FY 2016 Appropriation

The Policy program provides oversight and development of the following functions: recruiting; selection; employee development; employee relations, fair employment practices, compensation and benefits, classification, diversity and liability prevention.

The functions performed by this program affect the working life of all state employees in terms of salaries and working conditions.

Funding History

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Appropriation Overview

During the 2015 General Session, the Legislature appropriated for Fiscal Year 2016, $821,300 from all sources for Policy. This is a 2.4 percent increase from Fiscal Year 2015 revised estimated amounts from all sources. The total includes $821,300 from the General/Education Funds, an increase of 2.4 percent from revised Fiscal Year 2015 estimates.

Benefits

 Purpose/DefinitionFY 2010FY 2011FY 2012FY 2013 FY 2014FY 2015
Benefits Comparison to MarketState benefits compared to market19.5%119.5%119.0%19.0%27.6%227.6%
# of Retirements ProcessedNumber of retirees processed528506479474515 
Increase/Decrease in Medical Premiums Per Year% the State's medical insurance premiums have increased/decreased3.2%36.0%3-2.0%0.0%5.5%5.57%
1 Survey source changed from Mercer to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. BLS is not our ideal source for benefits data, which is one reason why DHRM has contracted with the Hay Group beginning with FY 2012.
2 Some reasoning for the increase in benefits value as described by the HayGroup. "Although the State has made changes to its benefits program (elimination of PRM, increased employee health care cost sharing, the market has also made changes (pension reform, increase health care cost sharing and reduced PRM)."
3 In FY10, there was a 9.9% increase to medical insurance premiums but most was passed on to the employees. In FY11 there was a 12% total increase to Medical Premiums but the State only funded 6%. The remaining increase was passed to employees.

Classification

 Purpose/DefinitionFY 2010FY 2011FY 2012FY 2013FY 2014
# of Employees Reclassified# of employees whose jobs were reviewed and approved for a change in job title247171240399249
# of Classification Grievances# of employees who filed a formal classification grievance12113
# of New Jobs# of new job titles created minus # of job titles eliminated3717-53432

Compensation

 Purpose/DefinitionFY 2010FY 2011FY 2012FY 2013FY 2014FY 2015
Actual Wages Compared to MarketState of Utah employee salaries compared to similar positions in the market-15.2%-15.8%-17.1%-18.3%-14.1%-15.2%
Salary Ranges Compared to MarketState of Utah salary ranges compared to similar positions in the market-10.3%-10.7%-12.8%-13.6%-11.9%-12.9%
Total Compensation Compared to Market1State of Utah's total compensation package compared to marketN/AN/A-6.0%-6.0%-1.95%1-1.95%1
1 For total compensation information, DHRM uses the HayGroup every other year. The total compensation information is based on an employee average salary of 45K.

Intent Language

HB0003: Item 131

Under the terms of Section 63J-1-603 of the Utah Code, the Legislature intends that appropriations provided for the Career Service Review Office in Laws of Utah 2014, Chapter 6, Item 3 shall not lapse at the close of fiscal year 2015. The use of any nonlapsing funds is limited to $250,000 for Human Resource Enterprise system rebuild and $50,000 for Statewide Management Training.


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COBI contains unaudited data as presented to the Legislature by state agencies at the time of publication. For audited financial data see the State of Utah's Comprehensive Annual Financial Reports.