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CLASSIFICATION REFORM (formerly know as UCS) UPDATE
The Association is pleased that Treasury Board has abandoned their attempt to have a universal application of job classification across the public service and that it will now be tailored to each occupational group. It appears that much of the work done to date will not be lost because the same factors and elements used to develop the UCS will be the basis for the standard developed for each group. It is more of a name change so that the reference to universal can be removed. How the work descriptions already completed in the UCS format for our group will be used with our current classification standard has yet to be spelled out by Treasury Board. The Association will be watching these developments closely over the coming months.
FIs are not in the first wave of conversions. This is a concern because we may need classification reform to help solve our wage relativity problems with our peer groups. We fear that everyone will now sit back and wait until the PA, FS and EC groups are finished which could take several years. Management may try to use this as an excuse not to address our problems. It is imperative that work be commenced immediately in conjunction with classification reform to establish a new group definition and selection standard which everyone will respect for the advancement of professionalism in the Financial Management Community. We continue to ask that the Association, the Comptroller General's Office, the Public Service Commission and Senior Financial Officers work together to determine the future needs of our group in the areas of group definition, selection standard and classification reform. The Association is demanding action now and will do everything in its power to pressure for that action.
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