11.7Merit Salary Adjustments (MSA)

1. Employees shall receive annual MSA in accordance with Government Code section 19832 and applicable CalHR rules.
2. The employee shall be informed in writing of denial ten (10) working days prior to the proposed effective date of the MSA.
3. Denial of the MSA shall be subject to the grievance and arbitration procedure.
4. Employees shall receive upon movement to an alternate range the salary and Merit Salary Adjustment (MSA) provided in the Alternate Range Criteria (ARC) for the class. If there are no specific salary regulations provided in the ARC, the employee shall receive the salary and MSA as provided in CalHR Rule 599.681.
5. Employees, at the employee’s discretion, who are eligible for a range change may defer the employee’s range change up to six (6) qualifying pay periods in order to coincide the range change with the effective date of the employee’s MSA. Said request by the employee shall be in writing and submitted no less than thirty (30) days prior to the employee’s anniversary date for purposes of the range change.