To determine whether a job class is allocated to the appropriate pay grade, Human Resources conducts market pay studies and regrade review requests. Requests for regrades are submitted in conjunction with each department’s budget submission. The review may result in a class retaining its present pay grade assignment or being assigned a higher or lower pay grade, subject to approval by management.
The process of determining the appropriate grade for each class includes, but is not limited to, a review of prevailing pay rates for comparable jobs with other public and private employers in the appropriate job market area, internal alignment with closely related classes, and/or recruitment and retention difficulties. A regrade action affects all company positions assigned to the job class being regraded.