Job Evaluation
A reader from Clackmannanshire has been in touch - with a query about job evaluation.
Apparently, the council has upheld a job evaluation appeal made on behalf of council road sweepers - which means that their jobs move on to a new and higher rate of pay.
Previously the road sweepers (a predominantly male job) were on the same grade and rate of pay as council cleaners (a predominantly female job) - who work in local schools and other council buildings.
So the query is: "Do the cleaners have a claim to be put on the same grade and rate of pay as their male colleagues who working as road sweepers?"
Well they are certainly entitled to ask for a proper explanations of why the road sweepers had their grade changed - and rate of pay improved.
Presumably the trade unions supported the road sweepers appeal - so they must know the answer to that question as well as council management.
The key point is to understand the reasons for upholding the appeal - which factor scores under the job evaluation scheme were changed and why?
Armed with that information, a cleaner is in a position to consider - whether to mount an appeal using the same or similar grounds to the road sweepers.
If the council and the trade unions won't explain what's happened voluntarily - which they should, of course - then the details can be requested using a formal Freedom of Information (FOI) request.
Apparently, the council has upheld a job evaluation appeal made on behalf of council road sweepers - which means that their jobs move on to a new and higher rate of pay.
Previously the road sweepers (a predominantly male job) were on the same grade and rate of pay as council cleaners (a predominantly female job) - who work in local schools and other council buildings.
So the query is: "Do the cleaners have a claim to be put on the same grade and rate of pay as their male colleagues who working as road sweepers?"
Well they are certainly entitled to ask for a proper explanations of why the road sweepers had their grade changed - and rate of pay improved.
Presumably the trade unions supported the road sweepers appeal - so they must know the answer to that question as well as council management.
The key point is to understand the reasons for upholding the appeal - which factor scores under the job evaluation scheme were changed and why?
Armed with that information, a cleaner is in a position to consider - whether to mount an appeal using the same or similar grounds to the road sweepers.
If the council and the trade unions won't explain what's happened voluntarily - which they should, of course - then the details can be requested using a formal Freedom of Information (FOI) request.
After all job evaluation is supposed to be an open and transparent process - so that people can see for themselves - the basis on which different council jobs are graded and paid.
