Category: Job evaluation
What is Equal Pay Day and why does it matter?
Sarah Nash | 22 November 2024
Equal Pay | Equal Pay Audits | Gender Pay | Gender Pay Reporting | Job evaluation
This Wednesday, the 20 November 2024, was Equal Pay Day. It’s a national campaign led by the Fawcett Society, a UK charity championing gender equality and women’s rights at work.
Business services roles in Law – helping firms value the undervalued
Justine Woolf | 03 October 2024
Evaluate | Pay Structure | Job evaluation
Historically and perhaps understandably, much of the focus in law firms has been on fee-earning roles. It has been more of a challenge for HR departments to implement formal reward structures for Business Services roles. Now, though, this whole area is being driven up the agenda by challenges in recruitment and retention as well as legislative and social pressures.
How organisational design can help mitigate staff shortages
Sarah Lardner | 03 March 2023
Evaluate | Job Evaluation Software | Job evaluation
On 20 February, BBC Online published an article entitled How shrinking teams are pushing workers to the brink. It outlines how staff shortages are leading to workers having to perform multi-faceted roles, take on heavier workloads and complete tasks beyond their job remit.
Three essential areas to address around pay gaps and equality
02 September 2022
Equal Pay | Equal Pay Audits | Pay Structure | Pay benchmarking | Job evaluation | Pay Review
Instances of unequal pay can manifest all too easily, but they can also be guarded against by putting checks and balances in place and maintaining those with regular auditing. My three main areas to focus on when considering pay gaps and inequality are pay structures, annual pay review and pay policy.
Top tips for implementing a job evaluation framework
16 July 2021
A strong grading structure underpins every successful reward scheme, and the first step is evaluating jobs. Sarah Nash talks through the process of evaluating roles and gives her top tips and best practice considerations.
Bespoke or off-the-shelf Job Evaluation frameworks – which is right for your organisation?
09 June 2021
There are advantages to both bespoke and off-the-shelf frameworks, and it is about weighing up these pros and cons. Cathryn Edmonson details the key considerations to bear in mind - regardless of which approach you decide on.
Why undertake job evaluation?
04 June 2021
A good Job Evaluation framework can provide the foundation for a number of pay and reward practices including pay frameworks, competency frameworks, performance management, and career pathways. Alastair Cole highlights the value Job Evaluation can add to your organisation.
Three questions to assess if your JE scheme is fit for purpose
14 May 2021
A job evaluation framework that is not fit for purpose will do more damage than good. Cathryn Edmondson offers three key questions to help determine if your job evaluation framework is fit for purpose.
How to promote fairness and transparency through Job Evaluation
06 May 2021
Pay Fairness | Job evaluation | Transparency
Fairness and transparency are both cornerstones of Responsible Reward. Spencer Hughes looks at how both can be achieved by correctly executing and implementing Job Evaluation with a logical and consistent methodology.
Your 4 step guide to organisational design
23 January 2020
HR Reward | Reward Consultancy | Evaluate | Job Evaluation Software | Organisational Design | Job evaluation | Productivity
This week Innecto's Sarah Lardner brings you her handy guide to organisational design - how to do it and what value it can add to your organisation.
Attracting talent in tech: what should your business be considering?
08 October 2019
Measuring pay | Global talent | Talent | Organisational Design | Job evaluation
When it comes to attracting the right talent, technology and digital roles are the ones that are often creating headaches for many employers right now. The increasing tech focus for most organisations is demanding a skill set that in many cases doesn’t yet exist - or if it does, it is like gold dust to find. We explore some key considerations for businesses looking to find the cream of the crop.
Using reward to enhance company culture
27 November 2018
HR Reward | Reward Consultancy | Motivation | Employee engagement | Business Ethics | Culture | Total reward | Pay Structure | Recognition | Reward Strategy | Job evaluation
At a time of record levels of job-switching, how do you keep employees on-board? One answer is to focus on something money can’t buy. Here's some ideas on how to reinforce your company culture through good reward policies and practice.
