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a6~822 . Leaders' Digest Winter 1991 Human resources information for State of Colorado Managers Published quarterly by the Colorado Department of Personnel Volume 3, Number 1 State moves toward lifting of the salary lid and a managers' Senior Executive Service Many state managers received a letter last summer from Shirley O. Harris, state personnel director, describing the passage of Senate Bill 91-246. which phases in raising the salary lid beginning Jan. I, 1992 and creates a Senior Executive SelYice, A Dee, 12 memo to persons in non-medical grade 99 positions updates them on what has happened and on current plans, The content of the memo follows: The salary lid is still scheduled to be raised to grade 105 on Jan. 1, 1992 and to grade 109 on July 1, 1992. You should have been informed previously how lhis will affect your individual posi- tion. Departments have completed their plans detailing how they intend to absorb their share of costs for raising the lid, In July, Harris appointed a Senior Executive Service Task Force, which consists of senior managers from nine different departments, as well as representatives of the Total Compensa- tion Advisory Council, Colorado State Managers Association, State Personnel Board and Colorado Association of Public Employees, This task force has met at least twice monthly since. Initially, the task force reviewed other public sector senior executive plans and identified is- sues to be addressed, It then broke into subcom- mittees addressing four issues: . criteria for nomination of positions to the SES, . the performance contract, . personnel rules or procedures needed for the first group of employees "grandfathered" into SES. and . pay issues. The dedication and caliber of work of this task force has been outstanding, according to Harris, The task force recommendations were presented to the governor's cabinet on Nov. 26. Based on their comments, some proposals were revised. The plan is now final, and a request for SES nominations has been sent to cabinet mem- bers and equivalent department heads. By statute, these nominations are to be submitted to the state personnel director by Jan. 1, 1992. The primary criteria for nomination to SES is that positions be those which "run state government," have a high level of management responsibility and complexity, have statewide impact and interest, evaluate at a minimum of Management Profile 13, and meet or exceed a typical rating pattem of at least a Management Profile 13. In this issue: 3 SES schedule, task force 4 6 7 8 FLSA - some details Books of interest Job evaluation project progresses IReA and the single employer Winter 1991 Leaders'Digest Page 1