Argyll & Bute
Argyll & Bute has published lots of information about its new job evaluation scheme on the council's web site - but a key piece of the jigsaw has been left out.
Significantly, the council has withheld the details of how all the jobs have been scored - which makes a mockery of any internal appeals procedure - because people are being prevented from understanding how other jobs and groups of workers have been treated.
Job evaluation is supposed to be open and transparent - if key results are not being shared, then something is wrong - simple as that.
So, our advice is that people should insist on being provided with all the scores for all council jobs that have been put through the job evaluation process. You could start by simply requesting this information from your line manager, but if that doesn't work there are many other ways of getting your point across:
Significantly, the council has withheld the details of how all the jobs have been scored - which makes a mockery of any internal appeals procedure - because people are being prevented from understanding how other jobs and groups of workers have been treated.
Job evaluation is supposed to be open and transparent - if key results are not being shared, then something is wrong - simple as that.
So, our advice is that people should insist on being provided with all the scores for all council jobs that have been put through the job evaluation process. You could start by simply requesting this information from your line manager, but if that doesn't work there are many other ways of getting your point across:
- Submit a freedom of information request
- Approach you local councillor - explain the issues and ask for their support
- Encourage your trade union to campaign publicly - and make a stand on behalf members
- Get the local paper involved - "If the council has nothing to hide, why is it behaving in this way?"
Employees of the council are absolutely entitled to know the basis on which their jobs are being scored and graded - to withhold this vital information makes the whole process meaningless.
