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FY2024 Classification & Pay Plan PAY PLAN PHILOSOPHY Under the direction of the City Manager, the Director of Human Resource Management is responsible for the daily administration of the city's Classification and Pay Plan. Through the pay plan philosophy and established policies governing our Classification and Pay Plan, it is our goal to accomplish the following- • Maintain a pay plan that is equitable in a competitive market. • Recognize and reward employee initiative and achievements. • Provide opportunities that integrate compensation with the city's short and long - term performance management goals; and • Allow the city to attract, develop, retain and motivate a talented workforce critical to our success yet, consistent with our vision for quality of life. Our compensation system is market based and shall be defined in reference to salaries paid in the following Hampton Roads cities: Chesapeake, Hampton, Newport News, Norfolk, Suffolk and Virginia Beach PAY PLAN ADMINISTRATION The City Manager may authorize variations in the application of this section and may make adjustments and modifications as needed. The grades assigned to the job classifications in the salary schedules designate the salary range for each position with due respect to (1) the salary ranges for other classes, (2) the relative difficulty, responsibility, and characteristic duties of positions in the class, (3) the minimum qualifications required, (4) the prevailing rate paid for similar employment outside the city, and (5) any other factors that may properly be considered to have a bearing upon the equity or adequacy of the range The Salary Schedule for General Positions shall contain a minimum, midpoint and maximum annual salary. The Salary Schedule for Sworn Fire and Police Positions shall contain a series of Public Safety (PS) grades by job title and include a minimum and maximum annual salary. a The city's Classification and Pay Plan provides a system of classes used to ensure that positions similar in duties and responsibilities are grouped together. b Job families, group jobs, which involve work of the same very broad nature or purpose yet require varying levels of skill and responsibility. A job may only reside in one career family; however, jobs in the same job family may reside in the same department or in different departments Page 1