| Title | Florida's Broadband Classification and Compensation Program |
| ShortDescription | Broadbanding is a classification system that replaced the old state classification system by collapsing numerous classes with similar duties into broad occupational categories. Along with the broad categories, broad pay ranges were also created within this system. In essence, the broadband system is a method of grouping like duties and pay while providing a high degree of flexibility to agencies in order to meet the needs and demands of the state workforce. |
| LongDescription | Section 110.2035, Florida Statutes, provides a limit to the number of occupational groups in Florida's classification system to no more than 50, with a maximum of six classification levels for each occupation within an occupational group. The statute essentially establishes a limit of 300 job classification levels for the State Personnel System, Career Service, Selected Exempt Service, and Senior Management Service pay plans. The law also requires that the accompanying pay plan provide broad-based salary ranges for each occupational group. The 3,343 classes under the old classification system were consolidated into 237 occupations under the broadband system. To accomplish this, the Department of Management Services used a uniform job categorization system, based on the Federal Standard Occupation Classification System (SOC), made up of broadly defined job categories, known as "job families" in the broadband system, and divided further into occupational groups. Florida's broadband classification system consists of 23 job families. Job families are groupings of similar occupational groups. One example of a job family is Legal. Within the job family of Legal are two occupational groups. There are also 38 occupational groups. Occupational groups are similar occupations grouped together. One example can be found within the Legal job family which has the two occupational groups of Lawyers and Judges and Legal Support. Florida's broadband classification system consists of 150 occupational broadband levels with each occupation group having up to six levels. Employees within the Legal Support occupation, for example, are divided among three levels based on job difficulty and experience indicators. There are 237occupations. Within the Legal Support occupation group, the occupations are Court Reporters, Law Clerks, and Paralegal/Legal Assistants. The broadband levels (up to six per occupation group) are based on job intricacy and experience indicators. The following factors are used to distinguish different levels of work within each occupation group: Knowledge: measures the technical knowledge required to meet performance standards at a particular level, Skill: defines how much preparation and learning through experience and training is necessary to perform at a particular level, and Abilities: defines the capacity to perform an observable behavior or produce a product. The website also links to: Historical Pay Tables, Classification Plan, Pay Plan, Computation of Hourly Rate, and Comparison of Benefits. |
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| Organization | Florida Department of Management Services |
| ContactAddress | Office of the Secretary
4050 Esplanade Way
Tallahassee, Florida 32399-0950 |
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| ContactPhone | (850) 488-2786 |
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http://dms.myflorida.com/human_resource_support/human_resource_management/for_state_hr_practitioners/broadband_classification_and_compensation_program
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| Other | http://dms.myflorida.com/human_resource_support/human_resource_management/for_state_hr_practitioners/broadband_classification_and_compensation_program/classification_pay_plan |
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