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CLASSIFICATION CREEP [1 record]

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Record 1 1978-02-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Personnel and Job Evaluation
CONT

(...) to obtain a pay increase for a meritorious employee, the [classification] system obliges management to present the case (...) as a classification case based on a change in the organization's demands (...) The result contributes to "classification creep", an almost inevitable consequence of the use of short salary ranges and the lack of provision for merit pay administration.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Évaluation du personnel et des emplois
CONT

Le "glissement ou grimpement de la classification" est un phénomène bien connu des systèmes de classification (...) surtout dans les systèmes des fonctions publiques.

Spanish

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