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Management of Compensation (MOC)

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Purpose

Develop and implement compensation policies and guidelines for the public sector and ensure coordinated bargaining.

Measurable objective

Ensure that appropriate remuneration and conditions of service policies and practices are developed and implemented in order to attract, recruit and retain high calibre of skilled employees.

The Management of Compensation programme is divided into three sub-programmes, namely:

Remuneration and Job Evaluation
Conditions of Service
Negotiations and Labour Relations

Remuneration and Job Evaluation

The purpose of Remuneration and Job Evaluation is to develop, implement and maintain policies, practices and systems on remuneration, job evaluation and grading. The component seeks to achieve this objective by:

Establishing suitable remuneration policies and practices in the Public Service and facilitating the link between remuneration policies and appropriate performance and career development practices in the Public Service;
Establishing and improving job evaluation practices in the Public Service; and
Introducing equitable and competitive salary structures for all categories of employees.

Conditions of Service

The objective of the Conditions of Service component is to develop, implement and maintain policies and practices on conditions of service. The objective will be achieved through:

Enhancing the overall management of conditions of service of public servants in a manner that is supportive of good human resource practices and that facilitates the effective utilisation of human capacity for service delivery; and
Establishing and facilitating access to Public Service human resource management information

Negotiations and Labour Relations

The objective of Negotiations and Labour Relations is to determine labour relations policies for the public service. The component achieves its objective by:

Engaging with employee representatives in order to improve labour relations across the Public Service;
Facilitating stable relations between the state as employer and unions representing public servants;
Providing an appropriate negotiations framework; and
Negotiating with employee representatives on behalf of the State as employer at the Public Service Coordinating Bargaining Council (PSCBC) and the General Public Service Sectoral Bargaining Council (GPSSBC).