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-4- <br /> Attachment 7 shows merit increases awarded to date in <br /> Fiscal Year 1990-91 . This is partial year data only. <br /> There is some lag time between the employee' s performance <br /> review date and the date the completed work plan and any <br /> personnel action are received in Personnel so this data <br /> may change as the fiscal year is completed. <br /> Attachment 7 shows that the average of all merit <br /> increases awarded to date is 4 . 2 percent and that 68 . 7 <br /> percent of employees have received an increase. <br /> The County automated merit increase data effective <br /> July 1, 1990 . Over the past months Personnel has worked <br /> with Data Processing to set up reports on the merit <br /> increase program. This data is shown in Attachment 7 . <br /> Merit data was not automated prior to July 1 , 1990 . Such <br /> information could be produced only by manual calculation <br /> from each employee' s personnel file. Thus comparative <br /> data for past years is not available. <br /> For Fiscal Year 1991-92 Personnel surveyed the merit <br /> increase programs of nine other public employers in this <br /> area for comparison. These employers are: Carrboro, <br /> Cary, Chapel Hill, City of Durham, Durham County, <br /> Greensboro, OWASA, City of Raleigh and Wake County. <br /> All of these have proposed a merit pay program for Fiscal <br /> Year 1991-92 except Durham County. <br /> Of the eight with a merit program, six provide for a <br /> minimum merit increase of 2 .5 percent as does Orange <br /> County. One provides for a one percent minimum and one <br /> sets no minimum. <br /> As to maximum merit increase, the policies varied more. <br /> The maximums ranged from 2 .5 percent to no maximum except <br /> the top of the salary range. Of the eight, six provide <br /> for a maximum merit increase of seven percent or higher. <br /> Orange County' s maximum is a five percent salary increase <br /> plus a 2 .5 percent bonus which does not become a part of <br /> salary. <br />