OAR 198-001-0010: Determining the Comparability of the Value of Work

(1) The authority for this rule is found in ORS 1.002 and 292.956. (2) Definitions: (a) Comparability of the value of work: The value of work measured by the needs of the employer an the knowledge, com­pos­ite skill, effort, responsibility, and working conditions required in the performance of the work; (b) Hay Method: The Hay Guide Chart-Profile Method of job evaluation. (3) Use of the Hay Method of Job Evaluation: The Judicial Department shall use the Hay Method of job evaluation to deter­mine the comparability of the value of work. This methodology measures the knowledge, composite skill, effort, responsibility, and working conditions required in the performance of work. (4) Job Evaluation Factors: The Judicial Department shall apply the following Hay Method job evaluation factors: (a) Know-how, which measures the various types and levels of every kind of knowledge and skill, however acquired necessary to perform the work of the classification. It encompasses: (A) The Knowledge base; (B) Managerial know-how; and (C) Human relations skills. (b) Problem-solving, which measures the complexity of the work. It encompasses: (A) The environment in which thinking takes place; and (B) The mental challenge required to perform the assigned work. (c) Accountability, which measures answerability for actions, the results of actions taken, and decisions made. It encompasses: (A) Freedom to act; (B) Impact of the job on end results of the organization; and (C) The magnitude of that impact. (d) Working conditions is a job context factor not common to each classification. This factor applies only when the duties assigned to a classification include those: (A) Requiring unusual sensory and/or muscular effort; (B) Exposing an individual to physically unpleasant and/or hazardous conditions; or (C) Causing exceptional nonphysical work demands such as time demands, role loading, and/or emotion loading.