JOB EVALUATION
Job evaluation continues to be popular, says IDS
“Mergers and rapid growth continue to keep job evaluation in the spotlight. Increasingly, it is being used to ‘underpin’ grading structures in evolving organisations.” That’s the verdict of a new report on job evaluation by Incomes Data Services.
Links to other HR activities
IDS also suggests that job evaluation is increasingly being used creatively to support other HR processes. As the reports explains: “The main aim of any job evaluation exercise is to measure the relative worth of different roles within an organisation. The results of an evaluation are then typically used to inform revisions to pay and grading structures, although some employers are now also linking the factors used to measure jobs to their appraisal, performance management and recruitment activities.”
%ADVERT%For example, the factors employed to assess the relative worth of jobs in analytical schemes may be used to produce role profiles, allowing employers to compare jobs and plan career development more easily. IDS says: “Some organisations may seek to strengthen such links by incorporating competencies within job evaluation, particularly where a competency framework is central to all HR activities, including recruitment and performance management.”
What’s in this report by IDS?
This 64-page publication includes the following sections:
1. Overview
2. Analysis
3. Company practice
Five detailed case studies explore why a range of organisations undertook job evaluation exercises, how they designed and managed their schemes and how they used the results within their businesses – from revising existing salary scales and clarifying career paths through to designing brand new salary structures and informing other HR activities:
4. Guide to suppliers
Want to know more?
Title: “Job evaluation”, IDS StudyPlus (Study 837), January 2007, Incomes Data Services.
Availability: Call IDS customer services in London, tel: 020 7324 2599, or you can order online at www.incomesdata.co.uk/studies/jobevaluation.htm
IDS HR Studies analyse employers' HR and personnel policies, procedures and practices. The service is designed to enable subscribers to learn from the experience of others and to benchmark their policies and practices against those of other businesses.
Incomes Data Services is an independent research organisation providing information and analysis on pay, conditions, pensions, employment law and personnel policy and practice in the UK and rest of Europe. For more information about IDS jump to www.incomesdata.co.uk