{"data":{"id":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-74-74-840-2.18","jurisdiction":"us-ok","citation":"Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-840-2.18","heading":"Longevity pay plan","body":"A. A longevity pay plan is hereby adopted. This plan applies\n\nto all state employees, excluding members of boards and commissions,\n\ninstitutions under the administrative authority of the Oklahoma\n\nState Regents for Higher Education, employees of public school\n\ndistricts, and elected officials. The plan shall also apply to\n\nthose employees of the Oklahoma School for the Blind and the\n\nOklahoma School for the Deaf who qualify for longevity pay in\n\naccordance with subsection G of Section 1419 of Title 10 of the\n\nOklahoma Statutes.\n\nB. The Oklahoma Conservation Commission is hereby authorized to\n\nestablish a longevity pay program for employees of the conservation\n\ndistricts employed under Section 3-3-103 of Title 27A of the\n\nOklahoma Statutes. Such longevity pay program shall be consistent\n\nwith the longevity pay program for state employees authorized under\n\nthis title and payments shall be made in a manner consistent with\n\nprocedures for reimbursement to conservation districts.\n\nC. To be eligible for longevity pay, employees must have been\n\ncontinuously employed in the service of the state for a minimum of\n\ntwo (2) years in full-time status or in part-time status working\n\nmore than one thousand (1,000) hours a year.\n\nFor purposes of this section, a break in service of thirty (30)\n\ncalendar days or less shall not be considered an interruption of\n\ncontinuous service; a break in service of more than thirty (30)\n\ncalendar days shall mark an end to continuous service. The\n\nlegislative session employees who have worked for two (2) years or\n\nmore in part-time status and are eligible for state retirement\n\nbenefits, but do not receive other longevity payments, shall be\n\neligible and shall be considered to have been continuously employed\n\nfor purposes of calculating longevity payments, notwithstanding the\n\nprovisions of subsection E of this section.\n\nD. 1. Longevity pay for the first twenty (20) years of service\n\nshall be determined pursuant to the following schedule:\n\nYears of Service Annual Longevity Payment\n\nAt least 2 years but\n\nless than 4 years $250.00\n\nAt least 4 years but\n\nless than 6 years $426.00\n\nAt least 6 years but\n\nless than 8 years $626.00\n\nAt least 8 years but\n\nless than 10 years $850.00\n\nAt least 10 years but\n\nless than 12 years $1,062.00\n\nAt least 12 years but\n\nless than 14 years $1,250.00\n\nAt least 14 years but\n\nless than 16 years $1,500.00\n\nAt least 16 years but\n\nless than 18 years $1,688.00\n\nAt least 18 years but\n\nless than 20 years $1,900.00\n\nAt least 20 years $2,000.00\n\n2. For each additional two (2) years of service after the first\n\ntwenty (20) years an additional Two Hundred Dollars ($200.00) shall\n\nbe added to the amount stated above for twenty (20) years of\n\nservice.\n\nThe total amount of the annual longevity payment made to an\n\nemployee by any and all state agencies in any year shall not exceed\n\nthe amount shown on the table corresponding to that employee's years\n\nof service with the state, except as otherwise provided by Section\n\n840-2.28 of this title. Further, no employee shall receive\n\nduplicating longevity payments for the same periods of service with\n\nany and all agencies, except as otherwise provided by Section 840-\n\n2.28 of this title.\n\nE. To determine years of service, cumulative periods of full-\n\ntime employment or part-time employment working more than one\n\nhundred fifty (150) hours per month with the state excluding service\n\nas specified in subsection A of this section are applicable. Part-\n\ntime employment, working one hundred fifty (150) hours per month or\n\nless for the state, excluding service as specified in subsection A\n\nof this section, shall be counted only if:\n\n1. The period of employment was continuous for at least five\nrking more than one\n\nhundred fifty (150) hours per month with the state excluding service\n\nas specified in subsection A of this section are applicable. Part-\n\ntime employment, working one hundred fifty (150) hours per month or\n\nless for the state, excluding service as specified in subsection A\n\nof this section, shall be counted only if:\n\n1. The period of employment was continuous for at least five\n\n(5) months; and\n\n2. a. The person worked more than two-fifths (2/5) time.\n\nOther employment shall not be counted as service for purposes of\n\nlongevity payments. Further, no period of employment with the\n\nstate, whether with one or more than one agency, shall be counted as\n\nmore than full-time service.\n\nb. For purposes of the computation required by this\n\nsection, any service performed by a person during\n\nwhich the person received compensation for duties\n\nperformed for the state shall be counted if payment\n\nfor such service was made using state fiscal\n\nresources. The provisions of this paragraph shall not\n\napply to elected or appointed justices or judges,\n\nincluding special judges, who perform services in the\n\ntrial or appellate courts. The provisions of this\n\nsection shall apply to persons who perform services as\n\nan administrative law judge within the executive\n\ndepartment and employees of the judicial branch.\n\nF. Years of service under the administrative authority of the\n\nOklahoma State Regents for Higher Education or the administrative\n\nauthority of the Oklahoma Department of Career and Technology\n\nEducation of any employee who is now employed in a job\n\nclassification which is eligible for longevity pay shall be included\n\nin years of service for purposes of determining longevity pay.\n\nG. Years of service shall be certified through the current\n\nemploying agency by the appointing authority on a form approved by\n\nthe Office of Management and Enterprise Services. The form shall be\n\ncompleted and posted as directed by the Director of the Office of\n\nManagement and Enterprise Services by the current employing agency\n\nwhen the employee initially enters on duty with the agency and\n\nthereafter whenever the employee's anniversary date is changed.