SCOPE: STAFF

Issued: 4/1/00

Revised: 5/01/02; 1/01/07

1. Regular, full-time non-academic employees are eligible to receive longevity pay after two years of accrued lifetime service credit. Eligible employees are paid $20 per month for every two years of lifetime service credit and will receive longevity pay increases after each additional two years of service, up to and including 42 years of service. Longevity pay is provided to all full-time non-academic employees who are not on leave without pay the first workday of the month.

2. A regular, full-time employee is defined as one who is appointed at 100%FTE for a period of at least four and one-half months. For the purpose of determining eligibility for longevity pay, a non-academic employee is defined as one who is not engaged in teaching academic courses for any portion of the month involved, and /or whose salary for any portion of the month involved is not paid from faculty salary appropriations.

3. For purposes of determining years of State service of an employee for longevity pay, all prior employment with an agency of the State of Texas shall be counted. This does not include service in independent school districts or community colleges. Prior service is to be counted regardless of method of payment, length of appointment, FTE, continuity of service, or prior eligibility for longevity. One month of service is to be counted for each month or fraction of a month of state employment. In no case shall more than one month of credit be granted for a single calendar month.

4. The amount of an employee’s lifetime service credit does not include the period served in a hazardous duty position if the person is receiving or eligible to receive hazardous duty pay.

Years of Service Monthly Longevity Pay

Less than 2 years – $ 0

Greater than 2 but less than 4 years – $ 20

Greater than 4 but less than 6 years – $ 40

Greater than 6 but less than 8 years – $ 60

Greater than 8 but less than 10 years – $ 80

Greater than 10 but less than 12 years – $100

Greater than 12 but less than 14 years – $120

Greater than 14 but less than 16 years – $140

Greater than 16 but less than 18 years – $160

Greater than 18 but less than 20 years – $180

Greater than 20 but less than 22 years – $200

Greater than 22 but less than 24 years – $220

Greater than 24 but less than 26 years – $240

Greater than 26 but less than 28 years – $260

Greater than 28 but less than 30 years – $280

Greater than 30 but less than 32 years – $300

Greater than 32 but less than 34 years – $320

Greater than 34 but less than 36 years – $340

Greater than 36 but less than 38 years – $360

Greater than 38 but less than 40 years – $380

Greater than 40 but less than 42 years – $400

Greater than 42 years – $420

5. Return-to-work retirees are subject to certain exemptions related to eligibility for longevity pay. Exceptions for return-to-work retirees are as follows:

5.1 If retired from state employment on or after June 1, 2005, and the retiree returned to state employment at any time before September 1, 2005, then, effective September 1, 2005, the employee is ineligible for longevity pay.

5.2 If retired from state employment before June 1, 2005, and the retiree returned to state employment before September 1, 2005, then, effective September 1, 2005, the employee will be eligible for longevity pay but that longevity pay is then limited to the amount of longevity pay the employee was entitled to receive immediately before September 1, 2005.

5.3 If retired from state employment before June 1, 2005, and the retiree returned to state employment on or after September 1, 2005, then, effective September 1, 2005, the employee is ineligible for longevity pay.

5.4 If retired from the state before June 1, 2005, and the retiree returned to state employment before September 1, 2005, but later terminates employment and returns a second time, then, effective September 1, 2005, the employee is no longer eligible for longevity pay.

References:

Texas Government Code, §659.042, .044, .046(f), and .047