The Commonwealth Utilities Corp. board met yesterday to discuss salary adjustments of employees and payment of night differentials, seniority, overtime pay, and the severity of job hazards.<\/p>\n
Board member Eric San Nicolas raised the issue that CUC\u2019s pay scale be reviewed because new employees are quickly catching up to the pay rate of several senior employees.<\/p>\n
During deliberations, board members agreed that several other factors must be considered such as night differential, overtime pay, and job hazard.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt is [human resource\u2019s job] to disaggregate pay scales and positions that deal with a hazardous environment, night differentials, and whatnot, and to cross-reference those things with the OSHA [Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970],\u201d said San Nicolas to CUC human resources manager Andrew Orsini. <\/p>\n
San Nicolas said that CUC\u2019s HR should have an idea of which positions warrant night differential pay, hazardous pay, etc., \u201cbefore proposing recommendations to the board.\u201d<\/p>\n
CUC board chair Adelina Roberto was hesitant to ask Fox Lawson about the salary adjustments, saying that posing a question to Fox Lawson might generate extra expenses for CUC.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe have to be mindful and start dissecting it and figuring it out and go from there,\u201d she said. <\/p>\n
Minnesota-based Fox Lawson & Associates did a salary study that compared CUC wages to other utilities companies of a similar size.<\/p>\n
CUC management was given 30 days to come up more details about the salary adjustment proposal.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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