Employees who work in a clerical-secretarial or clerical-management non-exempt position who pass all parts of the Certified Professional Secretary Examination (CPS) or Certified Administrative Professional Examination (CAP) shall be granted a nine percent (9%) increase in salary. Exempt employees are not eligible for the increase.

The salary increase shall become effective with the next pay period beginning after the employee’s passing grades on all parts of the examination are certified by the International Association of Administrative Professionals. The certification date is located in the upper left-hand corner of the Candidate Performance Report generated by the IAAP. It is not the date that the test is administers nor the date that the report from IAAP is received). It is the employee’s responsibility to provide the appropriate verification to the Office of Human Resources. Employees may contact the Office of Human Resources with questions regarding eligibility for the increase.

The guideline applies to employees who pass all parts of the CPS exam after the effective date of this guideline which shall be July 1, 1991. An employee must pass either the full (four-part) exam sponsored by the International Association of Administrative Professionals or the three-part Certified Professionals Security exam in order to receive the 9% increase, prospective as of June 27, 2007.

Source: Tennessee Board of Regents Personal Guideline No. P-115.