Once a right candidate is placed on a right job, the person needs to be duly compensated for the job he/she performs. In the pursuit of equal payment, there should be established a consistent and systematic relationship among base compensation rates for all the jobs within the organizations. The process of such establishment is termed “job evaluation”.
Different jobs in an organization need to be valued to ascertain their relative worth so that jobs are compensated accordingly and an equitable wage and salary structure is designed in the organization. This is necessary for sustaining cordial relations within and between employees and employer. Hence, there is a need for appreciation of intricacies of the job evaluation in the modern organization. This lesson, as a first steps, dedicated to discuss the various fundamentals aspects of job evolution.