While a pain, both time-wise and financially, de-beaking could be your only option for this problem. It's easiest to de-beak birds when they are chicks because their beaks are softer. So, if your chickens pecking each other is a serious problem in your coop, take the necessary measures to stop it and solve the problem.
The starting salary is the amount of money your employer will compensate you during your first days, weeks or months of employment. There is no law regarding how soon after you begin employment that your employer must give you a raise.
The starting step of the salary range. The step that provides a minimum increase of two steps not to exceed the maximum step of the salary range. The appointing authority may grant more than two steps if one of the conditions below exist. The salary may not exceed the top step of the salary range. Significant increases in duties and responsibilities, as documented by the employer, warrant greater compensation.