4.4. SR 01-19-1999
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Item # 4 . 4
MEMORANDUM
TO:
FROM:
Mayor & City Council \.
Lori Johnson, Finance Director ~~
DATE:
January 19, 1999
SUBJECT: Pay Equity Compliance Report
Every three years, each local government jurisdiction is required to report its
pay data to the Minnesota Department of Employee Relations in order to
determine its compliance with the 1984 Local Government Pay Equity Act.
The city has been in compliance in the past and, based on the report for
December 31, 1998, the city should again be in compliance with the Act.
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A copy of the compliance and implementation reports are attached for your
review. In order to be in compliance, the underpayment ratio must be in
excess of 80 percent. Hit is not, the T-test results must be met. The city's
underpayment ratio is 87.1%. Therefore, based on the information as
presented, the city is in compliance with the Pay Equity Act. The
Department of Employee Relations will review the information as presented
and notify the city of the results of their review.
Action Reauested
The City Council is asked to approve the pay equity implementation and
compliance reports so that they can be submitted before the January 31,
1999, deadline.
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13065 Orono Parkway · P.O. Box 490 · Elk River, MN 55330. TDD & Phone: (612) 441-7420 . Fax: (612) 441-7425
Jurisdiction: City of Elk River
Contact: Lori Johnson
Date: January 8, 1999
Phone: 612 441-7420
COM P L I A N C ERE P 0 R T
4Ithe statistical analysis, salary range and exceptional service pay test
results are shown below. Part I is general information from your Pay
Equity Report data. Parts II, III, and IV give you the test results.
For more detail on each test, refer to the guidebook.
I. GENERAL JOB CLASS INFORMATION
Male Female Balanced All Job
Classes Classes Classes Classes
# Job Classes 31 15 2 48
# Employees 57 22 14 93
Avg. Max Monthly
Pay per Employee 3,671.22 2,943.49 3,322.63
II. STATISTICAL ANALYSIS TEST
A. UNDERPAYMENT RATIO = 87.1* Male Female
Classes Classes
a. # at or above Predicted Pay 13 5
b. # Below Predicted Pay 18 10
c. TOTAL 31 15
. d. % Below Predicted Pay 58.06 66.67
(b divided by c = d)
*(Result is % of male classes below predicted pay divided by % of
female classes below predicted pay.)
B. T-TEST RESULTS
Degrees of Freedom (DF) =
77
Value of T =
1.188
a. Avg. diff. in pay from predicted pay for male jobs = $ -2
b. Avg. diff. in pay from predicted pay for female jObs = $ -48
III. SALARY RANGE TEST = 88.92% (Result is A divided by B)
A. Avg. # of years to max salary for male jobs = 10.43
B. Avg. # of years to max salary for female jobs = 11.73
IV.
EXCEPTIONAL SERVICE PAY TEST =
0.00%
(Result is B divided by A)
A. % of male classes receiving ESP
B. % of female classes receiving ESP
0.00*
0.00
. * (If 20% or less, test result will be 0.00)
Version 3.0 (1993)
Pay Equity Implementation Report
Send completed report to:
Pay Equity Coordinator
. Department of Employee Relations
200 Centennial Building
658 Cedar Street
S1. Paul, MN 55155-1603 (651) 296-2653 (Voice)
(651) 297-2003 (TOO)
For Department Use Only
Postmark Date of Report
Jurisdiction 10 Number
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t::2 Contact Person I Phone
II LORI JOHNSON (612 ) 441-7420
D.
o The job evaluation system used measured skill, effort, " No salary ranges/performance differences.
responsibility and working conditions and the same
system was used for all classes of employees. Cl Check here if both of the following apply; otherwise, leave
Check the system used: . blank.
Cl State Job Match a. Jurisdiction does not have a salary range for any job
class.
Cl Designed Own (specify) b. Upon request, jurisdiction will supply documentation
showing that inequities between male and female
c Qa classes are due to performance differences.
0 Consultant's System (specify)
- Note: Do not include any documentation regarding
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II performance with this form.
e,) Cl Other (specify)
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Oi: o An official notice has been posted at
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8 Health insurance benefits for male and female classes EMPLOYEE BULLETIN BOARD AT CITY HALL
Ou of comparable value have been evaluated and: (prominent location) .
e il There is no difference and female classes are not informing employees that the Pay Equity Implementation
0 Report has been filed and is available to employees upon
Iii at a disadvantage. request. A copy of the notice has been sent to each exclusive
1:: [J There is a difference and the maximum salaries representative, if any, and also to the public library. The report
C reported include the monthly amount paid by the was approved by:
a., ELK RIVER CITY COUNCIL
employer for health insurance. (goveming body)
o Information in this report is complete and accurate. STEPHANIE KLINZING
(chief elected official. print)
o The report includes all classes of employees over
which the jurisdiction has final budgetary approval wh~fe~c~doff~ml.s~narur~
authority. MAYOR JANUARI-'19~' . 1999 .. .
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c 0 $ 3.537 . 843 is the annual payroll for the calendar year just ended December 31.
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, Jurisdiction Name: CITY OF ELK RIVER
NOTICE
1999 Pay Equity Report
This jurisdiction is submitting a pay equity implementation report to the Minnesota
Department of Employee Relations as required by the Local Government Pay Equity Act,
Minnesota Statutes 471.991 to 471.999. The report must be submitted to the department
by January 31, 1999.
The report is public data under the Minnesota Government Data Practices Act, Minnesota
Statutes, Chapter 13. That means that the report is available to anyone requesting this
information.
This notice is being sent to all exclusive representatives (if any) in this jurisdiction. In
addition, this notice must remain posted in a prominent location for at least 90 days from
the date the report was submitted.
For more information about this jurisdiction's pay equity program, or to request a copy of
the implementation report, please contact:
PATRICK KLAERS. CITY ADMINISTRATOR
13065 ORONO PARKWAY, ELK RIVER, MN
(612) 441-7420
(local contact person's name, address, telephone)
For more information about the state pay equity law, you may contact:
Pay Equity Coordinator
Minnesota Department of Employee Relations
Second Floor, Centennial Office Building
658 Cedar Street
St. Paul, MN 55155-1603
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