4th September 2008, 10:00 AM
Quote:quote:Originally posted by Weegie
Bring back Manpower Services? Dear God, never again!
Getting back to Mr Hostie's points, on point 2 the only way we (in EH) managed to get a substantial pay hike for our site staff a couple of years ago was to go through a thorough revision of our site staff job descriptions, analysing the skills required for each post using the National Occupational Standards. These job descriptions were then compared against other EH professional posts using JEGS, and that resulted in an upgrading of the posts. This sort of approach might be useful for others tied to Local Authority or similar payscales, but it won't stop them being undercut by cowboys...
Brian
Resistance is futile. Your project documentation will be MoRPHE-compliant.
I understand it was perhaps not what you meant, but I do resent the implication that only non-govt based organisations can be 'cowboys'.
Moving on, when it comes to pay, it's often been those organisations based within local/national authorities and universities which have claimed that they couldn't raise pay levels because 'they' wouldn't let them. JEGS, NOS etc are indeed a good way of playing large organisations at their own game, but it is also important that, when re-grading happens, the tenders that will pay for it have been costed with those pay rises in mind.
I've never agreed with the payscales being tied to local govt and welcomed the suggestion some time ago that Prospect and SCAUM could look at negotiating profession wide, especially as the RAO/SCAUM crossover is certainly not 100%.
But, as mentioned many times before in these annals, at the same time people need to take a bit of responsibility for themselves too. Only an individual can make the choice about their individual circumstances and what works best for them. For example, a local organisation may pay less but be more amenable to flexible or part-time working or offer a better overall package.
And I agree on MSC!