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IIIII1110440 Position Statement <br /> Pay Equity Relief Needed <br /> Background <br /> Minnesota Statutes and Rules require cities to ensure <br /> that women in a female-dominated job requiring ' .:,/ <br /> essentially the same level of training, skills, and <br /> expertise as a male-dominated position, receive ,,-..- <br /> equitable compensation to the men's salaries. While h <br /> not questioning the appropriateness of pay equity, from <br /> time to time situations arise where strict compliance A 1 <br /> with the law results in pay suppression that makes <br /> it very difficult to recruit and retain employees in a <br /> position which is male dominated. J,. <br /> Current Status ti <br /> Each city is required to adopt a job evaluation system ` <br /> that assigns points to each position based on things Lineworkers are a male-dominated class.They often work <br /> like the need for specialized training, skill sets, etc.A outside in challenging conditions. <br /> city may use the State's system, purchase one from an <br /> outside source, or develop its own so long as the system <br /> complies with State requirements. <br /> "Electric Utility Line-worker"is a highly skilled - y ri, <br /> position requiring significant technical training 4 rr"� <br /> to become an apprentice line-worker, and four- 111 <br /> f """` <br /> years' experience and additional training to become <br /> a journeyman. Line-workers work in extremely Ple <br /> hazardous settings, and often in very challenging - i <br /> weather conditions. <br /> \ '', <br /> Despite the unique training requirements necessary to ' <br /> be a line-worker, and the hazardous work environment _'" <br /> and conditions, when applying point values assigned <br /> to line-worker positions within a municipal utility, it is 1-),,„ <br /> not uncommon for the position to be scored equally with - -..74.--,. i 10 )111..— <br /> clerical and administrative positions. 1 <br /> For most, if not all, municipal utilities, line-workers are <br /> a male-dominated class of employees. <br /> 41 7 t <br /> ,ia— 7' <br /> 2a' ,: <br /> If the true"market-rate" salaries for a line-worker ' `', , f <br /> were to be analyzed, a municipal utility's line-workers' �- <br /> salaries would need to be compared to those paidh./!T. t",''> �' <br /> by near-by electric cooperatives and investor-owned ; ;."r'` ' 1 <br /> utilities, and not other municipal line-workers across j "t <br /> the state. „, .f j . <br /> continued on next page �� � �� � �, <br /> ry <br /> Municipal utilities need trained lineworkers to operate <br /> successfully. Employee retention is crucial to efficient <br /> operation. <br /> 2019 State Position Statements/9 <br /> 113 <br />