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Commissioners direct HR to review pay chart and consider merit options for employees at top of grade
Summary
Court instructed Human Resources to review hiring practice of bringing new hires in at 15% above the minimum of pay grades and to return in about a month with recommendations; discussion also covered allowing merit increases for employees who have reached grade maximums.
Williamson County Commissioners Court voted July 15 to direct Human Resources to analyze the county pay charts and hiring practice that commonly brings new hires in at 15% above the minimum of a pay grade, a practice several commissioners said may compress pay ranges.
Commissioner Long explained the issue as a policy question: when most hires start 15% above the published minimum, the…
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