Title
Resolution amending Lake County Compensation Program Procedures Policy 5.11, Section 10B, Demotion as a Result of Performance, Voluntary Request of the Employee or Reduction in Work Force and add the new Section 6D, Offers above the Midpoint for Professional and Management Employees.
Staff Summary
* The current policy requires employee demoted because of performance, voluntary request or reduction in workforce to move to the same relative position in the new (lower) pay range as the old (higher) pay range. On average, the reductions are approximately $20,000 annually and can create internal equity issues.
* It is recommended that the policy be amended in the following ways:
o Employee wages be decreased by a minimum of five percent, the same amount as the promotional increase or reduced to the maximum of the range (only if the employee's wages are above the maximum of the new lower pay range) for demotions due to performance related issues;
o Employee wages remain the same, be reduced to an amount that maintains internal equity or be reduced to the maximum of the new (lower) pay range, if the employee voluntarily accepts a position classified in a lower pay grade, a demotion occurs because of a lay-off or if the employee voluntarily accepts a position in a lower pay grade; and
o The County Administrator shall have the discretion to offer newly hired employees holding positions classified in pay grades nine and above annual base salaries up to the 75-percentile of the respective pay range.
Body
RESOLUTION
WHEREAS, the County of Lake, adopted Policy 5.11 Compensation Program that includes procedures to set salaries for demoted employees and newly hired employees above the midpoint of pay ranges; and
WHEREAS, Section 10B, Demotion as a Result of Performance, Voluntary Request of the Employee, will be amended so that the County of Lake will no longer require employees demoted because of performance, voluntary request or reduction in workforce to mov...
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