(a) Salary Administration Plan (SAP). The SAP is based on the standard that employees performing similar work receive similar pay and that variation in the requirements is reflected equitably in the pay band.    The salary range established for each job family and level provides a minimum and maximum salary rate.

• (1) Computation of salary payments.  Oklahoma Department of Human Services (OKDHS) employees are paid on a monthly basis in accordance with applicable salary schedules.  The pay period extends from the 16^th of the month through the 15^th of the following month. • 1
• (2) Entrance salary.  The entrance salary for positions in the classified service is the entry salary identified in the SAP, except as provided in the Merit System of Personnel Administration Rules (Merit Rules).  The entrance salary for positions in the unclassified service is normally a comparable salary.  Requests to establish salary above the minimum may be processed by completing 11PE017E, Salary Exception Request, in accordance with the special entrance rate or salary exception request as described in the Agency Compensation Guidelines (ACG).  The salary of a new employee is effective on the employee's first working day.
• (3) Salary increase.  Salary increases are not automatic but are granted in accordance with the SAP and applicable legislation.
• (4) Equity and salary adjustments.  For classified employees, an equity pay adjustment is a mechanism authorized in accordance with appropriate Merit Rules and the ACG.  For employees in the unclassified service, a change in salary is in accordance with the ACG or applicable legislation.

(b) Performance-based incentive compensation program.  A person employed full-time as Child Welfare (CW) specialist I through IV, exclusively working as a CW specialist, may be eligible once per year for the performance‑based incentive compensation program authorized by Section 7004-1.8 of Title 10 of the Oklahoma Statutes.

• (1) Incentive compensation.  The incentive compensation is a lump sum performance incentive of one and one-half percent of the established annual base salary of the eligible employee.  The lump sum incentive compensation does not increase the base salary of the employee.
• (2) Requirements.  To be eligible for the incentive compensation, the employee must meet the criteria included in (A) or (B) of this paragraph.
  • (A) Master-level employees must:
    • (i) have an overall rating of exceeds standards on the most recent completed Form OPM-111, Performance Management Process (PMP);
    • (ii) have a master's degree, from an institution accredited by a generally accepted accrediting body and accepted for transfer credit by the Oklahoma Regents for Higher Education, in:
      • (I) social work;
      • (II) human relations;
      • (III) psychology;
      • (IV) sociology;
      • (V) guidance and counseling;
      • (VI) juvenile justice; or
      • (VII) child development;
    • (iii) have completed all required OKDHS sponsored field training per OAC 340:75-1-231 and 340:75-1-232; and
    • (iv) be assigned to the same human services center for 12 consecutive months on the day of the employee's annual performance review.
  • (B) Employees in counties who meet the OKDHS Child and Family Services Review (CFSR) standards must:
    • (i) have an overall rating of meets standards on the most recent completed Form OPM-111;
    • (ii) have completed all required OKDHS sponsored field training per OAC 340:75-1-231 and 340:75-1-232; and
    • (iii) be assigned to the same human services center for 12 consecutive months on the date of the CFSR per OAC 340:75-18-10.
      • (I) The human services center must meet or exceed all current federal standards for outcomes in safety, permanency, and well-being by children and families.
      • (II) The CFSR is completed yearly by OKDHS utilizing current CFSR national standards as adopted by the Administration for Children and Family Services of the United States Department of Health and Human Services pursuant to Sections 1355.31 through 1355.37 of Title 45 of the Code of Federal Regulations, as amended.