PROPOSED SALARY GOALS
FOR CLASSIFIED STAFF

Classified:

• Hire in at no less than 15% below policy (currently the difference between minimum and policy is 18%; between policy and maximum is 25%)  Entry level salary would be no less than 15% below and no more than 10% below policy DOQ except in extenuating circumstances.
   
• Within 5 years, assuming satisfactory performance, be at policy.
   

• Within 10-15 years in the same classification, assuming satisfactory performance, be at 15% above policy (which is currently 10% below the maximum)
  
  State Pay Scale

Issues Addressed Through This Plan

Compression:

By ensuring that good performers move to and beyond the median/policy, we alleviate some of the compression problem. 

State guidelines to address long term employees:

Last year the state salary guidelines called for a focus on employees with five or more years of service who were not yet at policy.  Because we had not really considered longevity in past salary allocation plans, we were only able to address people with 10 or more years of service.  An ongoing, concerted effort to concentrate on this would allow us to maintain a reasonable connection between service and salary.

Payline adjustments and automatic increases:

This plan would hire classified at no less than 15% below policy, and the minimum is 18% below policy.  By hiring at a rate slightly higher than the “bottom”, we are not affected as greatly by a pay line shift.  This of course, affords us the opportunity to distribute our own salary allocation plan without “interference” from state mandates.

Consistency between classes:

Salary plans of each class of employees would be administered similarly.  Each group has a median or midpoint and a salary range around that midpoint. 

While the benchmarks will of course be different, the concept is the same for each group.

Longevity is currently not recognized:

While longevity in and of itself is not sufficient reason for a salary increase, years of dedicated service by meritorious performers should have some impact on salary.