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programs; to administer the Merit System, including the examination,

selection, recruitment, hiring, appraisal, training, retention, promotion,

assignment or transfer of employees pursuant to law; to direct, deploy and
utilize the work force; to establish the specifications for each class of

positions and to classify or reclassify and to allocate or reallocate new or
existing positions in accordance with law; and to discipline or discharge

employees in accordance with law and the provisions of this Agreement.

Article 6
No Strikes

§6.1 CSEA shall not engage in a strike, nor cause, instigate, encourage or
condone a strike.

§6.2 CSEA shall exert its best efforts to prevent and terminate any strike.
§6.3 Nothing contained in this Agreement shall be construed to limit the

rights, remedies or duties of the State or the rights, remedies or duties of
CSEA or employees under State law.

Article 7

Compensation
The State shall prepare, secure introduction and recommend passage by

the Legislature of such legislation as may be appropriate and necessary to
provide the benefits described below:

§7.1 Salary Increases
Effective on the dates indicated below, the basic annual salary of

employees in full-time employment status immediately prior to each

applicable date shall be increased by two (2.0) percent and the
appropriate salary schedule shall be amended by increasing the hiring rate
and the job rate of each grade by two (2.0) percent, dividing the

difference between the increased hiring and job rates by seven, rounded

to the nearest dollar, to determine the value of each increment, and adding
seven increments in that amount to the hiring rate. The new job rate shall

be the amount that results from the addition of seven increments to the
hiring rate. Employees whose salaries were at the hiring rate, any of the

six steps, or the job rate immediately prior to the increase in the schedule
shall be accorded the benefit of the two (2.0) percent increase by

receiving a salary equal to the new hiring rate, corresponding step, or job

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