A Participative Method of Determining Job Relativities: A Case-study from the Mineral Sands Industry of Western Australia

This paper is a case-study of how the mineral sands industry employed aparticipative process in determining job relativities among award-coveredemployees pursuant to the National Wage Case Structural Efficiency Principle. It is an example of how employers, employees, their union and the employerrepresentative body can work effectively together to achieve a timely , acceptableand credible change in the workplace. Employee participation is discussed interms of available reports on other participative initiatives in pay determination. Broadly based employee involvement is also discussed as a means of achievingpay equity.