The Town of South Berwick shall provide a Position
Classification and Pay Plan, which shall provide the basis of compensation
for persons employed by the Town government and ensure that the compensation
system is consistent, understandable, and fair. It shall be the responsibility
of the Town Council to approve and adopt the Position Classification
and Pay Plan and decide within the annual budget process what aggregate
moneys are to be allocated for employee salaries and the responsibility
of the Town Manager to implement and administer the Position Classification
and Pay Plan, including the assigning of positions to the appropriate
classifications, pay grades, and pay steps. The Position Classification
and Pay Plan and its respective revisions shall be included as an
appendix to this policy.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: The Position Classification
and Pay Plan is on file in the Town offices.
Compensation shall take into consideration the
relative difficulty and responsibility existing between various classes
and the prevailing pay for similar types of work in the relevant public
and private labor market.
The Town Manager shall maintain an inventory
of the positions in the Town government by classification. These positions
shall be organized so that groups or classes of positions having similar
functional characteristics have the same or similar classifications.
The Pay Plan shall provide a schedule of minimum-maximum
salary ranges for each job classification. The Pay Plan shall be prepared
and periodically revised in light of labor market realities.
A.
The Pay Plan shall be adjusted annually on July 1
to reflect a cost-of-living change. The cost-of-living percentage
shall be based on the previous 12 months' United States consumer price
index measured from January 1 to December 31 of the prior year as
calculated by the Maine Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Standards.
B.
Probationary employees shall be paid at a rate lower
than the minimum rate applicable to the position classification for
which they are hired. These rates are listed under the column headed
"probationary rates" in the Pay Plan. The Town Manager may make exceptions
on all starting or probationary salaries for an applicant with unusual
experience or education.
C.
In order to provide motivation to employees to improve
performance and to reward employees for their performance, pay raises
and step increases shall be based solely on performance. The Town
Manager shall have the authority to implement and administer the Merit
Pay Plan. A Merit Pay Plan and revisions shall be included as an appendix
to this policy.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: The Merit Pay Plan is on file
in the Town offices.
Regardless of job classification, all employees
are required to perform all job assignments made by their supervisors
or the Town Manager.
