Thank you, Mr. Speaker. We are going to communicate on an individual basis with each employee. We have tried to communicate on a territorial-wide basis with respect to the pay equity issue and the fact we have allocated $9 million of new money to be added to the pay scale of most of our female employees. It will be done on an individual basis, Mr. Speaker, and I am fairly confident each member of the bureaucracy will fully understand the implications. Again, I want to repeat, anybody who is reclassified down will be what we define as red circled. That means a distinct pay level will stay. Should they leave and we recruit again, it would be recruited again at the reduced pay level. In fact, nobody who is currently in the government will get a reduction in salary because they will either be red circled or be increased, given that we have allocated $9 million which we hope the union and ourselves can come to an agreement with, prior to April 1, 1998. Thank you.
John Todd on Question 389-13(5): Details Of New Job Evaluation System
In the Legislative Assembly on February 20th, 1998. See this statement in context.
Further Return To Question 389-13(5): Details Of New Job Evaluation System
Question 389-13(5): Details Of New Job Evaluation System
Item 6: Oral Questions
February 19th, 1998
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John Todd Keewatin Central
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