FOP POLICE OFFICERS THROUGH SERGEANTS
A.
Employees are eligible for incentive payments on the following basis: PAY INCENTIVE PLAN FOR COLLEGE DEGREES Incentives Applicable to Employees Hired After October 1, 2006 Degree or Status Monthly Master of Arts or $200.00 Science PAY INCENTIVE PLAN FOR COLLEGE DEGREES Incentives Applicable to Employees Hired Prior to October 1, 2006 Degree or Status Monthly Associate of Arts or $100.00 Science Bachelor Science
of
Arts
or $150.00
Master of Arts or Science $200.00 B.
The following rules shall govern administration of incentive payments for attainment of college degrees.1 (1)
A newly-hired employee will be eligible for an incentive payment for which he/she qualifies under this Plan upon successful completion of probation as a Police Officer. Permanent Corrections Officers or Judicial Officers who transition to Police Officer shall not be required to complete probation in order to be eligible for incentive payment.
(2)
An employee may only receive one level of incentive pay. Incentive payments for multiple degrees or credits are not cumulative.
(3)
Payment of incentives will be effective as of the first day of the pay period after which the employee provides required documentation of eligibility to the JSO Personnel Division.
(4)
To qualify for incentive pay under this Plan, an employee must have
1 "A Judicial Officer who is subsequently appointed to the classification of Police Officer or Police Recruit shall thereafter be governed by the terms of Article 23 of the contract in chief, except that the former Judicial Officer shall not be entitled to receive educational incentive payments for an Associate of Arts, Associate of Science, Bachelor of Arts, or Bachelor of Science degree, regardless of the hire date of the Judicial Officer and notwithstanding that the Judicial Officer may have been receiving such payments while a Judicial Officer. This means that such an employee shall, for the purpose of education incentive payments payable under Article 23, be treated as if he/she was hired on or after October 1, 2006." 68