30. On 1 April each year, a salary increase shall be granted to a senior administrator, unless his performance during the year ending on 31 March is deemed unsatisfactory. The employer’s substantiated written assessment shall be sent to the senior administrator during the reference period. There shall be no appeal regarding the content of the assessment.
As of 1 April 2022, the salary increase represents 4% of the senior administrator’s salary on 31 March where the stated expectations are met or 6% of the senior administrator’s salary on 31 March where the stated expectations are greatly surpassed. However, such an increase may not cause the salary of the senior administrator to exceed the maximum for the salary class corresponding to the position held.
Where an employer does not appraise the senior administrator’s work performance, a salary increase of 4% is granted.
The Minister’s authorization is required to grant a salary increase of 6%.
A reinstated senior administrator who performs the activities provided for in his reinstatement plan is entitled to receive the salary increase as though he had worked for the employer full-time.
A senior administrator whose position has been eliminated and who has chosen pre-retirement leave shall not be eligible for the increase.
Where a senior administrator has held his position for less than 1 year at the effective date of the salary increase or has changed employers during the reference period, the salary increase shall be established according to the time he has worked during the year prior to 1 April in that position or another position of senior administrator or officer with the same employer or another employer.
A senior administrator who has not worked during the whole year preceding 1 April, either because he is disabled or on leave without pay, deferred salary leave or progressive pre-retirement leave, is entitled to the salary increase according to the time worked during the year. However, for the purpose of calculating the percentage of the salary increase, a disabled senior administrator shall be considered as having been at work during the first 6 months of his disability.
Where a senior administrator holds on 1 July or has held during the year preceding this 1 July a part-time position, the rate of the salary increase shall be determined according to his relative annual work load during the year.
O.C. 1217-96, s. 30; O.C. 925-97, s. 7; T.B. 196313, s. 21; 2024-008M.O. 2024-008, s. 31.