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Human Resources Department recommending the Board adopt and authorize the Chair to sign Resolution 137-2023 updating the Board’s Compensation Philosophy for County employees. (Cont. 9/12/2023, Item 8)
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DISCUSSION / BACKGROUND
In June 2016, the County engaged Koff and Associates (K&A) for the provision of professional services to design, conduct, and assist in recommending an implementation approach of a classification and compensation study for County positions. The County’s desired outcome of the study was to develop an equitable, consistent, and competitive classification and compensation plan that allowed for the attraction and retention of qualified individuals and opportunities for professional growth and development within an appropriate salary structure.
Subsequently, the Board of Supervisors adopted a Compensation Philosophy (Resolution 147-2017, adopted September 26, 2017), with the long-term goal of developing and maintaining a competitive and fiscally responsible pay and benefits structure. As part of its study, K&A recommended twelve comparator agencies, including the counties of Butte, Merced, Napa, Nevada, Placer, Sacramento, Shasta, Solano, Sutter, Tuolumne, Yolo, and the State of California. Comparator agencies are determined based on a number of factors, including:
· organization type and structure, specifically those of a similar size and providing similar services as the County;
· similarity of population, staff, and operation budgets; and,
· labor market and geographic location, where the County may be recruiting from or losing employees to.
In consideration of these factors, and as a result of feedback and concerns presented by our department and labor stakeholders, the County ultimately reduced our comparator market down to a group of nine, memorialized in the Compensation Philosophy, to include the counties of Butte, Napa, Nevada, Placer, Sacramento, Solano, Sutter, Yolo, and the State of California.
Since 20...
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