FY26 Legislative Salary Increase
VERIFY DATA BY 12:00 PM, THURSDAY, JUNE 5
To ensure your agency's pay increases are processed, complete the following in the Cardinal Legislative Salary Increase Tool:
- Address System Notes: While it's too late to fix System Blocks, please address any non-blocking System Notes (e.g., "Citizenship is Missing").
- Apply Agency Blocks: If needed, apply an Agency Block to an employee before marking them as "Verified".
- Verify Data: On the Legislative Salary Inc Review page, click the Verified checkbox for each business unit.
Only verified business units will have pay increases loaded to Job Data.
Important Notice: The Cardinal PPS team will suspend all Job and Position Data mass upload processing for all agencies starting Thursday, June 5 at 12:00 p.m. Mass upload processing will resume on Monday, June 9.
For more information about the salary increase and eligibility requirements, refer to the DHRM FY26 Authorizations and Compensation Activities memo.
Legislative Salary Increase Resources
Training and resources to help manage the June 10, 2025 pay increase.

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
• Opting Out of the Tool
• Populating and Reviewing Employee Salary Data
• Managing Agency Blocks
• Verifying Salary Increases
• Addressing Errors
Cardinal Refresh Schedule
Refresh Cycle | Date | Time |
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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!