Adjustment on Amendment to the Compensation Plan.
Los Angeles Administrative Code § 4.68
in effectSec. 4.68. Adjustment on Amendment to the Compensation Plan.
(a) Subject to the provisions contained in this Code, the five-, twelve-, or fifteen-step salary ranges set out in this Code shall be applicable to all positions in the City service, except those positions wherein the rate of compensation is provided for on a basis other than a salary range plan, and each employee in the City service shall be paid the salary or compensation for services rendered on behalf of the City in accordance with the salary range prescribed for class of position to which the employee's position is allocated as set forth in Schedule “A”, which schedule names and allocates all positions authorized by the City Council under the standard class titles in the Classification Plan, as provided under Section 4.53 of this Code.
(b) Whenever the salary range prescribed for any class of position is changed by the Council, the salary rates of incumbents in such class of position at the time of taking effect of the new salary range shall be adjusted to the corresponding step rate in said new salary range and such incumbents shall retain their respective anniversary dates; provided, however, that in the event any such incumbent who, immediately prior to the time of taking effect of such new salary range, was receiving compensation in the incumbent’s position at a rate higher than the maximum salary rate of the salary range prescribed for the class to which the incumbent’s position is allocated, said incumbent shall receive salary at the next higher rate in the applicable salary range and if there is no higher rate in said new range, the incumbent shall be continued at the incumbent’s existing rate and the incumbent’s position shall be designated in the departmental personnel ordinance for the department in which the incumbent is employed by adding the letter “Y” to the Code number applicable to the class of position filled by such employee.
SECTION HISTORY
Based on Ord. No. 89,100.
Amended by: Ord. No. 117,872; Subsec. (a) and (b), Ord. No. 148,563, Eff. 7-12-76, Oper. 7-4-76; Title and Section, Ord. No. 155,665, Eff. 7-23-81; Subsec. (c) Repealed by Ord. No. 173,791, Eff. 3-2-01; Subsec. (a), Ord. No. 184,252, Eff. 5-5-16.
Source: City of Los Angeles, Charter and Codes (American Legal Publishing, codelibrary.amlegal.com)URL: https://codelibrary.amlegal.com/codes/los_angeles/latest/laac/0-0-0-9055Fetched: 10/24/2026