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Harris County commissioners on Thursday slammed a consulting firm over the results of a costly pay equity study they said was riddled with errors.

The study — which was intended to address pay disparities across the county’s 62 departments — yielded incomplete and inconsistent results, according to a county executive’s review of the findings.

Gallagher Benefit Services was selected last year to conduct the study, for $1.2 million, that reviewed more than 20,000 county positions and provided recommendations for implementing a department-wide equitable pay structure. On Thursday, commissioners raised concerns about the methodology that was used, bashing the firm for the study they called “subpar.” Sign up for the Hello, Houston! daily newsletter to get local reports like

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