On November 23, 2020, Commissioners Court approved a revision to the County’s Promotion Policy which  1) allowed attorney step placement upon promotions up to a step 6, as cleared with the Human Resources Department and 2) required Commissioners Court approval for any request higher than the step placements outlined within County policy.

This purpose of the latest policy change is to allow step placement upon promotions up to a step 2 for non-attorney employees as cleared with the Human Resources Department. This language matches the current language within  the County’s  New Hire policy that allows new hires to be placed up to a Step 2 upon hire and allows our non-attorney employees to be compensated based on relevant education and experience. Further, this policy change will allow higher step placement requests to be received by the Human Resources Department up to 60 days after the effective date of the promotion.