Job architecture | The role of job descriptions and pay transparency

With many organisations preparing for the EU Pay Transparency Directive, the humble job description is now emerging to play a key role.

Even though the directive doesn’t explicitly mention job descriptions, they are the building blocks that allow organisations to operationalise many of its compliance requirements. For this reason, ensuring that you have standardisation and governance over your job descriptions is essential.

This problem here is that it’s not always the case, as RoleMapper data shows that 60% of job descriptions are out of date and fail to reflect the skills required to do the job.
Job descriptions hold the information that can enable you to compare jobs of the same or similar value, to define the criteria for progression, and more.

Job architecture & groupings

Job groupings form the first step in our new Roadmap to Prepare for EU Pay Transparency guide, as they provide the means to consolidate and compare jobs of equal value and to justify any differences in pay.