Provides comparable salary increases and performance advancement adjustments for certain State employees assigned to titles with no range or rate.

This bill (S 3029) requires comparable salary increases for approximately 13,000 New Jersey State employees in the Executive Branch who hold job titles without set pay ranges ("no-range titles"). It mandates that these employees receive salary increases based on the average percentage given to employees in structured salary groups (Aligned Employee Relations Groups), but not exceeding that average. The bill also prevents withholding performance-based pay adjustments unless an employee has an unsatisfactory performance rating. It takes effect July 1, 2024, addressing a gap where these employees previously lacked scheduled step increases.