What is an Annual Classification Maintenance study?
Annual classification maintenance studies are annual classification reviews or job analyses conducted on a group of classes within an occupational group. The classes may be located in one or more department/agency divisions, sections or work units and are generally part of a job family or classification series. Analysts use a variety of job analysis techniques to determine if positions are properly classified, if classes can be consolidated (collapsed into a single classification when the work is substantially similar), if pay remains equitable and competitive in the market, to create new classes or modify existing ones, to make decisions about moving current positions into the new or modified classes, to develop progressive class series criteria when appropriate and to develop appropriate performance standards. The study is comprehensive and is CSA’s mechanism for maintaining the City’s Classification and Pay Plan.