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Board to consider pay-grade changes, market adjustments and handbook edits at June meeting
Summary
District HR presented a five-year labor market review and options for hourly pay adjustments; the board asked administrators to bring a decision to the June meeting, with several members urging prompt action for hourly employees.
The Eau Claire Area School District presented a labor market review and proposed employee handbook clarifications to the Board of Education and asked the Board to reserve the items for action at its June meeting.
Executive Director Gold outlined a multi-pronged approach to salary review — cost-of-living adjustments tied to the Consumer Price Index (CPI), market adjustments from an external audit, level movement on pay schedules, and internal-audit checks on how new hires are placed on scales. Gold told the Board the most recent CPI figure used in the analysis was 3.4%.
Gold said the district contracts with an external firm (identified in the presentation as CBIS) to compare job descriptions and pay grades with market peers and to recommend reclassifications. That consultant’s recommendations flagged multiple positions the firm proposed moving “up one grade level.” Gold presented three administrative…
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