Title
Adopt Resolution to:
a. Amend Personnel Policies and Practices Resolution (PPPR) No. 98-394 to modify Section A.1.11.2 Increases within Salary Range;
b. Direct the Human Resources Department to implement the changes.
Report
RECOMMENDATION:
It is recommended that the Board of Supervisors:
a. Amend Personnel Policies and Practices Resolution (PPPR) No. 98-394 to modify Section A.1.11.2 Increases within Salary Range;
b. Direct the Human Resources Department to implement the changes.
SUMMARY/DISCUSSION:
The Human Resources Department recommends the Board consider amending the Personnel Policies and Practices Resolution (PPPR) No 98.394 Section A.1.11.2 Increases within Salary Range to add language to authorize an Appointing Authority during the first twelve (12) months of continuous service, the ability to provide a step advancement for Unit Y employees who are placed initially at step one (1) or two (2) of the salary range.
Per PPPR Section A.4.1 Eligibility for Step Advancements, an Appointing Authority may grant advancement to any higher step in the salary range during an employee's initial probationary period in that class. In determining the appropriateness of advancing a probationary employee above the initial step, the appointing authority should consider the criteria used for determining initial step placement such as: credit for experience, difficulty of recruitment, unusual qualifications, reduction in pay, employment negotiation, and employee retention. This provision does not apply to Unit Y employees and limits the Appointing Authority the latitude to grant a step advance to steps two or three of the salary range in a similar fashion as other County employees. The same criteria will be used when determining if an advanced step during the first twelve months of employment is appropriate
Amending Section A.1.11.2 Increases within Salary Range would standardize the step advancement for executive staff with the rest of County employees who are a...
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