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Job Evaluation - what's happening In 1999 members voted in a ballot for a new deal with councils across Scotland called 'Single Status'. Every job in local government was to be evaluated through a recommended national 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. After years of delay, talks eventually started in Edinburgh and UNISON members voted to negotiate on a scheme. We are still in talks with management on all matters relating to Job Evaluation and Single Status. So far 85 groups of jobs have been looked at. The Council wants all posts with five or less people in them to be 'allocated'. This would affect over 2,000 staff. UNISON is challenging this. We think a fair scheme must evaluate all jobs. The Council has outlined a two-stage appeal process. We must stress this has not been agreed with UNISON. Although the Council is linking its conditions plans to Job Evaluation, they have NOT been discussed or agreed with UNISON. We and the other trade unions in the Council will continue to engage with your employers on Job Evaluation whilst resisting these changes. |
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