Responsibility for Managing the Plan
Human Resources Responsibilities
- Administering and interpreting compensation philosophy and policies
- Reviewing all pay adjustments based on external market studies and internal equity
- Monitoring and evaluating compensation administration practices to ensure adherence to federal and state laws/regulations and the Staff Compensation Program
- Partnering with managers and supervisors to provide information and training to employees
- Recommending starting salaries in consultation with the hiring department
Supervisor Responsibilities
- Consulting with Human Resources in the planning stages of organizational changes that have the potential to impact classification and/or compensation of current employees
- Partnering with Human Resources to provide information and training for employees concerning the Staff Compensation Program
- Regularly reviewing staff job descriptions
- Completing at least two periodic performance check-ins annually
- Ensuring that pay action requests can be supported by adequate funding and with approval of the vice president for finance
- Recommending starting salary in consultation with Human Resources and providing appropriate justification for other related costs such as moving, relocation, or other special terms of employment
- Recommending pay actions to senior management
- Gathering and retaining information to support pay actions
Employee Responsibilities
- Participating in training regarding compensation and the pay grade structure to acquire a general knowledge of compensation administration
- Notifying their supervisor of significant changes to position duties if the supervisor is not already aware of these changes and participating in the review of the job description