Reward in a council with pay spines and very little room to move

Local government reward for eleven years here. Look at your market supplements first. In my authority a quarter of them had not been reviewed in over three years and several were being paid for posts that were no longer hard to fill.

A review every 12 months with fresh evidence is defensible; an open-ended supplement is an equal pay claim waiting.

From the Canadian municipal side, the constraints are similar. I found career frameworks were where I could help: clear steps within a job family so that progression is not only about waiting for a vacancy. The Job Architecture & Careers space is worth a look for that.

Thank you. I asked for the supplements register this morning. There are 212 of them and no review dates on about 70. I think I have found my first project.