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Adopt a Resolution to:
a. Amend Personnel Policies and Practices Resolution (PPPR) No. 98-394 Appendix A to adjust the base wage salary ranges of the Licensed Vocational Nurse and Public Health Licensed Vocational Nurse classifications as indicated in Attachment A;
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 adopts a Resolution to:
a. Amend Personnel Policies and Practices Resolution (PPPR) No. 98-394 Appendix A to adjust the base wage salary ranges of the Licensed Vocational Nurse and Public Health Licensed Vocational Nurse classifications as indicated in Attachment A;
b. Direct the Human Resources Department to implement the changes in the Advantage HRM system.
SUMMARY/DISCUSSION:
A base wage compensation study of the Licensed Vocational Nurse classification was requested by Natividad citing qualified applicants' unwillingness to accept offers of employment with our current salary range and no record of a salary study in the last twenty (20) years. For these reasons, the base wage compensation study was approved by the Human Resources Department. It was found that the Monterey County classification system also includes the Public Health Licensed Vocational Nurse classification which has historically been tied to the Licensed Vocational Nurse classification. As a result of this finding, the Human Resources Department included the Public Health Licensed Vocational Nurse in this base wage compensation study.
The base wage analysis of the County comparable agencies found that based on the duties performed, the benchmark classification of Licensed Vocational Nurse was matched to five (5) of the nine (9) comparable agencies and its salary was found to be approximately 11.84% below the salary mean of the comparable agency classifications.
The job duties performed by the Public Health Licensed Vocational Nurse classification was matched t...
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