Author: Bogdan Ghelmegeanu

Evergreen was hired by Livingston County to conduct an Employee Compensation Study. The scope of work will consist of reviewing the County’s job specifications and organizational structure; performing a market salary survey of private and public-sector benchmarks; identifying a set of comparable municipal organizations and gathering relevant compensation and benefit data; identifying critical obstacles to public-sector recruitment strategies; including any specific challenges for the County; providing a compensation plan and salary schedule based on the market survey results; reviewing existing staff compensation to determine inequities in pay and making recommendations; completing an internal salary-relationship analysis, including the development of appropriate internal equity; reviewing the County’s benefits offerings and advising on additional recruitment and retention barriers; preparing an analysis of the financial impact of implementing any recommendations; and presenting the final report to the public and the County Board of Supervisors. 

Evergreen was hired by the City of Rochester to review the City’s Classification and Compensation System. The scope of work will consist of reviewing the current compensation philosophy, policy and system, recommending a new job evaluation system, reviewing exempt and non-exempt position designations under FLSA guidelines, performing a compression analysis to identify individual or group pay compression issues and providing potential solutions, performing system testing to assure MN Pay Equity Compliance, and presenting options and recommendations for a classification and compensation plan.

Evergreen was hired by Petersburg City Public Schools to conduct a Classification and Compensation Study. Evergreen will perform the following tasks: review the existing compensation and classification system, hold supervisor interviews and employee focus groups, develop recommendations of FLSA (exemption) status based on results of the job evaluation (JAT) review and federal requirements, conduct an external labor market salary assessment, conduct a solution analysis, develop recommendations for compensation administration, and provide revised class descriptions. 

Evergreen was retained by the Town of Mount Pleasant to conduct a Wage Study. Note: Evergreen was previously hired in 2017 to conduct a Wage and Compensation Study, Benefits Survey, and Evaluation Process.

Evergreen was retained by the City of Palm Springs to conduct a Comprehensive Classification and Compensation Study. The objectives of this study are to: attract and retain qualified employees by ensuring compensation is competitive within the market; ensure positions with similarity in complexity, responsibility, knowledge, skills, and abilities are classified together; provide salaries in proportion with assigned duties; ensure that promotional opportunities are clearly defined and provide recognizable compensation growth; offer justifiable pay differential between individual classes; maintain competitive salaries and benefits in comparison to other regional government entities; and offer recommendations as to how the City can better align its compensation system with industry best practices where applicable.

Evergreen was retained by Harford County to conduct a Classification and Compensation Study for the County’s 1,200 full-time employees. The purpose of this study is to address changes in the County’s operations and staffing. The objectives of this study are to: attract and retain qualified employees; ensure positions performing similar work with essentially the same level of complexity, responsibility, and knowledge, skills, and abilities are classified together; provide salaries matching with assigned duties; clearly outline promotional opportunities and provide recognizable compensation growth; provide justifiable pay differential between individual classes; and maintain a competitive position with other comparable government entities and private employers within the same geographic area proposed by the consultant with consideration from the County; and implement strategies to improve efficiency, streamline processes, optimize productivity.