2016 Oklahoma Statutes
Title 74. State Government
§74-840-4.6. Pay structure.

A. The State of Oklahoma, to recruit, retain and motivate a quality workforce for the purpose of providing quality services to the citizens of Oklahoma, shall provide a compensation structure based on internal equity and external competitiveness balanced by the state's fiscal conditions. The state's goal shall be to provide a flexible and adaptable state employee compensation system based on the market data found in relevant public and private sector markets.

B. The Director of the Office of Management and Enterprise Services shall develop a compensation schedule for all career and executive service positions within the executive branch pursuant to the recommendations of the 2013 State Employee Total Remuneration Study, excluding institutions under the administrative authority of the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education. The Office may develop market-based occupational compensation structures. The compensation structures established pursuant to this section for all career and executive service positions shall be initially established and published by January 1, 2015, and shall thereafter be reviewed for revision annually. The provisions of this section are not subject to the provisions of Article I of the Administrative Procedures Act.

Added by Laws 1982, c. 338, § 16, eff. July 1, 1982. Amended by Laws 1994, c. 242, § 22. Renumbered from § 840.16 of this title by Laws 1994, c. 242, § 54. Amended by Laws 1999, c. 410, § 12, eff. Nov. 1, 1999; Laws 2012, c. 304, § 902; Laws 2014, c. 390, § 4, eff. July 1, 2014.