Sarasota County Government is committed to fiscal stewardship in employee and labor practices through effective management of workforce size, compensation and benefit costs, training investments and other employee-related expenses.

Beginning in FY07, approximately 400 business processes were proactively streamlined, and 322 positions eliminated. Direct (and indirect) employee expenses, such as space, equipment use, supplies and energy use are continually reviewed. During a period of nationally rising healthcare costs, Sarasota County Government earned national attention when its 2011 healthcare premiums experienced a 3 percent decline. Since employees share in the premium costs, both staff and taxpayers benefit from this reduction.

  Business process re-design

 Past, Present, Future: A Look at Workforce Composition

 Premium comparison: Sarasota County vs. Large Organizations

 Premium cost sharing: Sarasota County vs. Large Organizations

  County initiatives to manage and control employee-related costs

In keeping with the private sector, bureaucratic structures have been replaced with a flatter framework. This has reduced the need for managers, while creating more flexibility and accountability in the organization. All managers serve in an at-will status.

  Eliminating Bureaucracy

  At Will Policy

Approximately 50 percent of employees participate in a collective bargaining unit. Since union contracts expire on Sept. 30, 2011, preparation for negotiations is underway. Copies of the union contracts along with associated compensation and benefit analysis is included in the collective bargaining link below. Non-bargaining employees do not operate under contract so the posting of contractual information does not apply. However, data reflecting salary freeze schedules, reduction in bureaucratic layers, etc. is posted in the non-bargaining information section linked below.

 Collective Bargaining Information

  Non Bargaining Information

All information contained in this website is believed to be accurate and reliable to the degree possible. In the event that human or computer error is discovered or the information shifts due to timeliness of events, revisions will be made to reflect updated content.  

Updated 3/14/11