Mid-year job changes

GLC

I wanted to know how others handle a job change or promtoion mid-year that requires a salary upgrade. We have an employee who is going into a new job eff. 2/1. The new position is the same grade as her current position. However, the duties in the new position are a little more so we would like to give some type of salary increase. We do all of our annual increases eff. 7/1 each year. Say we give her a 3% incrase now. Should it be pro-rated based on the 5 months in this new job or not pro-rate it at all, given that she will get an annual increase 7/1/03? It almost seems to much to give her a full increase now and give her another one in July.

teecee

We usually give an increase for the increased responsibilities, promotion at the time it's announced and then at raise time, we give the usual standard to the person, provided the performance warrants it.

Gillian

The promotion increase and the annual merit are two different things. You shouldn't decrease one of them because they are too close to each in time. Doing that takes away some of the benefits of getting promoted.