How to select, devise and use a job evaluation scheme

Author: Tony Hatton-Gore

Summary

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• Understand what job evaluation is and what it can be used for.
• Compare the different types of job evaluation schemes and their features.
• Understand the relationship between job evaluation and equal pay.
• Design an analytical job evaluation scheme.
• Consider how the factors to be evaluated will be weighted and scored.
• Understand how benchmark jobs underpin job evaluation.
• Provide training for the individuals involved in the analysis of jobs.
• Set up a robust appeals process.
• Review the job evaluation scheme regularly to ensure that the results are still accurate and the scheme is appropriate to the needs of the organisation.