What are the best practices for developing a fair and effective compensation plan?
When developing a compensation plan, personnel managers must take into account the nature of the job preformed, performance, and longevity, as well as the court’s budget. Most courts use a graduated step system like Colorado’s where different positions have different maximum and minimum salaries depending on their placement on the pay grid. Virginia has published its compensation policy used to develop pay scales and regulate pay increases and decreases. The National Center for State Courts has conducted a judicial salary survey where they determined the national average for judicial salaries as well as the mean judicial salary in each state.
