Thread: Advice on Mum's Job Evaluation

Hi

I'm posting for advice on behalf of my mum. She works at a school and the council have decided to undertake a job evaluation of all school posts.

All staff had to write a job description to send to the Job Evaluation Team and have since received a letter informing them of whether their pay has gone up or down. It says 92% of roles have kept the same pay or increased....my mum's has decreased.....however her line manager who has the exact same job description (with the addition of managing 2 staff) has had an increase.

The letter is very basic and just states: "Your were Scale ____ with a salary of ____, you will now be Scale (lower) ____ with a salary of ____." They have also provided a booklet that is supposed to explain the job evaluation and the 3 year pay protection but it all sounds like a long-winded lot of nothing.

They have not provided a job score - is she entitled to this?

She has called the council to request the job score and a Breakdown of her results and they have refused to provide one saying she isn't entitled to it...is she?

They say the scores and decreases are not set in stone and that they won't be able to provide any further details until the appeal takes place in "a few months time" (they won't provide a more specific date). They have also said that my mum and her colleague cannot appeal the decrease - they will instead have to get their line manager to do it for them. Is this right??

Any help would be great!!

Also I don't know if it's relevant but my mum has worked there for 18 years (unblemished work record)....her line manager who got the payrise has only been there 9 months (and already has two warnings)

Is your mother a member of a trades union, if so she should ask them for support.
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