Pay Equity Commission :: The Space Toy Co. Case Study :: Job Evaluation

The first step for the Committee was to identify aspects of work present in female and male job classes - these elements could then form part of potential subfactors.

The second step for the Committee was to organize those aspects of work that were seen to belong in the same family: for example, all financial aspects were listed under what became a subfactor of Responsibility - Responsibility for Financial Resources.

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In Column 1:
Aspects of work present in the jobs at Toronto's Head Office are identified. (This list is not exhaustive.)

From this list:
A shorter list of 10 subfactors was created. These 10 subfactors are shown in Column 2.

In Column 2:
Ten subfactors are identified and now make up the job comparison system.

Example:
In column 1, Budget responsibilities, Cash, Cost accounting, Financial decisions, Accuracy and Accountability are identified as elements of work that can be grouped under the subfactor "Responsibility for Financial Resources". This subfactor becomes one of the 10 for the whole system.

In Column 3:
The 4 factors - Skill, Effort, Responsibility and Working conditions - are listed in this column.

The Work

Identifying the work

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