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<p class="MsoNormal">Arkansas does not pay retention bonuses at this time.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Mike<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Nunito Sans"">Office of Personnel Management<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Nunito Sans"">Arkansas Department of Transformation & Shared Services<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Nunito Sans"">501 Woodlane, Suite 205, Little Rock, AR 72201<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Nunito Sans"">(501) 682-5145<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Nunito Sans""><a href="mailto:mike.bonds@arkansas.gov">mike.bonds@arkansas.gov</a>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> Bufford, Tina <tina.bufford@doas.ga.gov> <br>
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, February 10, 2022 8:58 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> dhr_ncasg_survey_list@admws.idaho.gov<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [NCASG] Retention Bonus<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Good morning all,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Can you please advise if your state has a retention bonus policy? If so, can you please share the contents of such policy. Just doing some research to see if such a policy is worthwhile. Right now, the state of Georgia has a hiring and
goal-based incentive plan but not retention. Any feedback would be greatly appreciated.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span style="font-family:"Adobe Devanagari",serif">Tina Bufford, PHR, GCPA<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Adobe Devanagari",serif">Manager, Classification, Compensation, and GASCCP<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Adobe Devanagari",serif">Cell: 404-844-6724<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Adobe Devanagari",serif"><a href="mailto:tina.bufford@doas.ga.gov">tina.bufford@doas.ga.gov</a>
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