Job Evaluation: A Guide to Achieving Equal Pay

A practical guide to designing, introducing and managing job evaluation processes and the pay structures associated with them. It reflects the growing realization that there is a need to take action to completely remove gender pay inequalities, to develop equal pay guidelines, as well as to develop a procedure for conducting equal pay reviews.

Introduction

1

(148)

1 Fundamentals of job evaluation

3

(8)

Job evaluation defined

4

(1)

Purpose, aims and features of job evaluation

5

(2)

The incidence of job evaluation

7

(1)

The case for and against job evaluation

8

(1)

Conclusions

9

(2)

2 Types of job evaluation

11

(18)

Analytical schemes

12

(6)

Non-analytical schemes

18

(8)

Design and process criteria

26

(2)

Criteria for choice

28

(1)

3 Job evaluation now

29

(6)

Interest in job evaluation

29

(1)

Job evaluation schemes

30

(1)

Factor plans

30

(1)

Reasons for using job evaluation

31

(1)

Views about job evaluation

31

(1)

Tips from practitioners on the design, introduction and maintenance of job evaluation schemes

32

(3)

4 Equal pay for work of equal value

35

(12)

Background

35

(2)

Equal pay legislation in the UK

37

(1)

The impact of the legislation on job evaluation practice in the UK

38

(1)

Impact of equal pay legislation on job evaluation design

39

(4)

Impact of equal pay legislation on implementation of job evaluation

43

(4)

5 Equal payreviews

47

(18)

Why conduct equal pay reviews?

48

(3)

Planning a review

51

(1)

The equal pay review process

52

(3)

Analysing pay

55

(6)

Conclusion

61

(4)

6 Planning a new job evaluation scheme

65

(18)

Overview

65

(2)

Choosing a job evaluation scheme

67

(3)

Project planning

70

(7)

Equal value considerations

77

(1)

Planning communications

77

(3)

The design timetable

80

(3)

7 Scheme design

83

(26)

Identifying and defining factors

84

(8)

Analysing jobs

92

(6)

Testing the draft factor plan

98

(5)

Deciding on factor weighting and the scoring model

103

(4)

Preparing for implementation

107

(2)

8 Computer-based job evaluation

109

(20)

The two stages of job evaluation

110

(1)

Computers in scheme design

110

(7)

Computers in the evaluation process

117

(12)

9 Grade and pay structure design

129

(20)

Grade and pay structures

129

(4)

Rationale for grade and pay structures

133

(1)

Criteria for grade and pay structures

133

(1)

Grade structure design considerations

134

(2)

The use of job evaluation in developing a grade structure and grading jobs

136

(4)

Developing pay structures

140

(5)

Equal value considerations

145

(3)

Conclusion

148

(1)

10 Introducing job evaluation

149

(36)

Implementation plan

150

(1)

Communication

151

(4)

Operating manual

155

(1)

Training

156

(1)

Scheduling the evaluation programme

157

(5)

Evaluating jobs

162

(8)

Review of results

170

(2)

Disclosure of results

172

(2)

Reviewing the evaluation or grading of a job

174

(3)

Finalizing pay ranges

177

(1)

Pay assimilation and protection

178

(5)

Ensuring equal value

183

(2)

11 Managing job evaluation

185

(8)

Annual individual evaluation/grading checks

186

(2)

Suggestions from practitioners on managing job evaluation

188

(5)

Appendix 1 A job evaluation scheme designed to comply with equal value principles: the local government NJC job evaluation scheme factor plan

193

(2)

Appendix 2 Suggested equal pay policy: the Equal Opportunities Commission

195

(2)

Appendix 3 Factors creating pay gaps and remedial actions

197

(3)

Appendix 4 Job evaluation scheme design: equal value considerations

200

(2)

Appendix 5 Illustration of job stacking exercise

202

(2)

Appendix 6 Examples of job evaluation factors

204

(2)

Appendix 7 Example role profiles

206

(2)

Appendix 8 AoC job evaluation scheme

208

(6)

Index

214

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