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Public & Private Sector Negotiations
Compensation, Negotiations and Executive Recruitment
Cabot Dow Associates team members have been Human Resources Directors, Executive Recruitors, Labor Negotiators, Compensation Analysts and HR Policy Advisors. CDA consulting has dealt with all of the personnel issues and sub-specialties facing organizations in human resource management and alternative dispute resolution. CDA specializes in compensation studies as well as collective bargaining under state and federal laws, e.g. Ch. 41.56 RCW, Washington State Collective Bargaining Law, overseen by the Public Employment Relations Commission, and National Labor Relations Act (NLRA), overseen by the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB):
- Market compensation assessment in support of organization needs
- Negotiated many collective bargaining agreements
- Represented public employers in mediation
- Presented interest arbitration cases for cities, fire districts and counties (police officers, firefighters, corrections officers)
- Presented cases before the Washington State Public Employment Relations Commission (PERC), Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service and the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB)
Specific CDA experience in compensation, labor relations and executive recruitment includes HR specialties:
- application of FLSA
- design of compensation plans
- job description/classification systems
- negotiating medical plan redesign
- compensation package costing
- talent acquisition
- workload analysis based on best practices
- mediation and interest arbitration
- negotiating and designing performance appraisal systems
- resolving grievances and the negotiation of initial first time labor contracts.
Public and Private Sector Applications
While the majority of the CDA consulting practice is now in the public sector: cities, counties, fire districts, library districts, health districts, port districts, transit districts, water districts, and sewer districts. CDA also has recent and extensive experience in the private sector: Construction, Project Management, Recruitment and Selection. Sample industries include silicon smelter, dairy, oil refineries, and third party administration of health and pension plans for management and labor unions.
Recent Clients and Projects
Public Sector HR/Labor Projects
- Fire Districts and RFAs
- Public Transit PTBAs
- Port Districts – Police Officers and Firefighters
- Public Libraries – Librarians and Facilities
- 9-1-1 Communication Centers – Telecommunicators
Private Sector HR/Labor Projects
- Oil and Gas – Maintenance and Facilities
- Public Radio – Broadcasters and Copywriters
- Third Party Administration (TPAs) – Pension and Claims
- Entertainment – Musicians and Facilities
Contact Cabot Dow Associates
Steward public resources well with the help of our data-driven compensation studies and HR consulting services.
We want to help you make data-driven compensation and Human Resources decisions that will help you balance the needs of your municipal government or publicly funded entity.
Our objective compensation studies, labor negotiation, and HR consulting make it possible!
The first step is to reach out to us for a free intro session.
We will unearth opportunities for how we can work together, discuss what a custom compensation strategy could look like for your organization, and share about how we achieved success for organizations similar to yours..