“vagaries of the calendar or the occurrence of natural or manmade disasters.” Id. The statutory definitions quoted above exclude overtime, callback pay, clothing allowances, and other such benefits, which are, likewise, items of pay that are affected by variations in the calendar and emergencies. Longevity pay does not vary with the calendar or emergencies. It is regular; it is basic pay; and the fact that its amount must be determined by a calculation does not change those facts. The courts in sister states have also held that longevity pay constitutes salary for the purpose of calculating pension benefits, and their reasoning is persuasive. See, Abbott v. City of Los Angeles, 178 Cal. App. 2d 204, 3 Cal. Rptr. 127 (1960); Hay v Highland Park, 134 Mich. App. 624, 351 N.W.2d 622 (1984) (<HOLDING>); Gentile v City of Detroit, 139 Mich. App.
holding that courts have inherent power to hire and require salaries be paid to secretaries clerks probation officers and assistants holding that police officials did not have property interest in continuation of longstanding policy of providing officers with step and longevity salary increases holding that longevity pay enhanced the regular periodic salaries paid to firefighters and police officers holding that a threeday suspension without pay did not infringe police officers liberty interest holding that even if the plaintiff had asserted a cause of action under the virginia wrongful death act against the city police officers the police officers would be entitled to sovereign immunity