6217620 Resolution 21-596, Legal Service Employee Compensation System Changes Approval Emergency Declaration Resolution of 2016

A RESOLUTION

                                                        

21-596

 

IN THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

 

September 20, 2016        

 

                                                                                                                                             

To declare the existence of an emergency with respect to the need to approve the proposed compensation system changes submitted by the Mayor for all Legal Service employees. 

 

RESOLVED, BY THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, That this resolution may be cited as the “Legal Service Employee Compensation System Changes Approval Emergency Declaration Resolution of 2016”.

 

            Sec. 2. (a)  It has become necessary to adjust the salary schedules for Fiscal Year 2017 for union and non-union employees on the Legal Service salary schedules that were approved pursuant to the Career, Educational, Excepted, Management Supervisory, Legal and Executive Services for Non-Collective Bargaining Unit Employees Compensation System Changes Emergency Approval Resolution of 2013, effective June 18, 2013 (Res. 20-166; 60 DCR 9600). 

(b) Section 858 of the District of Columbia Government Comprehensive Merit Personnel Act of 1978, effective March 3, 1979 (D.C. Law 2-139; D.C. Official Code § 1-608.58), requires an annual review of the compensation for employees in the Legal Service to ensure that such employees’ salaries are competitive with their federal counterparts.  Based on the Mayor’s review, the salary schedules approved for Fiscal Year 2017 will need to be adjusted to ensure pay parity and compliance with the statutory mandate. 

 

            Sec. 3.  The Council of the District of Columbia determines that the circumstances enumerated in section 2 constitute emergency circumstances making it necessary that the Legal Service Employee Compensation System Changes Emergency Approval Resolution of 2016 be adopted on an emergency basis. 

 

            Sec. 4.  This resolution shall take effect immediately.