<div dir="ltr">Original email didn't go through due to attachment size. Report is linked <a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/17TmVw2KDV1j_h9YGDphsKQ5KN1IaYW5u/view">here</a>.<div><br clear="all"><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><b style="font-size:12.8px;color:rgb(68,68,68);font-family:"trebuchet ms",sans-serif">Brandy B. Malatesta, MPA, CCP, SHRM-CP</b><br></div><div><font color="#444444" face="trebuchet ms, sans-serif" style="font-size:12.8px"><b>Senior Manager, Compensation<br></b></font><img src="https://docs.google.com/uc?export=download&id=1a7JfX9rVFkPZFgFz2v3Owh-sj8J_y5jO&revid=0B3EBVOrCqN5dUHJoZTRsbFRlRCtyc1NsM24xS2YzYm9LbmxnPQ" style="font-size:12.72px"><br style="font-size:12.72px"><div style="color:rgb(80,0,80)"><span style="color:rgb(68,68,68);font-family:"trebuchet ms",sans-serif;font-size:12.8px">P </span><a style="color:rgb(17,85,204);font-family:"trebuchet ms",sans-serif;font-size:12.8px">303.866.5383</a><span style="color:rgb(68,68,68);font-family:"trebuchet ms",sans-serif;font-size:12.8px"> | C </span><a style="color:rgb(17,85,204);font-family:"trebuchet ms",sans-serif;font-size:12.8px">303.919.0507</a><br></div><font color="#444444" face="trebuchet ms, sans-serif" style="font-size:12.8px">1525 Sherman Street, Denver, CO 80203<br><a href="mailto:brandy.malatesta@state.co.us" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">brandy.malatesta@state.co.us</a> </font><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif"> </span><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif">|</span><font color="#444444" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"> </font><a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__dhr.colorado.gov_&d=DwMFaQ&c=sdnEM9SRGFuMt5z5w3AhsPNahmNicq64TgF1JwNR0cs&r=r-1Qto1KbmOT9IuFKjdCBe1cwNsjdWPwQASiVTuh1uU&m=OPL1RHuSgzYdRSeFYoCXT9N8yYevO3TfVARXQsqAwbs&s=09M7SNLAh31w3-4ZHHSjv2UtPgA0FBiyNG7N_vP35Tw&e=" style="color:rgb(17,85,204);font-family:arial,sans-serif" target="_blank">dhr.colorado.gov</a><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif"> | </span><a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__careers.colorado.gov_&d=DwMFaQ&c=sdnEM9SRGFuMt5z5w3AhsPNahmNicq64TgF1JwNR0cs&r=r-1Qto1KbmOT9IuFKjdCBe1cwNsjdWPwQASiVTuh1uU&m=OPL1RHuSgzYdRSeFYoCXT9N8yYevO3TfVARXQsqAwbs&s=dRn-jveEDZqpO67GYNM0MguqVYwLkz_EgCU_7y1QF2A&e=" style="color:rgb(17,85,204);font-family:arial,sans-serif" target="_blank">careers.colorado.gov</a><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif"> </span></div><div><font color="#444444" face="trebuchet ms, sans-serif" style="font-size:12.8px"></font></div><div><b><i><br></i></b></div><div><b><i>Upcoming Time Off: April 16, 2021 (12-5), April 22-23, 2021, May 28, 2021</i></b></div><div><b><i><br></i></b></div><div><b><i>DPA core values: Service | Teamwork | Integrity | Responsiveness | Transparency</i></b><font color="#525252" face="trebuchet ms"><br></font><div style="font-size:12.8px"><br></div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><br><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">---------- Forwarded message ---------<br>From: <strong class="gmail_sendername" dir="auto">Malatesta - DPA, Brandy</strong> <span dir="auto"><<a href="mailto:brandy.malatesta@state.co.us">brandy.malatesta@state.co.us</a>></span><br>Date: Mon, Apr 12, 2021 at 1:48 PM<br>Subject: Re: [NCASG] Total Comp Methods - Please Respond by 4/15/2021<br>To: Parker, Terri (OFM) <<a href="mailto:terri.parker@ofm.wa.gov">terri.parker@ofm.wa.gov</a>><br>Cc: NCASG (<a href="mailto:dhr_ncasg_survey_list@admws.idaho.gov">dhr_ncasg_survey_list@admws.idaho.gov</a>) <<a href="mailto:dhr_ncasg_survey_list@admws.idaho.gov">dhr_ncasg_survey_list@admws.idaho.gov</a>><br></div><br><br><div dir="ltr"><div>Please see responses from Colorado below:</div><br clear="all"><div><div dir="ltr" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><p class="MsoNormal">Do you have a total rewards definition? If yes, please provide. <font color="#ff0000"> Statute defines "total compensation" as including, but not limited to, salary, group benefits plans, retirement benefits, merit pay, incentives, premium pay practices, and leave.</font><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">Do you have a total rewards compensation philosophy? If yes, please provide. <font color="#ff0000">Statute states that "it is the policy of the state to provide prevailing total compensation to officers and employees in the state personnel system to ensure the recruitment, motivation, and retention of a qualified and competent workforce."</font><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">Do you consider statistics from the "Employer Costs for Employee Compensation" from the Bureau of Labor Statistics? If yes, please describe how that data is used. <font color="#ff0000">Not at this time.</font><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">If you conduct compensation surveys, do you include health care and retirement benefits? <font color="#ff0000">Yes.</font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman""> </span></span><u></u>If no, do you conduct a separate benefits survey(s)?</p><p><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">If you survey health care benefits:<u></u><u></u></p><ul type="disc" style="margin-top:0in"><li style="margin-left:0in">Do you collect health benefit premium rates? <font color="#ff0000">Yes.</font><u></u><u></u></li><li style="margin-left:0in">Do you collect the Affordable Care Act (ACA) actuarial value “metal” categories (Bronze, Silver, Gold, and Platinum)? If yes, please describe how that data is used. <font color="#ff0000">No.</font><u></u><u></u></li><li style="margin-left:0in">Please describe any other methods used to ascertain the value of health care benefits beyond the employer/employee premium rates.<u></u><u></u></li></ul><div><img src="cid:ii_knezuufq0" alt="image.png" width="457" height="227"><br></div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">If you survey retirement benefits:<u></u><u></u></p><ul type="disc" style="margin-top:0in"><li style="margin-left:0in">Do you survey employer contribution amounts for defined benefit and defined contribution plans? <font color="#ff0000">Yes.</font> <u></u><u></u></li><li style="margin-left:0in">Do you calculate the value of defined benefit plans? <font color="#ff0000"> If yes, please describe your methodology. I have attached our FY 2020-21 Annual Compensation Report that discusses the methodology for valuing the DC and DB plan.</font></li></ul><div><br></div></div><div><b style="font-size:12.8px;color:rgb(68,68,68);font-family:"trebuchet ms",sans-serif"><br></b></div><div><b style="font-size:12.8px;color:rgb(68,68,68);font-family:"trebuchet ms",sans-serif"><br></b></div><div><b style="font-size:12.8px;color:rgb(68,68,68);font-family:"trebuchet ms",sans-serif"><br></b></div><div><b style="font-size:12.8px;color:rgb(68,68,68);font-family:"trebuchet ms",sans-serif"><br></b></div><div><b style="font-size:12.8px;color:rgb(68,68,68);font-family:"trebuchet ms",sans-serif">Brandy B. Malatesta, MPA, CCP, SHRM-CP</b><br></div><div><font color="#444444" face="trebuchet ms, sans-serif" style="font-size:12.8px"><b>Senior Manager, Compensation<br></b></font><img src="https://docs.google.com/uc?export=download&id=1a7JfX9rVFkPZFgFz2v3Owh-sj8J_y5jO&revid=0B3EBVOrCqN5dUHJoZTRsbFRlRCtyc1NsM24xS2YzYm9LbmxnPQ" style="font-size:12.72px"><br style="font-size:12.72px"><div style="color:rgb(80,0,80)"><span style="color:rgb(68,68,68);font-family:"trebuchet ms",sans-serif;font-size:12.8px">P </span><a style="color:rgb(17,85,204);font-family:"trebuchet ms",sans-serif;font-size:12.8px">303.866.5383</a><span style="color:rgb(68,68,68);font-family:"trebuchet ms",sans-serif;font-size:12.8px"> | C </span><a style="color:rgb(17,85,204);font-family:"trebuchet ms",sans-serif;font-size:12.8px">303.919.0507</a><br></div><font color="#444444" face="trebuchet ms, sans-serif" style="font-size:12.8px">1525 Sherman Street, Denver, CO 80203<br><a href="mailto:brandy.malatesta@state.co.us" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">brandy.malatesta@state.co.us</a> </font><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif"> </span><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif">|</span><font color="#444444" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"> </font><a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__dhr.colorado.gov_&d=DwMFaQ&c=sdnEM9SRGFuMt5z5w3AhsPNahmNicq64TgF1JwNR0cs&r=r-1Qto1KbmOT9IuFKjdCBe1cwNsjdWPwQASiVTuh1uU&m=OPL1RHuSgzYdRSeFYoCXT9N8yYevO3TfVARXQsqAwbs&s=09M7SNLAh31w3-4ZHHSjv2UtPgA0FBiyNG7N_vP35Tw&e=" style="color:rgb(17,85,204);font-family:arial,sans-serif" target="_blank">dhr.colorado.gov</a><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif"> | </span><a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__careers.colorado.gov_&d=DwMFaQ&c=sdnEM9SRGFuMt5z5w3AhsPNahmNicq64TgF1JwNR0cs&r=r-1Qto1KbmOT9IuFKjdCBe1cwNsjdWPwQASiVTuh1uU&m=OPL1RHuSgzYdRSeFYoCXT9N8yYevO3TfVARXQsqAwbs&s=dRn-jveEDZqpO67GYNM0MguqVYwLkz_EgCU_7y1QF2A&e=" style="color:rgb(17,85,204);font-family:arial,sans-serif" target="_blank">careers.colorado.gov</a><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif"> </span></div><div><font