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e e City of La Porte Personnel Policies CHAPTER 5 COMPENSATION SECTION 1 - POSITION CLASSIFICATION The Human Resources Division shall prepare and maintain a position classification plan for all budgeted City positions. In this plan, all positions shall be assigned an official classification title, a formal description of duties, and minimum qualifications. Position reclassification must be reviewed by the Human Resources Division and approved by the . City Manager. All City positions are further classified as either exempt or nonexempt, in.accordance with the Fair Labor Standards Act guidelines, and shall be so stated on the employees' job description. Per FLSA guidelines, exempt employees are not legally entitled to overtime compensation but may be so compensated at the discretion of the City. Nonexempt employees are eligible to receive overtime pay. SECTION 2 - BASIS OF COMPENSATION The Human Resources Division shall prepare and maintain salary schedules and a salary administration plan which will be the basis of the compensation and benefits program. Employees shall be paid salaries or wages in accordance with the compensation and classification plans. Both the compensation and classification plans shall be approved by the City Manager and City Council. The Human Resources Division shall conduct salary and benefits surveys for the purpose of recommending to the City Manager, compensation and benefit plan guidelines. Consideration shall be given to prevailing wage rates among public and private employees to ensure that the City's total compensation levels are kept current, equitable, and competitive. SECTION 3 - SALARY ADMINISTRATION The City may have one or more salary schedules which correspond with the position classification plan. All salary schedules shall be administered in accordance with the following policies: 1. A newly appointed employee shall ordinarily be compensated at the lowest step of the salary range of the position being appointed to. The City Manager may approve the hiring of an employee above the minimum recommended salary for that job classification, provided that, the employee exceeds the qualifications for the position. 2. A newly promoted employee shall ordinarily be compensated at the lowest step of the new salary range which would provide an increase in pay over that received in the previous class or salary range. An employee being laterally transferred shall continue to receive the same salary and retain the same eligibility date for pay increases. 13