| COMPENSATION OVERVIEW Classified employees (and designated unclassified employees) are eligible to receive longevity bonus payments when they have reached 10 years of service with the state as authorized by K.S.A. 75-5541. At that time, employees receive payments based on $50 for each year of service. Payments are capped at 25 years of service, or $1,250. The Benefits Service Date on the Employment Information page impacts
when the employee receives the longevity bonus.
If Length of Service is adjusted on the Kansas Employment page, the Benefits Service Date adjusts automatically to reflect this change. You can also change the Benefits Service Date manually by checking the ‘Override’ box next to the field on the Employment Information page.
SHARP runs a program at the beginning of each pay period (Sunday) which “reads” the Service Date. If the month and day of the Service Date falls within that pay period, and the employee is in Active status, the employee is added to the Longevity Bonus- Active page with the Approved? check box on. This means the Longevity (LNG earnings code) and Overtime Differential Pay due (ODP earnings code) -- if overtime was reported in the previous 12 months -- will add to the employee’s timesheet on the Monday night following the end of the pay period. If the employee is on Leave of Absence or Suspended, the employee will appear on the Longevity Bonus - Inactive page with the Approved? check box off. The bonuses are paid in the next regular pay check after the employee's length of service reaches 10 or more years of service if the employee is in Active Payroll Status. (Length of service for employees who work .50 or more are not prorated.) Except for employees on military leave, employees who do not accumulate
length of service while on leave (e.g., classified employees on leave
without pay) do not receive a longevity bonus while in leave status.
Employees on military leave without pay are to receive longevity bonuses
that they would have received had the employee not been on military
leave without pay. Bonuses are to be paid when due, just as if the employee
were not on military leave. Agencies are responsible to temporarily
return the employee from leave in order to process the longevity bonus. Choose a topic from the Side Navigation Menu or click
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