\n\nH. Eligible employees, in full-time status or in part-time\n\nstatus working more than one hundred fifty (150) hours per month,\n\nshall receive one (1) lump-sum annual payment, in the amount\n\nprovided on the preceding schedule, during the month following the\n\nanniversary date of the employee's most recent enter-on-duty day\n\nwith the state. Upon implementation of the statewide information\n\nsystems project, the lump-sum annual payment may be paid concurrent\n\nwith the final payroll of the month of the employee's anniversary\n\ndate. Eligible part-time employees who work one hundred fifty (150)\n\nhours per month or less shall receive one (1) lump-sum annual\n\npayment, based on the formula in subsection L of this section,\n\nduring the month following the anniversary date of the employee's\n\nmost recent enter-on-duty day with the state. To receive longevity\n\npay an employee must be in pay status on or after his or her\n\nanniversary date.\n\nEligible employees who would not otherwise receive annual\n\nlongevity payments because their employment includes regular periods\n\nof leave without pay in excess of thirty (30) calendar days shall\n\nreceive one (1) lump-sum annual payment, based on the formula in\n\nsubsection L of this section, during:\n\n1. The month of August if the employee is in pay status on July\n\n1; or\n\n2. During the month following the employee's first return to\n\nduty that fiscal year if the employee is not in pay status on July\n\n1.\n\nExcept as otherwise provided by Section 840-2.28 of this title,\n\nemployees terminated as a result of a reduction-in-force or retiring\n\nfrom state employment shall receive upon said termination or\n\nretirement the proportionate share of any longevity payment which\n\nmay have accrued as of the date of termination or retirement.\no\n\nduty that fiscal year if the employee is not in pay status on July\n\n1.\n\nExcept as otherwise provided by Section 840-2.28 of this title,\n\nemployees terminated as a result of a reduction-in-force or retiring\n\nfrom state employment shall receive upon said termination or\n\nretirement the proportionate share of any longevity payment which\n\nmay have accrued as of the date of termination or retirement.\n\nProvided further that, the proportionate share of any longevity\n\npayment which may have accrued as of the date of death of an\n\nemployee shall be made to the surviving spouse of the employee or if\n\nthere is no surviving spouse to the estate of the employee.\n\nI. Periods of leave without pay taken in accordance with\n\nSection 840-2.21 of this title shall be counted as service. Other\n\nperiods of nonpaid leave status in excess of thirty (30) calendar\n\ndays shall not mark a break in service; however, they shall:\n\n1. Not be used in calculating total months of service for\n\nlongevity pay purposes; and\n\n2. Extend the anniversary date for longevity pay by the total\n\nperiod of time on nonpaid leave status except as provided in\n\nsubsection H of this section for employees whose conditions of\n\nemployment include regular periods of leave without pay.\n\nJ. Employees currently receiving longevity pay who work for the\n\nOklahoma Department of Career and Technology Education shall not be\n\neligible for the longevity pay plan provided for in this section.\n\nK. A break in service with the state in excess of thirty (30)\n\ndays but which does not exceed two (2) years which was caused by a\n\nreduction-in-force shall be treated as if it were a period of\n\nnonpaid leave status as provided for in subsection I of this section\n\nfor the purpose of calculating total months of service for longevity\n\npay. This subsection shall only apply to state employees laid off\n\nafter June 30, 1982.\n\nL. Eligible part-time employees working less than one hundred\n\nfifty (150) hours per month and other eligible employees with\n\nregular annual periods of leave without pay of more than thirty (30)\n\ncalendar days will receive a prorated share of the \"Annual Longevity\n\nPayment\" authorized in subsection D of this section. The prorated\n\namount of payment will be based on actual hours worked in the\n\nimmediately preceding twelve (12) months.\n\nM. An employee shall not be entitled to retroactive longevity\n\npayments as a result of amendments to this section unless\n\nspecifically authorized by law.\n\nN. The Director of the Office of Management and Enterprise\n\nServices is authorized to promulgate such Longevity Pay Plan Rules\n\nas he or she finds necessary to carry out the provisions of this\n\nsection.\n\nO. As of July 1, 1998, years of service with a city-county\n\nhealth department for employees who left a city-county health\n\ndepartment for employment with the Department of Environmental\n\nQuality or the Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food, and\n\nForestry, between July 1, 1993, and July 1, 1998, and who are now\n\nemployed in a job classification that is eligible for longevity pay\n\npursuant to this section, shall be included in years of service for\n\npurposes of determining longevity pay subsequent to July 1, 1998.\n\nP. As of July 1, 2003, years of service with a local\n\nconservation district shall be included in years of service for\n\npurposes of determining longevity pay for local conservation\n\ndistrict employees transferred to the Oklahoma Conservation\n\nCommission pursuant to the provisions of this section.","path":["OK Code","Title 74"],"source_url":"https://www.oklegislature.gov/OK_Statutes/CompleteTitles/os74.pdf","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:36Z","sha256":"17b4c5d736e4a09e780708779caa8b10d2f5bd9c862eccd5df2f5c8cc3e58fc2","source_id":"us-ok","stale":false,"prev":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-74-74-840-2.17v2","next":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-74-74-840-2.19"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}