The objectives behind the City's compensation program are to —
- Maintain internal equity by objectively evaluating jobs to assure that
a position's responsibilities are valued fairly as compared to others
within the organization.
- Ensure external competitiveness by developing and
maintaining compensation levels that reflect current market rates of
pay.
- Promote a pay-for-performance philosophy by providing incremental
pay increases that distinguish between levels of performance.
- Ensure
that compensation actions comply with federal, state and local legal
requirements.
- Provide employees with information on the compensation process,
the overall pay structure and market target pay or step rate
pay for each
job.
- Provide flexibility so the system remains responsive to changes in the marketplace, the organization and the economic conditions within our industry.