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io INTRODUCTION: The State of Minnesota's Pay Equity Law requires that: ..."every political subdivision of this state shall establish equitable compensation relationships between female-dominated, male-dominated and balanced classes of employees in order to eliminate sex-based wage disparities in public employment in the state." (M.S. 471.992, subd. 1) "'Equitable compensation relationship' means that the compensation for female- dominated classes is not consistently below the compensation for male-dominated classes of comparable work values..." (M.A. 471.991, subd. 5). A. In order to comply with the Pay Equity Law, the City Administrator shall annually conduct an analysis of compensation using the job evaluation study method determined by the City Council. B. The Pay Equity Analysis and any subsequent compensation adjustment represents the final Step in the overall compensation process. C. The compensation analysis shall consist of several factors, including but not limited to the following: 1. Specific analysis of female-dominated positions which appear to be paid consistently below male-dominated positions. 2. Adherence to the compliance tests as put forth in the Department of Employee Relations Pay Equity Regulations. 3. Recruitment and retention practices and patterns. D. ANALYSIS 1. A compensation analysis shall be conducted each September to determine the compensation patterns for all job classifications. The analysis will be presented to the Department Heads no later than October 1st for review and comment. E. ADDITIONAL RE-EVALUATIONS/NEW CLASSIFICATION EVALUATION 1. When substantial changes in an assigned classification have occurred, a position evaluation shall be conducted. 2. When a new classification has been established a.position evaluation shall be conducted after the employee has completed 12 months of service in that position. 3. In those instances where the City Administrator determines that the job evaluation points derived from a benchmark or jurisdictional score do not reflect the job, the City Administrator may survey similar jobs in other jurisdictions in • order to provide an accurate score and may also provide for the testing of the position.