Why does Lancashire County Council want to use Hay for certain posts?
As stated above, some of the factors in the NJC Scheme relate to specific aspects of jobs which are more likely to be found in job holders working for a local authority. This is a valid attempt to ensure that everyone’s job is placed in rank order according to the value of their job to the employer. There is a risk, however, that some job holders can be allowed to score highly in factors which are not appropriate for their jobs. Where this has been allowed to happen it has had a detrimental effect on other jobs. The authority believes the use of the Hay Evaluation scheme will prevent this. Use of the NJC scheme to date in Lancashire does not support this view and from information gathered by Unison it is the inappropriate use of factors by some local authorities that has resulted in some jobs being adversely effected and it is not an inherent fault in the NJC scheme.
