1 online resource (43 pages) : color illustrations
Contents
TABLE OF CONTENTS -- INTRODUCTION -- Executive Summary -- ORGANIZATION STAFFING -- Changes to Overall Staffing Levels -- Percentage Decrease in Staffing Levels -- Aging Workforce Programs and Policies -- Hiring Freezes -- SALARY PLANNING -- Salary Increase Practices for 2009 -- Length of Salary Freeze/Deferral -- Step Rate Structures -- Base Pay Increases -- Market Adjustments -- Reductions to Payroll Budgets -- VARIABLE PAY-- Short-term Incentives -- Shift Differentials -- On-Call Pay and Call-back Pay-- COST CONTROL INITIATIVES
SUMMARY OF CHANGES MADE AS PART OF COST CONTROL EFFORTSStaffing and Organization Structure -- ECONOMIC STIMULUS BILL -- PARTICIPATING ORGANIZATIONS
Summary
Annotation Providing an up-to-date view of workforce issues facing the water utility industry, this survey charts rapidly changing staffing levels, merit increases, hiring practices, cost control, and compensation practices along with a variety of other issues concerning the 2009 economy
