FY26 Legislative Salary Increase

June 10, 2025 Pay Increase

The Virginia General Assembly recently authorized a salary increase effective June 10, 2025. For more information about the salary increase and eligibility requirements, refer to the DHRM FY26 Authorizations and Compensation Activities memo.

To ensure smooth implementation of the FY26 Legislative Salary Increase, complete the following steps:

  1. Verify Employee Citizenship Status
    • Run the V_HR_PERSONAL_DATA query in Cardinal.
    • Identify and update any missing employee citizenship values.
  2. Audit Continuous Service Dates
    • Run V_HR_JOB_QUERY in Cardinal.
    • Verify the accuracy of continuous service dates for all employees, correct any discrepancies or missing prior state service months.
    • Run and review the Years of Service Report if additional analysis of prior service months is required.
    • Important: Pay close attention to employees who have recently transferred from other state agencies. Ensure their Cardinal record reflects their total continuous state service date, not just their hire date within their current agency.
  3. Review Updated Training
    • Access the updated HR354: Managing a Legislative Salary Increase web-based training.
    • This training provides step-by-step instructions on managing the required actions in Cardinal throughout each phase of the legislative salary increase cycle, now updated with FY26 information.
Cardinal Legislative Salary Increase Tool Opens May 22, 2025

Legislative Salary Increase Resources

Training and resources to help manage the June 10, 2025 pay increase.
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HR354: Managing a Legislative Salary Increase

This web-based training course equips HR Administrators with the tools and knowledge to manage the actions required during each phase of a Legislative Salary Increase cycle including:

• Opting Out of the Tool
• Populating and Reviewing Employee Salary Data
• Managing Agency Blocks
• Verifying Salary Increases
• Addressing Errors
Open HR354
HR354 Using the Legislative Salary Increase Tool
Cardinal Job Aid
Cardinal HCM Human Resources Reports Catalog
Cardinal HR Reports & Query Information
DHRM Resources
Compensation Memo, FAQs, Salary Structure

Cardinal Refresh Schedule

System Blocks, System Notes, and changes to salary amounts will be refreshed on the above schedule, to reflect relevant data changes.
Refresh Cycle Date Time
Initial Load Wednesday, 5/21/2025 8:00 p.m. - 11:59 p.m.
First Refresh Tuesday, 5/27/2025 8:00 p.m. - 11:59 p.m.
Second Refresh Thursday, 5/29/2025 8:00 p.m. - 11:59 p.m.
Third Refresh Monday, 6/2/2025 8:00 p.m. - 11:59 p.m.
Final Refresh Tuesday, 6/3/2025 8:00 p.m. - 11:59 p.m.
Important! Complete all HR transactions prior to Tuesday, June 3, 8:00 p.m.

Changes keyed after Tuesday, June 3, will neither remove nor add system blocks. Salary changes entered after this date will cause increases to fail during load!