In 2013 ACSS worked with CalHR and the Legislature to push for equitable salaries and benefits for excluded employees. ACSS is calling on the Administration to provide excluded employees with the same level of salary increases that were negotiated for the rank and file employees they supervise for 2014 and 2015 in addition to special salary adjustments to correct identified salary compaction and establish a minimum 10% salary differential.
Though it is unclear at this time when a final decision will be made by the Administration on excluded employee compensation - due to the reliance on revenue "triggers" - Gov. Brown has apparently earmarked money in his proposed budget to fix salary compaction.
In the "Employee Compensation" section on page 140 of his proposed budget summary, Gov. Brown states that his budget "assumes the necessary conditions for the trigger‑based salary increases in 2014‑15 will be met and therefore includes $173.1 million ... to fund them."
Gov. Brown also states that the budget includes funds to extend "the same general salary increases negotiated for the majority of rank and file members described above to unrepresented state managers and supervisors to avoid salary compaction issues."
If you want to help further the fight for better compensation for state supervisors and managers, join ACSS at our annual Lobby Day event in Sacramento this March.