded under KRS 18A.110(7)(i).\n(2) The branch budget recommendation submitted to the General Assembly under KRS\nChapter 48 shall include a request for the amount of the annual increment expressed\nas a percentage of each employee's base salary or wages and a request for the total\nappropriation needed to fund the annual increment.  The annual increment shall be\nuniform for all employees. The financial plan enacted under the provisions of KRS\n48.300 shall contain the annual increment expressed as a percentage of each\nemployee's base salary or wages, and the total appropriation needed  to fund the\nannual increment.\n(3) The budget reduction plan submitted and enacted under the provisions of KRS\nChapter 48 shall provide that a reduction of the annual increment granted under this\nsection shall be made only after other cost savings measures , as provided by KRS\n18A.113 are taken. Any such reduction shall be uniform for all state employees and\nshall comply with the provisions of this chapter and KRS Chapter 48.","path":["KRS Chapter 18A"],"source_url":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=53732","current_through":"Includes enactments through the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"09/05/2026","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T20:48:40Z","sha256":"24518d5222c93bc7505fcaca411fa7569ca0f546531ba95022c3b2e40ff98834","source_id":"us-ky","stale":false,"prev":"us-ky/krs-18a.350","next":"us-ky/krs-18a.360"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}