Evergreen was hired by the Prince Edward County Public Schools (PECPS) to conduct a Compensation Study. Evergreen will examine external equity by comparing the salaries of staff and teachers of PECPS against market peers in order to assist the division in be able to better retain and recruit a talented workforce.
Woodlands Water, TX: Compensation Study
Evergreen was hired by the Woodlands Water to conduct a Compensation Study. Evergreen will complete an assessment of current conditions; conduct an external labor market salary survey; and produce a new pay plan that best meets the needs of Woodlands Water from an external equity standpoint. Evergreen will also develop recommendations for a maintenance program and finalize and present recommendations.
Charlotte County Public Schools, FL: Compensation Study
Evergreen was hired by the Charlotte County Public Schools to conduct a Compensation Study. Evergreen will perform the following tasks: conduct an internal comprehensive job evaluation and external comparison for all applicable positions; identify compression areas and recommend resolution strategies; provide recommendations for compensation structures/rules to maintain market competitiveness and prevent future compression; provide an analysis of each position/job description; provide recommendations for compensating employees with additional educational degrees, licenses, or certifications in appropriate areas; and recommendations for all positions that are found to be below or above the assigned salary grade.
City of Jacksonville Beach, FL: Pay and Classification Study
Evergreen was hired by the City of Jacksonville Beach to conduct a Pay and Classification Study. Evergreen will perform the following tasks: conduct a comprehensive survey of public and private labor markets; conduct a pay compression analysis for all positions; recommend the assignment of each classification to a pay grade; provide appropriate adjustments to account for regional cost of living variations; recommend any additional pay incentives and supplements; and conduct a comparison of existing benefits with market data. Note: Evergreen was previously hired in 2019 to conduct a similar study.
Jefferson County, TN: Job Classification Compensation Study and Analysis
Evergreen was hired by Jefferson County to conduct a Job Classification Compensation Study and Analysis. Evergreen will conduct a comprehensive salary survey to include all relevant benchmark positions; recommend a formal pay plan; and develop an implementation plan. Evergreen will also examine current job classifications and the provisions of applicable law, regulations, and procedures governing the job classifications; finalize job class specifications and recommend appropriate classifications for each employee; establish career ladders/promotional opportunities for each classification; and prepare and present a report of findings and recommendations, including a discussion of methods, techniques, and data used to develop the classification and compensation plan.
City of Beaumont, CA: Classification and Compensation Study / Organizational and Operational Review
Evergreen was hired by City of Beaumont to conduct a Classification and Compensation Study and an Organizational and Operational Review. The objectives of the study are to: ensure positions performing similar work with essentially the same level of complexity, responsibility, and knowledge, skills, and abilities are classified together; provide salaries commensurate with assigned duties; clearly outline promotional opportunities and provide recognizable compensation growth; and provide justifiable pay differential between individual job classes.
Evergreen will also conduct an examination of the City’s organizational structure and functions; review of the existing organizational structure and identification of gaps designs, and staffing levels; and propose options for a new organizational structure and recommendations regarding staffing levels, workload and span of control.
Brushy Creek Municipal Utility District, TX: Classification, Total Compensation and Benefits Study
Evergreen was hired by the Brushy Creek Municipal Utility District to conduct a Classification, Total Compensation and Benefits Study. Evergreen will perform the following tasks: analyze pay structures, salary ranges, performance-based incentives and benefits; ensure job titles and descriptions match across organizations to compare similar roles; evaluate current market trends, including demand for specific skills and economic conditions; and create and develop a salary comparison and benefit matrix.
Interurban Transit Partnership, MI: Compensation Study
Evergreen was hired by the Interurban Transit Partnership (ITP) to conduct a Compensation Study. Evergreen will perform a review of ITP’s positions and current compensation to market benchmarks and review and make recommendations to redesign their current pay grade and market salary schedule. Evergreen will recommend an equitable process for handling promotions from grade to grade and review and recommend opportunities for improvement of ITP’s performance management system.
Tri-County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (TriMet): Compensation Study
Evergreen Solutions was engaged with the Tri-County Metropolitan Transportation District of Oregon (TriMet) to conduct a Compensation Study. Evergreen’s consultants reviewed of the current job classification placement within the grade structure as well as an opinion on the competitiveness and appropriateness of TriMet’s market position as defined by the grade structure used at TriMet compared to others. Evergreen also reviewed the 2018 Predictive Compensation Model (PCM) model adopted by TriMet to determine whether there were other options to establish a model which complied with the law, yet provided more flexibility and embedded performance into the model. In the end, Evergreen provided a final report that covered the following: a review of market comparison for current job classifications and grade placement within the grade structure; a recommendation on the grade structure used at TriMet compared to other organizations; recommendations for changes to the PCM that instilled some flexibility into the salary placement process, while continuing to be legally compliant with the Pay Equity Law; and an evaluation of market comparisons and cost of increasing the target to the 60th or 70th percentile.
Northern Arizona Intergovernmental Public Transportation Authority, AZ: Performance Evaluation Study
Evergreen Solutions was again engaged with the Northern Arizona Intergovernmental Public Transportation Authority (NAIPTA) to conduct a Performance Evaluation Study. Evergreen performed the following major tasks: created objective performance factors that applied to different sectors of the work force; devised a consistent scoring system that accounted for objective differentiation of employee performance levels; designed compensation parameters associated with performance evaluation scoring system; documented compensation implementation system associated with performance evaluation instruments and scoring; validated the program with a subset of employees; and created a new vision for what performance evaluation could be at NAIPTA.