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AN ORDINANCE related to employee classification and compensation; making technical changes; amending Ordinance 12014, Section 17, and K.C.C. 3.12.170, Ordinance 12014, Section 5, as amended, and K.C.C. 3.12.010, Ordinance 12014, Section 50, as amended, and K.C.C. 3.15.020, Ordinance 12014, Section 52, and K.C.C. 3.15.030, Ordinance 1282, Section 5, as amended, and K.C.C. 3.15.040, Ordinance 12014, Section 51, and K.C.C. 3.15.045, Ordinance 14233, Section 5, and K.C.C. 3.15.120, Ordinance 14233, Section 6, and K.C.C. 3.15.130 and Ordinance 14233, Section 7, and K.C.C. 3.15.140, adding new sections to K.C.C. chapter 3.15, recodifying K.C.C. 3.15.045, decodifying K.C.C. 3.15.090 and repealing Ordinance 12077, Section 2, and K.C.C. 3.12.070.
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PREAMBLE:
It is the policy of the county to prohibit discrimination in employment on the basis of race, color, creed, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, marital status or the presence of a sensory, mental or physical disability. Consistent with state and federal law, the county does not discriminate between employees by paying wages to an employee in one of the aforementioned groups at a rate less than the rate paid to another employee for equal work on jobs the performance of which requires equal skill, effort and responsibility, and that are performed under similar working conditions, except where the payment is made in accordance with: a collective bargaining agreement; a seniority system; an incentive system; a system which measures earnings by quantity or quality of production; or a differential based on any factor other than status in one of the aforementioned groups.
The incorporation of functions and thousands of employees of the municipality of metropolitan Seattle (Metro) into the county effective on January 1, 1994, required a study of county employee classification and compensation methods to integrate the workforce in a fair manner. The study has been completed and implemented and...
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