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Job evaluation and equal pay when organisations change or restructure

Watch back our webinar recording which supports employers to understand how good job evaluation supports organisational change.

1 December 2025

On 25 November 2025, the NHS Staff Council's Job Evaluation Group (JEG) hosted for a webinar designed to provide integrated care boards (ICBs) with foundational knowledge and practical guidance on job evaluation and equal pay that will support their work to consolidate and restructure services.

This webinar covered: 

  • the equal pay implications of service reconfigurations
  • the importance of applying NHS Job Evaluation Scheme principles
  • good practices for developing and implementing new job structures
  • common queries and problems.

Watch the webinar recording in full below

  • 00:00Introduction to Job Evaluation and Equal Pay

    03:32Understanding Workforce Re-profiling

    08:09 - Job Evaluation Scheme principles

    10:57 - Equal pay considerations in service reconfiguration

    13:59 - Capacity  building for job evaluation

    19:29 - Partnership working in job evaluation

    24:18 - Importance of record keeping and audit trails

    25:23 - Job evaluation outcomes and future directions

    27:19 - The role of line managers in job evaluation

    29:24 - Best practices for job descriptions

    31:26 - Job evaluation timing and processes

    34:29 - Job descriptions and legal considerations

    37:42 - Generic job descriptions and organisational change

    41:01 - Using existing job descriptions in mergers

    42:29 - Equal pay and job evaluation challenges.

Take a look at the webinar slides.