COBI 2015 - Policy

Overview
Issues
Performance
Financials

Sources Uses

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

Related Publications

DHRM Proposal to Shift Costs

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/Definition	FY 2010	FY 2011	FY 2012	FY 2013	FY 2014	FY 2015
Benefits Comparison to Market	State benefits compared to market	19.5%¹	19.5%¹	19.0%	19.0%	27.6%²	27.6%
# of Retirements Processed	Number of retirees processed	528	506	479	474	515
Increase/Decrease in Medical Premiums Per Year	% the State's medical insurance premiums have increased/decreased	3.2%³	6.0%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/Definition	FY 2010	FY 2011	FY 2012	FY 2013	FY 2014
# of Employees Reclassified	# of employees whose jobs were reviewed and approved for a change in job title	247	171	240	399	249
# of Classification Grievances	# of employees who filed a formal classification grievance	1	2	1	1	3
# of New Jobs	# of new job titles created minus # of job titles eliminated	37	17	-53	43	2

Compensation

	Purpose/Definition	FY 2010	FY 2011	FY 2012	FY 2013	FY 2014	FY 2015
Actual Wages Compared to Market	State 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 Market	State 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 Market¹	State of Utah's total compensation package compared to market	N/A	N/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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Sources of Finance	FY11 Actual	FY12 Actual	FY13 Actual	FY14 Actual	FY15 Approp	FY15 Change	FY15 Revised	FY16 Change	FY16 Approp
General Fund	739,600	756,800	761,500	766,600	797,300	0	797,300	19,400	816,700
General Fund, One-time	0	0	0	2,300	4,600	0	4,600	0	4,600
Lapsing Balance	(21,100)	(38,500)	0	(86,700)	0	0	0	0	0
Total	$718,500	$718,300	$761,500	$682,200	$801,900	$0	$801,900	$19,400	$821,300

Categories of Expenditure	FY11 Actual	FY12 Actual	FY13 Actual	FY14 Actual	FY15 Approp	FY15 Change	FY15 Revised	FY16 Change	FY16 Approp
Personnel Services	728,800	732,400	774,500	686,100	782,500	(64,600)	717,900	23,800	741,700
In-state Travel	700	1,000	400	2,800	300	200	500	0	500
Out-of-state Travel	1,100	2,000	5,200	2,100	5,000	6,000	11,000	0	11,000
Current Expense	17,900	12,900	11,400	21,200	14,100	88,400	102,500	(4,600)	97,900
DP Current Expense	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	200	200
Other Charges/Pass Thru	(30,000)	(30,000)	(30,000)	(30,000)	0	(30,000)	(30,000)	0	(30,000)
Total	$718,500	$718,300	$761,500	$682,200	$801,900	$0	$801,900	$19,400	$821,300

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Other Indicators	FY11 Actual	FY12 Actual	FY13 Actual	FY14 Actual	FY15 Approp	FY15 Change	FY15 Revised	FY16 Change	FY16 Approp
Budgeted FTE	14	13.50	14	14	9	(1)	8	0	8
Actual FTE	8.01	8.20	8.40	7.70	0	0	0	0	0

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.