Why are classification and job evaluation important?
5.13 There are very important and complex links between the classification of a position and other human resource management decisions or systems, such as staffing, collective bargaining and pay administration. For these reasons, classification and job evaluation are considered the “cornerstone” of human resource management in the public service. For example, because appointments are usually made “to a position”, reclassifying a position to a higher level leads to initiating a staffing process to find a candidate or promote the incumbent. The resulting appointment will trigger a pay transaction. Exclusion from, or membership in, a bargaining unit will be also determined by the occupational group and level of the position and the duties performed by the incumbent. Because of these links, any change to the current classification and job evaluation systems, such as simplification, can have significant multiplying effects. The reform of classification and job evaluation was considered by m
