Agencies must comply with constitutional provisions regarding retroactivity.
When general increases and other salary increases are awarded on the same date, the general increase shall be applied prior to any other salary increases.
In the case of budgetary limitations, OHR may approve exceptions to those salary increases that require approval by OHR regarding the effective date of salary increases based on written justification provided by the agency. Agencies should document internally the need to make exceptions regarding the effective date of salary increases for those increases for which they have approval authority.
S.C. Code Regs. § 19-706.06