Grade Ladder on Worker Assignment

You can use the grade ladder in the worker assignment to ensure that workers are compensated according to the grade structure defined in the job or position.

Selecting Grade Ladder for Worker Assignment

Transactions, such as New Hire, Add Assignment, and Create Work Relationship involve creating a new assignment. During assignment creation, the grade ladder is automatically populated based on the selected job or position. This isn't true for transactions that involve an assignment update (for example, promotion, transfer). You must manually select the grade ladder when you update the assignment.

Note: The Grade Ladder field isn't displayed if a grade ladder isn't defined for the worker organization.

You must select from the grades populated for the grade ladder. If the selected grade includes steps, you can view the steps and the associated salary rates by clicking the Grade Details icon. The step rate is displayed based on the legislative data group associated with the assignment business unit.

The grade step progression process evaluates a worker's eligibility to progress to a new grade or step based on the defined rules and updates the salary rate. The process can be run for workers associated with a particular grade ladder to move them to a new grade or step and update their salary rate.

If the grade ladder selected in the assignment is associated with an automatic grade step progression process, you can exclude the worker from the process. To exclude the worker, deselect the Include in grade step progression check box.

Note: The Include in grade step progression check box isn't displayed if a grade ladder isn't defined for the worker organization.