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September 23, 2014
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Labor Relations Objectives
Guiding principles or policy objectives
Provide framework and focus for labor
negotiations
Support increased transparency
Specific authority to achieve objectives
(negotiating parameters) provided in closed
session
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Examples from Other Agencies
The City should be able to meet the cost of any compensation
commitment from current and projected on-going City revenues.
(Fiscal Responsibility)
The City should pursue short-term and long-term strategies to curtail
increasing employee benefit costs. It should move away from
providing benefits that place the burden on the City to pay the cost of
automatic increases and toward benefit structures that require
negotiations to determine how much and who will pay for such costs.
(Cost containment/Cost Reduction)
If fiscally prudent and necessary to attract and retain top talent at all
levels of the organization, it will be the City’s objective to compensate
employees at rates generally no less than the middle of the labor
market as measured by a combination of the norm of established
survey agencies and the supplying labor market. (Recruitment and
Retention)
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Relevant City Policies
Financial Management Policy – Current
Revenues for Current Uses
Compensation Philosophy
Fiscal Responsibility Philosophy
Shared responsibility
Aligned investments
Long-term unfunded liabilities
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Proposed Labor Relations
Objectives
Maintain fiscal responsibility by ensuring that
fair and responsible employee compensation
expenditures are supported by on -going
revenues. (Fiscal Responsibility)
Continue to make progress in the area of
long-term systemic pension cost containment
and reduction, including reversing the
unfunded pension liability trend and other
actions consistent with state law. (Cost
Containment/Cost Reduction)
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Proposed Labor Relations
Objectives (continued)
Continue to effectively manage escalating
health benefit costs through balanced cost
sharing and other means while maintaining
comprehensive health care coverage for all
eligible employees. (Cost Containment)
As necessary to attract and retain qualified
employees at all levels of the organization,
provide competitive compensation as
articulated in the City’s Compensation
Philosophy. (Recruitment and Retention)
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Questions?
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