DCRT – Departmental Communications Representatives Team
Upcoming Member Conversations
July 28, 2:00 pm – 4:30 pm, Advanced Technology Center (ATC)
Anyone can attend as long as there is room, register through Karen Kephart
Topics to include Benefits Update for 2017
FY 16/17 Budget
On July 1, 2016 (effective June 22)
- Full time employees get a 2.34% increase, of which 1% is to cover the last year of State mandated employee contributions to VRS
- Part time employees will receive a general increase of 1.34%
- Compression adjustments:
o Horizontal – $2.1M to about 3,000 employees (when senior employees with several years’ experience in their title are earning the same salaries as newly hired employees in the same title)
o Vertical – $850,000 to around 200 employees (when supervisor makes less money than those who report to them
On December 1, 2016
- 1% merit increase will be provided to FT employees based on the midpoint of their pay range
- Employees will receive the same dollar amount whether they’re at the bottom or top of their range (up to the pay range maximum)
- Accountability
o All FT employees must receive an annual performance evaluation that “meets expectations” in calendar year 2016. No evaluation = no merit increase (until the evaluation is completed)
o Evaluations must be completed AND entered into InSITE no later than November 30, 2016
- New hires are only eligible for a merit increase if they’ve completed their probation in 2016 and have received their first annual performance evaluation by November 30, 2016 (with a “meets expectations” rating)
- December evaluations will need to be completed early
Misc Updates
- Two new Deputy City Managers: Tom Leahy (now) and Ken Chandler (July 7)
- Taleo Learn rolls out June 1 – access and manage you own training
- New WAVE begins July 1 – last day to print or save current application is June 25; help is available
- Benefits Focus begins August – open enrollment all online and starting from scratch – must have a vbgov email account
- Virgin Pulse taxes will be deducted monthly from now on
- Biweekly pay begins May 2017 – communication begins June 22 via DLM and Member Update and will continue for next year – lots of resources will be available including calculator, pay examples. $1.2M for transition to biweekly pay
- Reviewing current performance evaluation