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Adopt a Resolution to:
a. Amend Personnel Policies and Practices Resolution (PPPR) Appendix A to adjust the base wage salary ranges of the Psychiatric Social Worker I/II and Senior Psychiatric Social Worker classifications as indicated in Attachment A;
b. Direct the Human Resources Department to implement the changes in the Advantage HRM system.
Report
RECOMMENDATION:
It is recommended that the Board of Supervisors consider adopting a Resolution to:
a. Amend Personnel Policies and Practices Resolution (PPPR) Appendix A to adjust the base wage salary ranges of the Psychiatric Social Worker I/II and Senior Psychiatric Social Worker classifications as indicated in Attachment A;
b. Direct the Human Resources Department to implement the changes in the Advantage HRM system.
SUMMARY/DISCUSSION:
The Human Resources Department completed a base wage compensation study of the Psychiatric Social Worker classification series. The Psychiatric Social Worker classification series includes the Psychiatric Social Worker I/II and Senior Psychiatric Social Worker classifications.
The base wage analysis of the County's comparable agencies found that based on the duties performed, the benchmark classification of Psychiatric Social Worker II was matched to eight (8) of the ten (10) comparable agencies: The Counties of Alameda, Contra Costa, San Benito, San Luis Obispo, San Mateo, Santa Clara, Santa Cruz, and Sonoma. After a thorough review and analysis of available data, no comparable matches were identified at the Cities of Monterey and Salinas. The base wage salary of the Psychiatric Social Worker II classification was found to be approximately 6.59% below the salary mean of the comparable agencies' classifications. To promote the Human Resources Department's mission to make the County the employer of choice, the goal is to provide labor market competitive wages by setting base wages within five percent (5% = - 4.495% with rounding) of the average of the agencies identified...
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