The Company:

A pharmaceutical company

The Problem:
The company had agreed with the trade union to introduce job evaluation to the
shop floor. Their in-house HR department whilst highly skilled did not have the
experience of job evaluation or the available resources to run the project.

Our Approach:
Working with the HR Department, Managers and Trade Union officials our
associate:

Devised a project plan which was approved by senior management

Assessed the job evaluation system and worked with the provider to
customise the system for the companys requirements

Coached, trained and mentored the job evaluation panel or managers and
trade union representatives

Interviewed staff about their roles and devised job descriptions for the
evaluation panel

Developed a job evaluation manual to be used as a basis for ongoing

evaluation panels

Drove the job evaluation panel meetings to produce a rank order of jobs
for the shop floor resulting in a new grading structure

The Result:
The job evaluated roles throughout the shop floor were agreed with the unions
and a new grading and progression structure introduced. The company has since
rolled the job evaluation system out to other parts of the site using their own HR
Department who were mentored and trained by Indigos consultant.

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Contents
Contents of the Space Toy Co. (STC) case study

1. Welcome

2. Read This First

3. Contents

4. To Start - Introduction

Short Bio
Employer
More on Employer
Deadlines
More on Deadlines
Employees
Establishments

Number of Plans
Job Class and Gender
More on Job Class
STC's Job Classes by Gender
Job Class Gender - Worksheet
Job Rates
Committees

5. Job Evaluation

The Law
JE Systems
The Work
Aspects of Work at STC
Definitions
Subfactor Definitions
Levels
Level Definitions
System Overview
Weighting
The Formula
Create a Formula - Worksheet
Job Information
Evaluating Jobs

6. Job-to-Job

The Law
The Value of Jobs
Banding of Points
STC's Point Bands
Job rates
Adjusting Job Rates
Pay Equity Plan

7. Proportional Value

The Law
Deadlines for PV
Steps to PV
Representative Male Jobs
Free-hand Method
Regression Analysis Method
How to Use Your Computer to do Regression Analysis
Calculate a Regression Line Interactive Worksheet
Calculate a Regression Line Manual Worksheet
Pay Equity Plan - Amended for PV

8. Maintenance

The Law
FAQs
Maintenance Problems and Solutions
Maintenance Scenarios
Changes to Duties and

Responsibilities

Changes to the Gender of Jobs

Changes in Union Status
Changes to Compensation
Creation of a New Job Class
Job Classes are Eliminated
Workplace Restructuring
Sale of Business
More on Sale of Business

9. Complaints and Objections

Complaints
Objections
The Role of a Review Officer

10. Tools

More on Job Information

More on Job Descriptions
Sample - Terms of Reference for a
Committee

Sample - Job Description

Sample - Maintenance Journal
Sample - Request for Review of Job
Information
Worksheet - Terms of Reference
Worksheet - Job Description
Worksheet - Maintenance Journal
Worksheet - Formula

11. In closing

Appendix 1. Table 1-a:

Manual Regression Calculation
Appendix 2. Table 2-a:
R-squared Calculation
Appendix 3. Table 3-a:
Pay Equity Job Rates and Adjustments