§ 16-123. Salary policy.

(a)

The Director of Human Resources Management shall be responsible for administering and maintaining the County's Salary Plan in order to insure the recruitment and retention of qualified persons and the equitable compensation of all classified service employees.

(b)

The Director of Human Resources Management shall recommend general adjustments to all or certain salary schedules as necessary in order to maintain a reasonably competitive salary structure for the County in relation to the salary structures prevailing in the County's relevant labor market, after taking into account such factors as the County's revenue and financial projections, wage adjustment indicators, and productivity measurements.

(c)

The Director of Human Resources Management, at the request of the appointing authority, with the concurrence of the Chief Administrative Officer and the Director of Management and Budget, shall approve adjustments for current employees in order to ensure salary equity, to provide that pay for a supervisor is higher than pay for subordinate employees of the supervisor, or to ensure that compensation is aligned with the employee's relevant responsibilities, span of control, experience and education which may be above the minimum requirements of their appropriate class of work and applicable grade.

(CB-1-1976; CB-107-1985; CB-22-2000; CB-91-2003; CB-9-2018)