Job Evaluation

This overview on job evaluation shows how to assign value (points) to
male and female job classes.

At the beginning

STC started their pay equity process by determining the employer, the establishments, the deadlines and the male and female job classes. Their next step was to evaluate the work done in the job classes. You can view the beginning of STC's pay equity process to better understand how key decisions were made.

Introducing job evaluation systems

In order to compare the skill, effort, responsibility and working conditions of job classes, as required by the Act, employers and bargaining agents usually use a job evaluation system.

A job evaluation system will let you place a value on job classes in your workplace. When there's a union, the selection of a system must be negotiated between the employer and the bargaining agent.

Choosing a system

Organizations can use their own system, one developed by a consultant, or adapt a system like the one available from the Pay Equity Commission. The Commission does not endorse the use of any particular system.

In this overview, you will find information on: