Agenda - Council - 11/27/1984 - Laserfiche WebLink

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Metropolitan Area Management As/oclatior I of tho Twin City Area I I I REQUEST FOR BID PROPOSAL FROM THE METROPOLITAN AREA MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATION (MAMA) I I PROJECT: Development and implementation of a compensation study to be conducted on a multi-employer basis for the purpose of complying with the Minnesota "Comparable Worth Act," M.S. 471.991 through M.S. 471.999, copy herein included. I I I ! I I I I BACKGROUND: Minnesota's "Comparable Worth Act" requires that cities and other political subdivisions establish equitable compensation relationships on the basis of "comparable work value." Sec. 3 (471.993) requires that an Employer's compensation structure must provide for "reasonable relationships" between positions within the organization on the basis of "skill, effort, responsibility and working conditions" and for "reasonable relationships" between compensation for the Employer's positions and compensation for "similar positions" of other Employers. Sec. 4 (471.994) requires Employers to use a job evaluation system in order to determine "comparable work value." Since the early 1970's approximately forty (40) Twin City metropolitan area suburban cities ranging in population from 5,000 to 82,000 have been engaged in multi-employer joint bargaining or coordinated bargaining efforts with unions representing public works and public safety bargaining units. It is the intent of these cities to continue their cooperative efforts in compensation, both in collective bargaining and in setting salaries unilaterally where no exclusive representative of employees exists. -1-