WAUSAU - Wausau now pays its city employees based on performance. That merit-based pay structure represents a huge shift from the seniority structure the city used for years. Yet employees at every experience level still received at least a two percent pay increase in 2014.
City council members want to know why. Wausau Mayor Jim Tipple said the city transitioned to a pay-for-performance system in July 2014. He says the pay increase addressed a similar increase in the cost of living for employees.
"It was kind of a level-setting because, you know, for some people that may be their last raise for a while, unless they exceed their goal or objectives for this job classification," Tipple said.
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