Common use of Compensation Survey Clause in Contracts

Compensation Survey. The District will retain a third party consultant to perform a compensation survey designed to compare the wage rates and benefits (i.e. total compensation) paid by the District to its employees represented by the Union with wage rates and benefits paid by reasonably comparable irrigation districts or similar agencies - that operate under similar circumstances as the District - for the same or comparable work. The District will consider input from the Union as to proposed comparable agencies and why the Union believes they are comparable. The final decision as to which agencies will be deemed comparable will be made by the District with input from the consultant. The District will require that the survey be completed no later than six (6) months prior to the expiration of this MOU. The results of the survey will be communicated to the Union. It is understood and agreed that the survey results will be considered by the parties in negotiations for a new MOU, but any changes to wage rates or benefits will be the result of negotiations between the parties, and will not be dictated by the salary survey. The parties will be free to consider all pertinent factors in negotiating compensation and benefits.