Title
Presentation of 2019 Market Study with proposed implementation plan.
Board, Commission or Committee Recommendation
The Personnel Board recommends the proposed implementation plan of the market study with consideration of a one-year lump sum adjustment for those employees at the maximum of their range.
Body
Tonight staff is presenting on three topics which are:
1) The result findings from the 2019 Market Study with a proposed implementation plan that takes into consideration the raw data from the market study.
2) Proposal to define how the temp/casual structure is applied in relation to the regular employee structure.
3) An example of how a potential prevailing wage might be implemented and the estimated impacts.
The results of this discussion will be used for final development of the budget by the deadline.
Background:
Personnel Rule 303 requires a compensation market study be conducted every four years and the last market study was conducted in 2015. During 2019, the HR staff worked with Senior Management to identify 10 peer employer groups to seek both salary and benefit information from, as a part of this market study. The benefit information will be used as we review our benefit plans in the future. However, it appears that overall the County's benefit package is market competitive.
This staff report will focus on the salary portion of the study. Out of the 277 total County job titles, 118 were identified to be benchmarked. We received responsive information for 105 of the requested positions (13 were identified as insufficient data). For the most part, the study showed the County pay ranges to be market competitive. However, there were 63 positions identified as a result of the study that might need potential grade movement both positive and negative. In an effort to moderate the more severe potential grade movements, staff developed a modifier to be applied to all the raw data as a starting point. Staff then further reviewed the analysi...
Click here for full text