

(d) Classified When Actually Employed (WAE) Appointment This Rule shall not apply to a former employee who was dismissed or resigned to avoid dismissal. The appointing authority may at any time grant, to the extent permitted by other provisions of these Rules, any increase for which an employee having reentered the classified service possesses eligibility under this subsection. If the former salary is higher than the range maximum his pay rate shall be set no higher than the range maximum for the position in which he is being employed. If the range for the job has been adjusted and the range minimum is higher than his former salary, he will enter at range minimum. The pay of an employee who has had a break in service of at least 30 days, other than one being restored to duty following military service or being reemployed following a layoff, may be fixed at any rate in the range, for the position in which he is being employed, that does not exceed the highest salary he previously earned while serving with permanent status in a classified position other than detail to special duty.

Special entrance rates and special retention rates must be approved by the Commission at its next scheduled meeting after action was taken by the Director.

When special entrance rates or special retention rates are adjusted downward, the individual pay rates of employees occupying positions affected by the authorized rates shall not be changed.An appointing authority may adjust the salaries of employees working in the positions to which the special entrance rate applies to any salary up to but not to exceed the amount of the percent difference between the special rate and the current hiring rate. All new hires shall be paid at the special entrance rate or special retention rate. The department or departments to which the special rate is made applicable having employees in the same job in the affected area or locale where the special rate will be used, shall increase the pay rate of all such employees to the special rate.When economic or employment conditions cause substantial recruitment or retention difficulties, the Director may authorize the appointment of qualified applicants at a special entrance rate or may authorize the use of a special retention rate within the range for the job in a limited geographical area or for positions in a job where employment conditions are unusual. (a) The pay of a probational, or job appointee shall not be reduced when the employee is earning more than the minimum for the job he occupies, and is then probationally appointed to a position in the same job, or a different job with the same maximum rate of pay, in the same department without a break in service.

Pay upon employment shall be at the minimum of the range established for the grade of the job to which the position is allocated except:
