<div dir="ltr">Hi Doug, <div><br></div><div>In Wyoming, the <a href="https://protect-us.mimecast.com/s/kE7oCBBmX6CPl1jKCz2ATO?domain=drive.google.com">Compensation Policy </a> allows for hiring between the minimum and MPP depending on the applicant's qualifications and the position/agency's funding availability. The hiring rate between min and MPP lies with the agency leadership, fiscal, and HR. If they wish to bring in a highly qualified applicant over MPP (like we typically do for our Psychiatrists at the State Hospital), the agency creates a proposal that is then reviewed and approved by the Human Resources Administrator. While we do have pay grades for positions, we do not have steps. </div><div><br></div><div>Please let me know if you have any questions! </div><div><br></div><div>Meghan </div><div><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sun, Feb 27, 2022 at 5:53 PM Pine, Doug <<a href="mailto:Doug.Pine@vermont.gov">Doug.Pine@vermont.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"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Lato,sans-serif">A policy/procedural question instead of a salary survey for a change.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Lato,sans-serif">We're interested in how you set the salary for a new hire. Of course, that sounds simple but we run a very much legacy classification/compensation system (we're working on it!)
We have a single pay chart and new hires come in at step 1 of the pay grade to which the job is assigned. We do have a “<a href="https://protect-us.mimecast.com/s/SbHYCDkoZ8UjO1qAc5up34?domain=humanresources.vermont.gov" target="_blank">hire
into range” policy</a> that allows us to bring someone in at a step higher than 1 if the hiring department can meet the criteria within the hire into range policy, which is very old.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Lato,sans-serif">I poked around and found some policies that are similar and again they are mostly with systems that have traditional grade and step pay charts.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Lato,sans-serif">What is becoming increasingly apparent is that we have disparities. So applicants who know about this policy may negotiate for a hire into range and those who don't know about
it assume that the starting rate that we publish is “the number.” It has been suggested by our legal folks that some groups may be less likely because of cultural norms to negotiate or advocate for themselves. Some of our hiring managers don't disclose that
there's even an option while others do. So we're trying to look at this from an equity standpoint.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Lato,sans-serif">Also in our current labor market it simply makes no sense to bring someone in with a significant amount of experience at the beginning of the range.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Lato,sans-serif">So what is your policy on establishing the rate for a new hire? Is there flexibility and if so how is that administered? Or is it similar to the process that we have which is
to assume hire at step 1 (or the minimum of the range) and anything above that is an exception that requires higher approval. Have other people dealt with the equity issue?<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Lato,sans-serif">Thanks,
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