 The DAS Human Resource Service Division (HRSD) has looked at new and more efficient ways of conducting its business and has identified the Classification and Compensation Initiative as a means to better describe the work performed by employees and to accurately identify the associated total compensation. The opportunity to create a new class/comp system and associated business process improvements will enable the Division to meet the needs of its stakeholders and provide accurate market comparison for compensating employees.
The state's classification system is over 20 years old. Almost 40% of the current classifications have not been reviewed since system implementation. The current classification structure filters types of work into nine broad occupational groups limiting the ability to describe work accurately and group it into the proper occupational group and job families. Additionally, the state of Oregon does not currently have a clearly articulated compensation philosophy that incorporates the components of internal equity, external equity, and balances that with the state's ability to pay. These limitations make it very difficult to perform regular and timely classification studies and to locate comparable work for compensation comparisons.
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