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State HR requests $1.575 million to modernize job classification and pay system
Summary
The Department of Human Resources requested $1,575,000 for a consultant and preparatory work to replace an unsupported point-factor job evaluation tool, reduce an oversized set of job classes and design a modern compensation system; the Appropriations Committee asked questions but took no vote.
The Department of Human Resources asked the House Appropriations Committee for $1,575,000 to design and prepare implementation of a modern classification and compensation system for state employees.
Commissioner Beth Fastygy told the committee the state’s current job-evaluation tool, the Willis point-factor system (in place since the 1980s), is unsupported and outdated and said, “we can't afford to fall any further behind.” She said the department has a preferred vendor from a recent RFP and that the requested funds would be used to hire consulting and project-design services and to plan software and implementation work.
Why it matters: Fastygy said the outdated system produces too many job classes, unpredictable budgetary impacts from on-demand reclassification requests, and apparent…
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