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Employees still waiting for results of district compensation study
Staff Council discusses the study still waiting to be presented to the board.
By William Underhill
Issue date: 6/30/08 Section: News
Originally published: 7/11/08 at 5:01 PM CSTLast update: 9/4/08 at 2:05 PM CST
During Staff Council's last meeting for the semester May 20, two questions dominated discussion of the compensation study.
How much will each staff member be paid and who will be getting a raise?
Fox Lawson and Associates, compensation and human resources specialists, were approached by the district to conduct a comprehensive classification and compensation study for all nonfaculty positions in 2007.
The district wants to apply a compression method for all employees that will increase salaries with a greater emphasis on the length of service to the district.
Presumably, this would prevent situations where new employees are paid higher salaries than their peers or supervisors.
The district's budget for total increases in payroll for the fiscal year of 2008 is $4.5 million, of which 25 percent is assumed to be included in job benefits, leaving $3.6 million as the maximum increase in payroll available.
After completing the study and analysis, Fox Lawson recommended that the district adopt a percentage compression method that would increase salaries of employees by 2.5 percent for the first eight years of service in their current position, and a 1.5 percent increase until the employee reaches 20 years.
This method would result in a salary increase for 970 employees; 64.5 percent of those employed by the district, according to the study.
In this recommendation, employees would receive a specified salary increase based on years of service in their current position.
However, because of the wording of the analysis, questions of how this plan would affect staff who have received new position titles were raised during the meeting.
Also, all employees hired after Sept. 1, 2007, are excluded from this plan.
Fox Lawson's second recommendation would provide a lump-sum longevity payment for those who have 20 or more years of service to the district. At 20 years, employees would receive a payment of 2 percent of their base salary and would progress to a maximum payment of 5 percent at 35 years.
How much will each staff member be paid and who will be getting a raise?
Fox Lawson and Associates, compensation and human resources specialists, were approached by the district to conduct a comprehensive classification and compensation study for all nonfaculty positions in 2007.
The district wants to apply a compression method for all employees that will increase salaries with a greater emphasis on the length of service to the district.
Presumably, this would prevent situations where new employees are paid higher salaries than their peers or supervisors.
The district's budget for total increases in payroll for the fiscal year of 2008 is $4.5 million, of which 25 percent is assumed to be included in job benefits, leaving $3.6 million as the maximum increase in payroll available.
After completing the study and analysis, Fox Lawson recommended that the district adopt a percentage compression method that would increase salaries of employees by 2.5 percent for the first eight years of service in their current position, and a 1.5 percent increase until the employee reaches 20 years.
This method would result in a salary increase for 970 employees; 64.5 percent of those employed by the district, according to the study.
In this recommendation, employees would receive a specified salary increase based on years of service in their current position.
However, because of the wording of the analysis, questions of how this plan would affect staff who have received new position titles were raised during the meeting.
Also, all employees hired after Sept. 1, 2007, are excluded from this plan.
Fox Lawson's second recommendation would provide a lump-sum longevity payment for those who have 20 or more years of service to the district. At 20 years, employees would receive a payment of 2 percent of their base salary and would progress to a maximum payment of 5 percent at 35 years.
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