Compensation Study Sample Clauses

Compensation Study. If there is no dispute whether the job classification accurately reflects the duties being performed by the employee(s) in the classification but the employee(s) believes that the base salary should be adjusted based on how the job classification is paid in the external market, he/she may submit a compensation study request form through his/her immediate supervisor and his/her Department Director to the Human Resources Department. A given classification covered by this MOU will be eligible to receive an equity adjustment providing that the compensation study conducted by the Human Resources Department substantiates the need for an equity adjustment to bring the salary range of that classification in line with the mean salary paid to the same classification found in comparable cities. Internal equity factors will also be taken into consideration, as deemed appropriate by the Director of Human Resources or his/her designee, when determining whether or not an equity adjustment for a given classification is warranted. The Human Resources Department will be willing to receive and evaluate any salary comparison data that the employee or bargaining unit might want to make available regarding an equity adjustment for a given classification. In the event there are no comparable positions or an insufficient number of comparable positions, as determined by the Director of Human Resources, the salary range will be based on relevant internal equity alignment factors, as determined by the Director of Human Resources or his/her designee. Should a compensation study indicate that a given job classification is currently being paid above the mean salary paid to the same classification found in comparable cities, the salary range for current incumbents in that classification will remain unchanged. Once a final decision has been made by the City Manager or designee regarding the compensation study, the Human Resources Department will provide the Department Director and the employee whose position was studied with a final decision. The Human Resources Department will then notify the affected bargaining units of the classification study and/or compensation study decisions. Equity adjustments described herein will be considered on an annual basis, either as a part of the annual budget process if no MOU negotiations should be occurring during the year in question or as a part of the MOU negotiations process should the MOU be up for negotiations. Like any other salary increase, eq...