- Provider Group Joint Job Evaluation
Provider Group Joint Job Evaluation
CUPE, SEIU, SGEU and SAHO, through a joint job evaluation project, have undertaken to develop and implement a sustainable plan using the principles of Equal Pay for Work of Equal Value and Pay Equity. Minimum qualifications will be determined and the skill, effort, responsibility and working conditions evaluated for all jobs in an organization.
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NOTICE - June 2025
20-Jun-2025NOTICE – June 2025
PROVIDER GROUP JOINT JOB EVALUATION MAINTENANCE COMMITTEE (JJEMC) – PRESENTATION
Presentation for Education on the Process
1. Topic: NEW JOB(s): Implemented by JJEMC:
Provincial Job Description #540 - Hemodialysis Specialty/Licensed Practical Nurse
2. Topic: PROVINCIAL REVIEWS COMPLETED:
Provincial Job Description #441 - Autism Spectrum Disorder Support Worker
Provincial Job Description #409 - Automation System Technologist
Provincial Job Description #259 - Laboratory Services Worker
Provincial Job Description #113 - Laboratory Process Worker
Provincial Job Description #121 - Medical Laboratory Assistant
Provincial Job Description #145 - Senior Medical Laboratory Assistant
3. Topic: PROVINCIAL REVIEWS INITIATED:
Documents necessary for the following Provincial Reviews were sent to Local Unions and HR Representatives March 4, 2025:
- Provincial Job Description #051 - Print Shop Worker
- Provincial Job Description #052 - Print Shop Operator
- Provincial Job Description #053 - Head Print Shop Operator
- Provincial Job Description #205 - Printing Services Coordinator
- Provincial Job Description #532 - Print Shop Coordinator
- Provincial Job Description #101 - Clinical Genetics Technologist I
Dates of completion are as follows:
Employer HR Department is required to distribute to Employees by – March 18, 2025
Employee(s) date of completion and submitted to OOS Supervisor by – April 29, 2025
OOS Supervisor date of completion and submitted to HR representative by – June 10, 2025
Employer HR date for submission to JJEMC Assistant by – June 24, 2025
Provincial Review Request Forms were sent to Local Unions and HR Representatives April 8, 2025 for the following Provincial Job Descriptions:
- Provincial Job Description #512 - Clinical Genetics Technologist II
- Provincial Job Description #321 - Clinical Genetics Technologist II & Instructor
- Provincial Job Description #513 - Clinical Genetics Technologist Supervisor
- Provincial Job Description #015 - Client Attendant
- Provincial Job Description #143 - Respiratory Benefits Program Assistant
- Provincial Job Description #428 - Respiratory Benefits Program Coordinator
Dates of completion are as follows:
Employer HR Department is required to distribute to Employees by – April 22, 2025
Employee(s) date of completion and submitted to OOS Supervisor by – June 3, 2025
OOS Supervisor date of completion and submitted to HR representative by – July 15, 2025
Employer HR date for submission to JJEMC Assistant by – July 29, 2025
Documents necessary for the following Provincial Reviews were sent to Local Unions and HR Representatives May 6, 2025:
- Provincial Job Description #047 - Community Outreach & Education Worker
- Provincial Job Description #525 - Street Outreach and Intervention Worker
- Provincial Job Description #338 - First Nation and Metis Health Coordinator
- Provincial Job Description #099 - Adaptive Seating Specialist
- Provincial Job Description #174 - Orthopedic Shoemaker
- Provincial Job Description #116 - Pool Attendant
Dates of completion are as follows:
Employer HR Department is required to distribute to Employees by – May 20, 2025
Employee(s) date of completion and submitted to OOS Supervisor by – July 2, 2025
OOS Supervisor date of completion and submitted to HR representative by – August 12, 2024
Employer HR date for submission to JJEMC Assistant by – August 26, 2025
Documents necessary for the following Provincial Reviews were sent to Local Unions and HR June 3, 2025:
- Provincial Job Description #033 - Hearing Aid Practitioner
- Provincial Job Description #085 - Audiometric Electronics Technician
- Provincial Job Description #039 - Social Services Worker
- Provincial Job Description #048 - Social Services Coordinator
- Provincial Job Description #065 - Liaison Worker
- Provincial Job Description #210 - Client Vocational Program Assistant
Dates of completion are as follows:
Employer HR Department is required to distribute to Employees by – June 17, 2025
Employee(s) date of completion and submitted to OOS Supervisor by – July 29, 2025
OOS Supervisor date of completion and submitted to HR representative by – September 9, 2025
Employer HR date for submission to JJEMC Assistant by – September 23, 2025
Please contact Kendra Korinetz (306-347-5505) if you have any questions.
