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Adopt Resolution to:
a. Amend Personnel Policies and Practices Resolution No. 98-394 and Appendix A to adjust the salary ranges of the Supervising Clinic Nurse, Supervising Nurse I, Supervising Nurse II and Supervising Public Health Nurse classifications as indicated in Attachment A; and
b. Direct the Human Resources Department to implement the changes in the Advantage HRM System.
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RECOMMENDATION:
It is recommended that the Board of Supervisors adopt a Resolution to:
a. Amend Personnel Policies and Practices Resolution No. 98-394 and Appendix A to adjust the salary ranges of the Supervising Clinic Nurse, Supervising Nurse I, Supervising Nurse II, and Supervising Public Health Nurse classifications as indicated in Attachment A; and
b. Direct the Human Resources Department to implement the changes in the Advantage HRM System.
SUMMARY/DISCUSSION:
The Human Resources Department recently completed contract negotiations with the California Nurses Association (CNA) which represent nursing classifications that are not supervisory. The nursing classifications received a 6% base wage increase and the implementation of the base wage increase for the nursing classifications has created a compaction concern with the supervising nursing classifications. The supervising nursing classifications are represented by Service Employee International Union (SEIU) Local 521which received a 2.5% base wage increase as part of their contract negotiations.
These compaction concerns tend to surface every time the nurses negotiate a new contract. To address these concerns in past the Board of Supervisors has authorized a base wage increase for the supervising nursing classifications equal to the difference between what was negotiated by SEIU Local 521 and the nursing classifications in order to maintain the current salary spread.
Therefore, it is requested that the Board of Supervisors authorized 3.5% increase to the salary ranges of the supervising nursing classification...
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