CAREER SERVICE EMPLOYEES

Denver Revised Municipal Code ch. 18, art. II, div. 2

in effect

Denver Revised Municipal Code § 18-36 Pay fixed.

Sec. 18-36. - Pay fixed. The pay of all employees of the city in the career service shall be fixed in accordance with the classification and pay plans adopted by ordinance as provided by the Charter and by this chapter 18. (Ord. No. 959-05, § 1, 12-19-05)

Denver Revised Municipal Code § 18-37 Basis for classification plan.

Sec. 18-37. - Basis for classification plan. The position of every employee of the city in the career service shall be allocated to a class in the classification plan. Such allocation shall be made on the basis of the duties of the position and in accordance with the career service rules. (Ord. No. 959-05, § 1, 12-19-05)

Denver Revised Municipal Code § 18-38 Basis for pay plan.

Sec. 18-38. - Basis for pay plan. The pay plan shall set forth the annual rate of pay applicable to each class in the classification plan as indicated by the corresponding pay grade. Except for pay differentials specifically authorized by career service rules, and except as otherwise provided in section 18-11, every employee shall be paid biweekly at a biweekly rate arrived at by dividing the annual rate set forth in the pay plan for the class to which the position is allocated by the biweekly periods for the calendar year. Provided, however, that employees in the part time and on-call labor classes in the community rate schedule shall be paid biweekly at the hourly rate in the schedule to which the position is allocated. (Ord. No. 959-05, § 1, 12-19-05; Ord. No. 646-17, § 2, 6-26-17)

Denver Revised Municipal Code § 18-39 Pay differentials.

Sec. 18-39. - Pay differentials. The rates of pay set forth in the pay plan shall be paid to employees regularly working a forty (40) hour week. Reasonable pay differentials may be added to or subtracted from the rates of pay set forth in the pay plan pursuant to career service rules with the exception of deputy sheriff classifications. (Ord. No. 959-05, § 1, 12-19-05)

Denver Revised Municipal Code § 18-40 Provisional classes.

Sec. 18-40. - Provisional classes. (a) In cases where a new kind of work is to be performed by an employee of the city, and where such work is not provided for in the existing classification and pay plan, or in cases where it is necessary to change the pay grade of an existing class, the Executive Director of the Office of Human Resources or the career service board is hereby authorized to change the pay grade or to create a provisional class to which the position of such employee or employees may be allocated and to designate the pay grade applicable to such class. Such pay grade shall in every case where practicable be one of the pay grades set forth in the pay plan. (b) No provisional class shall exist for longer than six (6) months. (Ord. No. 959-05, § 1, 12-19-05; Ord. No. 775-07, § 19, 12-26-07; Ord. No. 156-18, § 1, 3-5-18)

Denver Revised Municipal Code § 18-41 Present incumbents.

Sec. 18-41. - Present incumbents. Employees whose pay rate immediately prior to the effective date of the latest pay plan was higher than the range maximum shall remain at the same pay rate until adjustments to the pay tables permit future additional wage growth or until they leave their positions, with the exception of deputy sheriff classifications. (Ord. No. 959-05, § 1, 12-19-05; Ord. No. 571-10, § 2, 10-18-10; Ord. No. 233-21, § 4, 3-30-21)

Denver Revised Municipal Code § 18-42 Classification plans and pay tables.

Sec. 18-42. - Classification plans and pay tables. (a) Classification plans and pay tables, and any amendments thereto, shall be approved by the city council by ordinance, subject to the exceptions for interim adjustments set forth in subsection (d) of this section. Current classification plans and pay tables for all employees in the career service and for those employees not in the career service as set forth in division 3 of this article II shall be kept and maintained on record in the office of the clerk and recorder and the Office of Human Resources at all times, and shall be available for public inspection both in person and on-line. Each class title set forth in the classification plans shall be assigned a pay grade corresponding to the pay tables. (b) Pay tables shall be provided for all class titles and pay grades identified in the classification plans. The term "pay tables" is deemed to be synonymous with "pay plan" within the meaning of the Charter and this Code. Separate pay tables shall be provided for exempt and non-exempt classes. For purposes of this section, the term "exempt" refers to classes which are exempt from overtime requirements of the federal Fair Labor Standards Act, whether or not such classes are authorized to be paid overtime because of community standards. For purposes of this section, the term "non-exempt" refers to classes which are entitled to receive overtime payments under the requirements of the Fair Labor Standards Act. (c) The classification plans and pay tables shall also include: (1) Training pay tables. (2) A community rate table of hourly pay rates applicable to classes that are used on an on-call or part-time basis. (d) After any annual setting of classifications and pay plans as required in section 18-5, and before the next annual setting of classifications and pay plans, the Executive Director of the Office of Human Resources may make interim adjustments to classifications and pay tables without the need for city council approval to the extent allowed by this subsection. Any such interim adjustments shall be subject to ratification by the city council in the ordinance approving the next annual setting of classifications and pay plans as provided in section 18-5(b)(3), or at such earlier time as approval may be requested by the Executive Director. To the extent any interim adjustment is not expressly approved in the next annual ordinance or such earlier time as approval has been requested, the adjustment shall be deemed to be rescinded. Subject to the exceptions provided in section 18-42(d)(6)(a)—(d), the interim adjustments that the Executive Director is authorized to make to classifications and pay tables under the authority of this subsection are limited to the following: (1) Abolishment of any existing classification; (2) Creation of any new classification or classifications; (3) Classification title changes; (4) Classification changes for purposes of overtime eligibility; and (5) Individual classification pay grade increases. (6) Provided, however, that interim adjustments to the classification and pay plan changes shall not be authorized and shall remain subject to council approval by ordinance if the proposed changes: a. Involve twenty-five (25) or more employees; b. Involve the creation of five (5) or more classifications at one time; c. Involve employees in three (3) or more city departments or agencies; or d. Involve a projected annual cost of fifty thousand dollars ($50,000.00) or more to the city in the first full year of implementation. (Ord. No. 959-05, § 1, 12-19-05; Ord. No. 661-12, § 3, 12-26-12; Ord. No. 646-17, § 3, 6-26-17; Ord. No. 156-18, § 1, 3-5-18; Ord. No. 319-18, § 1, 4-30-18; Ord. No. 233-21, § 4, 3-30-21)

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