color="#444444" face="trebuchet ms, sans-serif" style="font-size:12.8px"></font></div><div><b><i><br></i></b></div><div><b><i>Upcoming Time Off: April 16, 2021 (12-5), April 22-23, 2021, May 28, 2021</i></b></div><div><b><i><br></i></b></div><div><b><i>DPA core values: Service | Teamwork | Integrity | Responsiveness | Transparency</i></b><font color="#525252" face="trebuchet ms"><br></font><div style="font-size:12.8px"><br></div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><br><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, Apr 1, 2021 at 5:50 PM Parker, Terri (OFM) <<a href="mailto:terri.parker@ofm.wa.gov" target="_blank">terri.parker@ofm.wa.gov</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
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<p class="MsoNormal">Hi all,<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">In 2020, Washington implemented a total comp methodology that considered the employee’s value of health care and retirement benefits as opposed to a comparison of employer/employee premium costs. An explanation of those methodologies can
be found <a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__ofm.wa.gov_sites_default_files_public_shr_CompensationAndJobClasses_Salary-2520Surveys_2020TCS_2020-5FJan272020WSECR-5FMethdOvrwWeb.pdf&d=DwMFAg&c=sdnEM9SRGFuMt5z5w3AhsPNahmNicq64TgF1JwNR0cs&r=VYLS_Ng8Jdfy4NIYlZDql1W4eqi-x0hmuAYND64FY9k&m=2HZjfZh6m_PkWHTnkHkglBDTrgh9_6PbY8grWuoH6_4&s=W5NN5dQhGBm-Yz3uoP8sctN6jvG2KH4WH1zF0rXF-F8&e=" target="_blank">
here</a>. As we prepare for the 2022 survey cycle, we’d like to know what other states are doing. To that end, we would greatly appreciate your response to the following by
<b>April 15</b>. Thank you!<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Do you have a total rewards definition? If yes, please provide.<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Do you have a total rewards compensation philosophy? If yes, please provide.<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Do you consider statistics from the "Employer Costs for Employee Compensation" from the Bureau of Labor Statistics? If yes, please describe how that data is used.<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">If you conduct compensation surveys, do you include health care and retirement benefits?
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</span></span></span><u></u>If no, do you conduct a separate benefits survey(s)?<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">If you survey health care benefits:<u></u><u></u></p>
<ul style="margin-top:0in" type="disc">
<li style="margin-left:0in">Do you collect health benefit premium rates?
<u></u><u></u></li><li style="margin-left:0in">Do you collect the Affordable Care Act (ACA) actuarial value “metal” categories (Bronze, Silver, Gold, and Platinum)? If yes, please describe how that data is used.<u></u><u></u></li><li style="margin-left:0in">Please describe any other methods used to ascertain the value of health care benefits beyond the employer/employee premium rates.<u></u><u></u></li></ul>
<p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">If you survey retirement benefits:<u></u><u></u></p>
<ul style="margin-top:0in" type="disc">
<li style="margin-left:0in">Do you survey employer contribution amounts for defined benefit and defined contribution plans?
<u></u><u></u></li><li style="margin-left:0in">Do you calculate the value of defined benefit plans? If yes, please describe your methodology.<u></u><u></u></li></ul>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:rgb(31,78,121)">Terri Parker </span></b><i><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125)">(she/her/hers)<u></u><u></u></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(31,78,121)">Compensation Policy & Planning Analyst<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(31,78,121)">OFM/ State Human Resources<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125)">Cell 360-515-6299<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="mailto:terri.parker@ofm.wa.gov" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(5,99,193)">terri.parker@ofm.wa.gov</span></a><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125)"> |
</span><a href="mailto:labor.relations@ofm.wa.gov" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(5,99,193)">labor.relations@ofm.wa.gov</span></a><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125)">
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