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Classification of Positions

The Public Service Commission's Classification Unit supports the achievement and maintenance of the Yukon government compensation strategy and philosophy.  A formal classification system provides a means by which the Yukon government can demonstrate that the salaries paid to employees reflect the value of their work to the organization and that the determination of the value of the work is based on a fair and rational system of measurement.  Job Evaluation is the process of determining the value of each job compared to all the other jobs in the organization.  The evaluation process focuses on the duties and responsibilities of the work assigned to the position, not on the incumbent’s performance of that work. 

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The Government of Yukon currently uses two formal methods for evaluating jobs: 

The Willis Plan for Non-Management Positions

In 1986 the Government of Yukon implemented a point factor rating system to measure all YEU and Confidential Exclusion positions.  This system is a point rating plan which is an analytical, quantitative system for determining job value by assigning point values to each of a set of job characteristics or factors.  This system measures four factors; Job Knowledge and Skills, Mental Demands, Accountability and Working Conditions. 

The Hay Method for Management Positions

The Government of Yukon management group includes the deputy ministers (DM), managerial, including program officers*; (MGR), and legal officers (LE).   Program officers are those central agency positions in which the principal responsibility includes the planning, implementation and evaluation of government wide or corporate programs or policies; or those that advise on the corporate management of government wide or corporate programs or policies.

In January 2008 the Yukon government implemented a new method to classify all management jobs across the Government.  The ‘Hay’ method is a quantitative method which analyzes the relative worth of evaluation factors. It uses four main factors measuring; Know-How, Problem-Solving, Accountability and Working Conditions.

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Non-Management Group Information (The Willis Plan)

• The Willis Plan
  A description of the Job Evaluation Manual and pdf links to the various sections of the manual.
• The Willis Plan (Job Evaluation Manual) [836.17 KB ]

Management Group Information (The Hay Method)

• Information on the classification and appeal process
• Manager Benchmarks

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