At a meeting of the Excluded Employee Council, CalHR staff recognized that salary compaction and pay inequity are among the top problems plaguing state supervisors and managers.
Excluded Employee Labor Relations Officer Stephen Booth said that CalHR is "painfully aware that there are compaction issues" with the state's most skilled and dedicated employees.
Though public perception may differ, Booth confirmed that "not a week goes by" without CalHR receiving complaints from supervisors and managers who make less than those they supervise.
"Not one of us thinks supervisors should make less than the employees they oversee," said Booth.
CalHR Director Julie Chapman said that the last official survey of excluded employee salaries was likely four to five years ago.
Your ACSS is working with CalHR to arrive at a sustainable, long-term solution to the problem of salary compaction and inversion.