Title
Amend Pay Ordinance (S-49802), Section 19 - Reclassification or Grade Change (Ordinance S-50569)
Description
Request City Council approval of amendments to Pay Ordinance (S-49802), Section 19 - Reclassification or Grade Change in accordance with the recommendation of Human Resources Committee 622.
Report
Summary
On Nov. 15, 2023, Council approved a change to Section 19 of the pay ordinance to clarify that if an employee received a grade or classification change that did not affect their pay rate, there would be no change to their next salary review date (i.e., merit date). That change was expected to simplify the administration of classification changes and would have no impact on employees. After further analysis, additional changes are proposed to further simplify this process.
The proposed changes to Section 19 of the pay ordinance will simplify the administration of reclassification or grade changes by avoiding continued changes to an employee’s merit date. In most cases, when an employee’s position is reclassified or the grade is changed, there will be no impact or change to their previously scheduled merit date. The exception will be in cases where an employee does not have a merit date, or if they were previously at top step, but moving to a step less than top step. In those cases, the table shown in the pay ordinance will be used to calculate the new merit date, which is based on a sliding scale of how large the percentage of increase was the employee received at the time of the reclassification or grade change.
The proposed language is included in Attachment A.
Concurrence/Previous Council Action
On Jan. 17, 2024, Human Resources Committee 622 reviewed and recommended these modifications for approval effective on March 5, 2024.
Department
Responsible Department
This item is submitted by Assistant City Manager Lori Bays and the Human Resources Department.