Clerk & Comptroller, Palm Beach County

Compensation

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Salaries throughout the Clerk & Comptroller's office are highly competitive with private industry and other local governmental entities. Salaries are established in accordance with the requirements of each position classification. There is a minimum and maximum salary within each pay classification to allow for upward mobility.

The Clerk's office employs "Exempt" as well as "Non-Exempt" employees as defined by the Fair Labor Standards Act. The non-exempt employees' work week is based on a 40 hour schedule. Any hours worked above 40 are paid at time and a half of the regular hourly rate in accordance with Federal Wage & Hour laws.

Exempt positions are "exempt from overtime" and employees in these positions are expected to work the hours necessary for successful completion of work obligations. The exempt employees' work week is based on a 40 hour schedule.

There are five levels of competency based clerical positions. Having these five levels ensures employees the opportunity of upward mobility and career advancement.

The Clerk believes in rewarding individual performance and has instituted a "pay-for-performance" evaluation system. Regularly scheduled Performance Appraisals are conducted and employees are eligible for pay for performance consideration once removed from introductory status in conjunction with a regularly scheduled performance appraisal period.

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