Steps to Proportional Value

Proportional value builds on the work already done with the Job-to-Job approach.

Steps to PV

To achieve PV, employers must:

determine unmatched female job classes;
select a representative group of male job classes;
calculate a PV job rate line;
calculate adjustments; and,
prepare and post a pay equity plan, then implement the rate adjustments.

Developing a job rate line

This section shows you three ways to apply the PV method. They are:

a free-hand method

where you mark the job value and job rate of each job class free-hand on a graph to more or less form a straight line

a computer regression analysis program

where you use a computer's regression program to calculate the job rate line and produce PV job rates

a manual regression analysis calculation

where you calculate PV job rates manually using a regression analysis formula

STC's methods

STC provided PV adjustments for unmatched female jobs, where necessary, by using the free-hand method and double-checking those results with a regression analysis program.

The next several pages will show you how each method works. After you've learned the different ways to do PV, you can use the interactive worksheet provided to calculate PV job rates using your own information.

The interactive worksheet

An interactive regression calculation worksheet is provided so you can:

enter male job classes, values and job rates
submit this data for calculation
enter female job classes, values and job rates
submit this data for calculation
calculate PV job rates for unmatched female job classes

The PV Process

STC's unmatched female job classes were: Customer Service Clerk, Accounting Clerk, and Receptionist/Typist. STC began its PV process by choosing a representative group of male jobs and determining a pay pattern for these. This part of the process is shown on the next page.

Dernière mise à jour : 04/12/2007