Dated job classification system affects more than 1,300 public service employees
A dated job evaluation system used for core provincial government employees in executive and senior management positions is not pay equity compliant. Pictured is Confederation Building in St. John’s. -SaltWire Network file photoST. JOHN'S, N.L. — JSaltWire Network has learned the system used to determine pay for more than a thousand provincial government employees is not pay equity compliant.
Government’s version assesses employees’ know-how, problem solving and accountability, according to a statement provided to SaltWire Network from the Treasury Board Secretariat in June. The relevant piece of legislation in this province related to this is Sect. 16 of the provincial Human Rights Act which says an employer can’t pay employees different wages if they are doing the same or similar work requiring the same or similar skill, effort and responsibility, and under the same or similar working conditions.Meanwhile, Premier Andrew Furey unexpectedly said on Aug. 16 that the province will be moving forward with proactive pay equity legislation this fall.
After trying to get interviews with two of his ministers about progress on pay equity legislation for nearly a month, SaltWire brought it up at the event when Furey took questions from reporters. Premier Andrew Furey speaks with reporters at Memorial University’s faculty of medicine on Tuesday, Aug. 16, where he was announcing a measure to recruit more doctors, and where he unexpectedly confirmed the province would be moving ahead with pay equity legislation this fall. - Juanita Mercer/SaltWire Network file photo
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