Policy Proposals

The State Human Resources Division (State HR), Department of Administration, proposes substantial changes to the Broadband Pay Policy.  Substantive changes in the revised pay policy include:

• Clarifying references to base pay or pay rates.
• Eliminate the section for Pay Exceptions.
• Throughout the policy, revise requirements to set pay within pay ranges to better align with statute and agency practices allowing pay to be set below the minimum of the range.
• Eliminate the requirement for State HR to review pay adjustments below the minimum of the occupational wage range.
• Simplify training assignment policy language by moving requirements for a training assignment to a separate document.
• Separate supervisory pay and lead worker pay sections.
• Remove 90-day pay protection for demoted employees.
• Clarify authority for pay adjustments at elected official agencies.
• Outline pay analysis components and pay adjustment submission requirements.
• Clarify settlement effective date requirements.
• Clarify differences for the two different types of career ladders.
• Clarify throughout the policy that pay adjustments must be approved by OBPP or elected officials and their designees, not State Human Resources.
• Remove the section on lateral moves/transfers.
• Revise performance lump-sum payments sections. 
• Revise sign-on bonus section to include two types of sign-on bonuses.   
• Add ineligibility requirement for referral bonuses if a family member is part of the recruitment process.
• Add definitions for base pay, compensation, and supervisory pay.
• Eliminate definitions of business-critical position and pay rate. 

Broadband Pay Plan Policy Proposal

Interested persons may submit their comments or suggestions on the proposed action either electronically or in writing, no later than 5 p.m., November 22, 2024, to the following:

Bonnie Shoemaker
State Human Resources Division
Department of Administration
125 N Roberts, Room 125
PO Box 200127
Helena MT 59620
Fax:  (406) 444-0703
Email:  bshoemaker@mt.gov 

The Department of Administration will make reasonable accommodations for persons with disabilities who wish to participate in this process or need an alternative accessible format of this notice.  If you require an accommodation, contact Bonnie Shoemaker no later than 5 p.m., November 15, 2024, to advise us of the nature of the accommodation needed.