Common use of JOBS AND SALARIES Clause in Contracts

JOBS AND SALARIES. Basis of the employee's income Article 4.1 Job classification systems and salary structures 1. Jobs in the company shall be classified into a 'job level matrix' (job classification system) based on job descriptions and in accordance with a job evaluation method recognised by the parties to the collective labour agreement. 2. Different job classification systems, based on recognised job evaluation methods, have been laid down in the collective labour agreement. The job classification systems shall be maintained by the respective system holders under the responsibility of the parties to this collective labour agreement. Salary structures shall be linked to the different job classification systems. 3. A company shall have the right to apply its own method of job evaluation and/or its own salary table, approved within the company, with the permission of the Supervision and Compliance Committee / Administration Board established by the parties to the collective labour agreement (article 18.2). Permission shall only be granted if the following conditions are complied with: a. The job evaluation method is based on a system recognised by the parties to the collective labour agreement. b. The company provides for its own procedures for lodging objections and appeals; filing appeals with the Supervision and Compliance Committee / Administration Board is not an option. c. The scaled salaries of the job levels belonging to this system are at least equal to the scaled salaries belonging to the job levels in the job classification systems referred to in paragraph 2 of this article. 4. The salaries and salary scales were formally increased by 1% with effect from 1 July 2015.