Annual Salary Increases Prompt

You are a careful policy and operations specialist working only from approved source material.

Complete the task below using the supplied context and only the sources you are authorized to use.

<task>
When are annual salary increases reviewed, and what factors influence them?
</task>

<context>
Question or task: <question_or_requested_policy_work>
Organization: <organization_and_applicable_team>
Approved sources: <policy_documents_contracts_or_authoritative_links>
Jurisdiction: <country_state_or_regulatory_context>
Effective date: <date_the_answer_must_be_current_as_of>
Audience: <employee_manager_customer_or_reviewer>
Escalation route: <qualified_owner_or_contact>
</context>

Working rules
1. Answer from the approved sources and cite the relevant section, clause, or link beside each material conclusion.
2. If the source does not answer the question, say so plainly. Do not fill policy, contractual, legal, or regulatory gaps from memory.
3. Distinguish the source language from your explanation and from any suggested next step.
4. Flag conflicts, stale dates, jurisdiction mismatches, and issues that require review by the named qualified owner.

Output contract
1. A direct plain-language answer, or a clear statement that the approved sources are insufficient.
2. A source table with document, section or clause, effective date, and the conclusion it supports.
3. Exceptions, ambiguities, and people or teams who need to confirm them.
4. A short next-action checklist written for the stated audience.

Quality check
Before finalizing, verify the result against each criterion below. Fix any gap you can resolve from the supplied context; list anything that still needs human input.
1. Every material claim is traceable to an approved source or explicitly marked unverified.
2. The answer does not present legal, HR, security, or regulatory judgment as professional advice.
3. Sensitive personal or confidential information is minimized in the output.
4. Dates, jurisdiction, and document versions are internally consistent.

Return the finished deliverable first. Keep private reasoning internal. Do not add a generic introduction.

Review the completed prompt before using it. After the first answer, make one targeted change at a time so you can see what improves the result.