What is Job Evaluation and Single Status?
In 1999 members voted in a ballot for a new deal with councils across Scotland called Single Status’. The aim was to address pay inequality and get a fairer single pay structure for all staff. Every job in local government is to be evaluated through a job evaluation scheme. The scheme would assess jobs equally and fairly on agreed and transparent criteria. You know why your grade is what it is. It creates one pay scale for all staff, doing away with the historic manual and APT&C differences. Job evaluation is designed to ensure equal pay.
