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Approval of the FY24 Salary Plan Job Class Order
Recommended Action
I move that Council approve the revised FY24 Salary Plan Job Class Order schedule as shown in Attachment A.
County Manager's Recommendation
The County Manager recommends that Council approve the revised FY24 Salary Plan Job Class Order as requested.
Body
Staff is requesting that Council approve the revised FY24 Salary Plan. The FY24 Salary Plan Job Class Order reflects Council's approved FY24 budget. The FY24 Salary Plan Job Class Order document represents the County's job titles and salary grades arranged by Job Classes/Families, to include the minimum, midpoint and maximum of the grade, and the Fair Labor Standard Act (FLSA) designation of Exempt (EX) or Non-Exempt (NE) for each position (Attachment A).
The County Charter, County Code and the Personnel Rules and Regulations provide the basic framework through which the job classification and compensation system is maintained and administered. The establishment of new job classes and the abolishment of existing classes are subject to approval by Council.
Compensation Philosophy:
The purpose of Los Alamos County's compensation philosophy is to define a competitive, total compensation approach that enables us to achieve our overall mission, vision and goals. The County is committed to providing a compensation program that is market competitive, which provides a good balance between compensation, benefits and rewards, and enables us to recruit, retain and reward a high performing and motivated workforce that supports our commitment to serve our citizens.
In developing a salary plan, the County takes into account both the external market value of benchmarked jobs and the internal value of non-benchmarked jobs with an overall structure of job families. Drilling down further regarding market competitiveness, the County considers peer employers of similar size, providing like services, and in comparable industries. Different geographic...
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