3856

JOINT RESOLUTIONS

WHEREAS, In 1979 the Governor established a Commission on
Compensation and Personnel Policies which has been examining many
aspects of the State personnel systems; and

WHEREAS, The Gubernatorial Commission has been charged with
responsibility to recommend policies for implementation pursuant
to periodic review and revision of the State's compensation
system including, specifically, examining the levels of
compensation for positions or classes of positions to assure
equity and efficiency, as well as to determine how they relate to
the value to the State of the services performed; and

WHEREAS, In the course of this review and revision, the
Commission has been charged with assuring that the position
classification and compensation systems continue to conform to
the State's policy of comparability, and that they continue to be
fair and efficient, specifically examining classes of positions
filled predominantly by persons of one sex or of a minority; now,
therefore, be it

RESOLVED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF MARYLAND, That as an
integral part of this periodic review and revision, job
descriptions and job requirements, both as presently written and
in proposed revisions, must be reviewed to assure that they
validly reflect those levels of skills, duties, experience,
effort, working conditions, responsibilities, and authority
normally required by the respective positions, assuring legal
sufficiency and avoidance of unnecessary and/or discriminatory
criteria; and be it further

RESOLVED, That the General Assembly directs the Governor's
Commission on Compensation and Personnel Policies to proceed
expeditiously to carry out this charge; and be it further

RESOLVED, That to assure that the State's personnel and
compensation systems conform to the State's policy of equity,
efficiency, and comparability, the Commission expedite its
ongoing review, and the development of any proposals required or
appropriate for revision of the State's position evaluation,
classification and compensation systems, including, particularly,
an examination of the effects of those systems on classes of
positions filled predominantly by persons of one sex or of a
minority; and be it further

RESOLVED, That it is the intention of the General Assembly
that revision of the State's compensation system or
classification system be implemented only after modification of
the classification and compensation systems to incorporate
remedies for any inequities in pay the General Assembly may find
to exist that result from unequal pay for positions of comparable
skill, effort, working conditions, duties, experience,
responsibilities or authority; and be it further

RESOLVED, That whatever tentative conclusions are made by
the Governor's Commission on Compensation and Personnel Policies,