Wayland Personnel Board advances classification and compensation study

WAYLAND -- September 9, 2024, Wayland Personnel Board advances a town-wide classification and compensation study covering 126 job descriptions. Human Resources Manager Kate Ryan told the board Monday that the town's pay plans date to 1997 and that the study would examine 114 classification titles, roughly 50 benchmark positions, and salaries across about 12 comparable communities, in pursuit of "internal equity" and Massachusetts Equal Pay Act compliance. Wayland employs 331 people as of Aug. 1, 179 of them benefits-eligible. Chair Maryanne Peabody flagged wage compression in AFSCME, where staff "sit there at step eight" until 15 years of service, and pushed for five-year market-update language in the RFP. The board separately voted to empower Peabody to draft the fiscal 2024 annual report, due Sept. 30, and entered executive session on a Step 2 grievance with IAFF Local 1978.