The Joint Job Evaluation Steering Committee (JJESC) is releasing job evaluation ratings to all employees in the CAW Local 555 Bargaining Unit and their supervisors. The documents, called Rating Notes, are being mailed beginning August 21 to those employees who submitted Job Content Questionnaires (JCQs) in a timely manner. The Rating Notes for those employees who have made recent submissions will be distributed at a later date.

The Job Rating Committee (JRC) has reviewed and rated the Job Content Questionnaires, and has documented the evaluations in the Rating Notes being distributed. The Rating Notes consist of the level rating scores and rationale for each of the fourteen subfactors in the Job Evaluation Plan. The rationales are an explanation of the level rating based on the Job Evaluation Plan and include information provided in the Job Content Questionnaires and responses to subsequent queries. The Joint Job Evaluation Steering Committee has also reviewed the Rating Notes and level rating scores as part of a thorough consistency checking process and has confirmed the outcomes. The distribution of the Rating Notes is intended to provide transparency to the process, ensuring that everyone has the opportunity to understand how jobs are rated.

The Rating Notes are the evaluations that will determine the points and pay grade of each job under the new job evaluation system. All employees and their supervisors are encouraged to attend one of several Information Sessions in order to learn how to interpret and better understand the Rating Notes, and learn where to access additional resources such as the revised Job Evaluation Plan which includes clarifications and guidelines. In the sessions, the Joint Job Evaluation Steering Committee will also explain the process for reconsideration. Additional information on the reconsideration process will be distributed in the next e-Bulletin.

The University considers time away from work to attend a session as paid release time. You are strongly encouraged to attend one of the following sessions:

The JJESC will take note of questions from those in attendance and will update the existing Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs).If you submitted a Job Content Questionnaire for a job in the CAW Local 555 bargaining unit and do not receive your Rating Note by September 5, 2006, contact jjesc@mcmaster.ca.

To access additional information, the Job Evaluation Plan, download necessary forms or to review past bulletins and newsletters or the FAQs, visit the following websites: www.cawlocal555.ca/jjesc.html
or www.workingatmcmaster.ca/jjesc/.

Questions about this initiative, should be directed to jjesc@mcmaster.ca.

Joint Job Evaluation Steering Committee (JJESC):

Paula Brown-Hackett

Carmela Civitareale

Jim Garrett

Daina Green

Heather Grigg

Marvin Gunderman

Kathy Ouellette

Rosemary Viola

Nancy Vukelich