UPCOMING PROVINCIAL REVIEW CALL OUTS:
Documents required to participate in upcoming Provincial Review Call Outs will be forwarded to HR Departments in the corresponding month as listed below:
September 2025 Call Out
Provincial Job Description #046 - Archivist
Provincial Job Description #130 - Library Technician
Provincial Job Description #219 - Librarian
Provincial Job Description #500 - Librarian Working Supervisor
Provincial Job Description #527 - Librarian Systems Analyst
Provincial Job Description #519 - Indigenous Birth Support Worker (Doula)
October 2025 Call Out
Provincial Job Description #172 - Research Assistant
Provincial Job Description #401 - Research Officer
Provincial Job Description #528 - Clinical Research Assistant
Provincial Job Description #008 - 3rd Class Power Engineer
Provincial Job Description #013 - 3rd Class Chief Engineer
Provincial Job Description #079 - 2nd Class Chief Engineer
4. Topic: INITIATING A MAINTENANCE REQUEST:
Documentation required and process to follow for all changed and new jobs submitted to the Provider Group Joint Job Evaluation Maintenance Process.
Changed Job:
(Process for an employee(s) requesting to be reclassified to a new job or another existing job in the plan)
Provincial Job Fact Sheet (PJFS) (Amended from the PJFS the incumbent is currently in)Provincial Job Fact Sheets
OR
New Job:
(Process for Employers to create new jobs – no employee(s) attached to submission)
Draft Job Description
Provincial Job Fact Sheet (Blank)
Completed documents are forwarded to employer Human Resources department. Employer Human Resources department provides a copy to the local Union and forwards a copy to the Joint Job Evaluation Maintenance Committee (JJEMC) Assistant.
The Human Resources department and the local Union will arrange to meet with the JJEMC Assistant to discuss (Three Party Review meeting) the Maintenance Request.
5. Topic: HEALTH INFORMATION PROTECTION ACT:
Should Employees or Employers wish to provide supporting documentation further to the required documents, then Regional Policies and Procedures and the Health Information Protection Act (HIPA) must be adhered to.
HIPA requires protection of health information such as Social Insurance Number (SIN), names, addresses, Health Services Number (HSN), next of kin or signatures that would identify an individual, who has not provided consent for information to be shared.
Please reference HIPA, the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Saskatchewan’s website at www.oipc.sk.ca or contact your Regional Privacy Office for further information.
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MOA/LOU EDUCATION FACTOR
In November of 2017, a Letter of Understanding was signed by the parties and a sub-committee was formed and a subsequent Memorandum of Agreement was signed in January 2019. It was agreed that a change in education hours would not automatically affect the Provincial Job Description pay band going up or down unless one of the other nine factors changed as well.
Signed-LOU_JJE plan review_pay band_Nov-23-2017
Memorandum of Agreement - JJE Maintenance Plan - Education Factor
PHARMACY TECHNICIAN ARBITRATION MEMORANDUM OF SETTLEMENT
In 2015 a settlement was reached in the Pharmacy Technician arbitration.
The history of this arbitration dates back to 2006, when a number of employee maintenance requests had been submitted to the Joint Job Evaluation Maintenance Committee (JJEMC). It was decided at that time that the classification as a whole would be reviewed. In 2007, the JJEMC completed their review which resulted in an increase to the existing pay band. The increase was implemented the first Sunday after the decision, as per the language governing annual/provincial reviews.
Grievances were filed shortly afterward on the basis that the effective date should be the date that individual requests had been submitted rather than the date relevant to the annual/provincial review. This dispute moved forward to arbitration and mediation, which then considered not only this classification, but others that posed a similar potential conflict. In addition, a review of the existing language was also undertaken. An agreement was reached on December 16, 2015, in which the parties agreed to operational language that will avoid this type of dispute in the future, with an effective date of February 1, 2016 for the language revisions. Revised timelines were the only changes to current processes that impacted employers, employees or unions.
Pharmacy Technician Arbitration Memorandum of Settlement JJE Maintenance Plan
MAINTENANCE LETTER OF UNDERSTANDING
In 2010, a Letter of Understanding was signed between the Saskatchewan Association of Health Organizations (SAHO) and the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE), Service Employees International Union-West (SEIU-West) and the Saskatchewan Government and General Employees’ union (SGEU). This letter speaks to the commitment from all parties to maintain a join Union/Management maintenance committee.
JOB EVALUATION PLAN
The Joint Job Evaluation Manual is the working guide that explains in greater detail the factors that are evaluated in the maintenance review process.
