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Fort Lauderdale HR seeks $125,000 for pay study, proposes FMLA, training and retirement staffing changes

3255345 · May 9, 2025
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Human Resources presented decision packages to the Budget Advisory Board asking for a $125,000 classification-and-compensation study and adjustments to FMLA, training and retirement-support staffing to address recruiting, internal equity and workload created by new benefits and systems.

Human Resources presented its FY decision packages to the Fort Lauderdale Budget Advisory Board, asking for a $125,000 classification-and-compensation study and a set of staffing changes intended to address recruiting, pay equity and expanded benefits administration.

The request matters because HR leaders told the board the city’s last comprehensive comp study was done in 2017 and implemented in 2018, leaving pay data eight years old and contributing to hiring above range midpoints and internal equity pressure. HR asked the board to consider converting a three-quarter Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) administrator to full time, moving training functions to contracted professional services while eliminating one training specialist FTE, and adding a part-time retirement specialist to improve timeliness and compliance with state retirement rules.

Jerome (Human…

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