Comparable Worth Review Committee (J)

Charge

Address the following issues:
1. Incorporation of comparable worth policy into state agencies exempt or partially exempt from the state merit system.
2. Establishment of a single pay plan for state merit employees in lieu of the seven existing pay plans.
3. Implementation of the comparable worth adjustments to bring all job titles below their comparable worth pay grade up to that pay grade.
4. Implementation of other adjustments to the pay grade positions of job titles that are needed to avoid compaction in job series or otherwise correct internal discrepancies within job series.
5. Implementation of a system to handle overvalued jobs by red circling or another method. Another issue to be addressed is the pay status of new employees hired to these jobs.
6. Implementation of recommendations to combine job titles.
7. Implementation of procedures for maintaining a comparable worth factor determination system for job evaluation and the assignment of factor scores for new job titles.