Variable Compensation - Mississippi State Personnel Board

VCP 0212(b)A signed statement from the employee acknowledging thenon-state service status, the amount of salary increase, andthe subsequent salary withdrawal upon removal from nonstateservice status. (See Attached Form X16-0700.)d. Recruitment Flexibility(1) All requests to recruit applicants at a salary exceeding the assignedstarting salary are to be submitted for State Personnel Boardapproval prior to a job offer or appointment of an applicant. Sucha request shall be accompanied by a letter of justification from theagency head describing documented recruitment difficultiesexperienced by the agency.The recruitment difficulties recognized by the Board include, butare not limited to:(a)(b)Documented recruitment difficulties for a job class whichmay be attributed to the established minimum or specialqualifications of a job; and/orInsufficient labor market availability of qualified applicantsand/or availability of a limited applicant pool complicatedby a salary range for the job, which is not competitive withthe relevant labor market.Misclassification of a position shall not be used as the basis for arecruitment flexibility request.(2) Requests for recruitment flexibility approved by the StatePersonnel Board for an entire classification or for a specificposition shall be valid for a period of twenty-four (24) monthsfrom the effective date of approval. If the agency is unable to fillthe position within the twenty-four (24) month period, the StatePersonnel Director may authorize an extension of the recruitmentflexibility for an additional twenty-four (24) months.(3) If within twelve (12) months from the date of hire, the incumbentof a position which has been authorized for recruitment flexibilitytransfers to a position which has not been authorized forrecruitment flexibility, the salary at transfer shall be established bycalculating what the incumbent’s salary would have been had theposition from which he/she transferred not been authorized forrecruitment flexibility.12