Item - 2020.ZB8.14

The Toronto Zoo Board of Management:

1. Approved the exempt compensation policy as follows:

a. The market adjustment for 2020 be set at 1.25% for both the exempt salary grades and salaries; and

b. The performance-based (merit) pay policy for exempt staff progressing through their respective salary ranges (minimum salary to maximum salary), which is based on exempt staff 2019 goals and performance, be continued.

2. Approved the recommendations contained in the Confidential Attachment 1 to this report (January 21, 2020) from the Senior Director, Corporate Projects and Human Resources, Toronto Zoo.

3. Directed that the information in Confidential Attachment 1 to this report (January 21, 2020) from the Senior Director, Corporate Projects and Human Resources, Toronto Zoo, is to remain confidential in its entirety as it contains information about labour relations/employee negotiations.

The Board of Management of the Toronto Zoo recessed to meet in closed session to consider this item as it relates to labour relations or employee negotiations.

The purpose of this report is to recommend adjustments to the Exempt Staff Compensation Plan for 2020.  Each year the Board has approved salary increases incorporating market adjustments and merit increases for exempt staff based on the Zoo's performance management process.  The pay-for-performance model, which has been in place since 2001, provides a means of evaluating our exempt staff, improved accountability, and a greater incentive to achieve a higher level of performance. The City of Toronto has a similar pay for performance exempt staff compensation model.