Pay and Performance

Performance-based compensation may be given depending on available funds and in accordance with the following:

1. Employees in the new hire track of the Investing in Our People initiative are not eligible for performance-based pay until they leave the new hire track.

2. Employees whose job performance is designated as "Outstanding" or "Excellent" for the evaluation period as described in the "Performance Levels" document below are eligible for performance based pay. 

3. When sufficient one-time funds have accrued and have been approved by the Judicial Council for performance bonus pay, the evaluation period for employee performance may be a partial performance year (for example, Q1 and Q2 of the performance year, which would be April-June and July-September). Eligible employees receive a performance-based pay bonus for that evaluation period.

4. Legislative funding for performance based pay, if approved during that year's general legislative session, is distributed based on evaluations of job performance for the full performance year (April 1 through March 30).

**IMPORTANT NOTE** 

The Office of Guardian ad Litem (GAL) budget is its own separate line item, and GAL employee compensation is administered independently by its Director. Specific questions about GAL employee compensation should go to the Director of the Office of Guardian ad Litem and CASA.