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EXPLANATION: Provide for a study of the state employee salaries and pay bands.
Amend the bill, as and if amended, Part IB, Section 93,
DEPARTMENT OF ADMINISTRATION, page 499, after line 4, by adding
an appropriately numbered paragraph to read:
/ (DOA: Classification and Compensation System Study) (A)
The Department of Administration, Human Resources Division
shall issue an RFP to conduct an in-depth study of the state's
classification and compensation system. The vendor must have
experience with a state's compensation system. The study shall
include, but not be limited to:
(1)
Methods used to develop and determine position
classifications;
(2)
Methods used to set pay grade minimum, midpoint,
and maximum;
(3)
Appropriate market comparisons;
(4)
Methods to minimize salary inequities within an
agency and within state government;
(5)
Methods of developing and sustaining a consistent
long-term salary increase administrative policy for state
government;
(6)
Recruitment and retention tools;
(7)
A process to address longevity pay deficits that
currently exist; and
(8)
A state compensation philosophy statement.
The study should also include
interviews with agency heads and human resource staff from state
agencies of various sizes.
The cost of the study shall not
exceed $300,000.
The findings of the study along with
an implementation plan outlining the steps, sequences, and costs
for implementing study recommendations and findings shall be
submitted by January 4, 2016 to the Classification and
Compensation System Study Committee as defined herein.
(B) There is
created the Classification and Compensation System Study
Committee which shall examine the findings and recommendations
submitted by the Department of Administration, Human Resources
Division on the state's classification and compensation system.
The committee shall be composed of
eleven members, which shall be appointed as follows: two members
appointed by the Governor; two members appointed by the
President Pro Temporary of the Senate; two members appointed by
the Speaker of the House of Representatives; two members
appointed by the Chairman of the Senate Finance Committee; two
members appointed by the Chairman of the House Ways and Means
Committee; and one member appointed by the S.C. State Employees
Association. The members shall elect a chairman at the first
meeting of the committee.
No later than six months after the
date from which a vendor contract has been signed, the committee
shall prepare and deliver a report and recommendation to the
Chairman of the Senate Finance Committee and the Chairman of the
House Ways and Means Committee.
Staff for the committee shall be
provided by the Senate Finance Committee and the House Ways and
Means Committee. Members of the study committee shall serve
without compensation for per diem, mileage, and
subsistence. /
Renumber sections to conform.
Amend totals and titles to conform.