Changes to the Gender
of a Job Class

Job class gender could change from female to male, or male to female or to gender neutral, thus impacting on pay equity. For example:

SALES REPRESENTATIVE

In 1997, the Sales Department downsized its Sales Representative group from eight to six. There were now three male and three female employees in this job class.

Originally, this was a male job class because: there were seven males and one female; its incumbents had always been male; and the work was stereotypically male.

Although there were now equal numbers of female and male incumbents, this job class did not automatically become gender-neutral. As Sales Representatives were still predominantly male in the industry, the Committee and STC held that this job class would remain male dominated for pay equity purposes.

Pay Equity Maintenance Concern:
The Sales Representative job was the comparator for the Markets Specialist female job. A change to the gender of the Sales Representative job would have had a pay equity impact.

Pay Equity Impact:
None, as the Sales Representative job remained the male comparator for the 550-624 point band. No changes were made to its current job rate.