THE NEW PUBLIC SECTOR COMPENSATION SYSTEM

The new compensation system will support the delivery of high quality public services, reward performance, promote equity and reward employees competitively. The system is based on how jobs relate to each other in the public sector and the following principles:

• Simple – easily understood
• Consistent – equitable application and transparency across the public sector
• Rewards Performance – recognises and rewards high performance
• Sustainable –affordable, manageable, defensible and supports the realisation of strategic goals

A key feature of the new compensation system is a New Public Service Job Evaluation Factor Plan which will be used to understand jobs across the public service in a more consistent way. This will replace the myriad of classification systems and structures currently in place and align the job evaluation system to international standards.