{"id":15416,"date":"2022-01-12T11:24:54","date_gmt":"2022-01-12T16:24:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/plugged-in\/?page_id=15416"},"modified":"2026-05-29T15:07:30","modified_gmt":"2026-05-29T19:07:30","slug":"pdqs-and-equity-reviews","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/plugged-in\/hr\/extension-professional-employees\/pdqs-and-equity-reviews\/","title":{"rendered":"Reclassification and Equity Reviews"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Reclassification:<\/h3>\n<p>If you believe that your present duties performed are significantly different* from those outlined in your current job description, you can complete a Request for Salaried Classification Review and a new Position Description Questionnaire (PDQ) and submit both items to your supervisor.<\/p>\n<p>* <em>A Significant Change in Duties and Responsibilities is present when either 1) changes will result in increases in at least two factor ratings on the <a href=\"https:\/\/mycampus.maine.edu\/c\/document_library\/get_file?uuid=888bb6a7-7627-4162-967d-4d9d9d2a00ca&amp;groupId=10217\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Point Factor Instrument<\/a> (PFI) and at least a 10% increase in the point value of the position, or 2) a change in Job Family assignment that affects the salary band.<\/em><\/p>\n<h4>Reclassification Resources:<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/mycampus.maine.edu\/group\/mycampus\/hr-seccp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Official HR Site for SECCP Information<\/a> (you may be asked to sign in with your MaineStreet login)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/mycampus.maine.edu\/documents\/10217\/2126006\/SECCP+PDQ+scoring+sheets.xlsx\/ba457737-69db-485d-a86b-6a134abdea29\">SECCP PDQ Scoring<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/mycampus.maine.edu\/group\/mycampus\/salaried-position-review-procedure\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">SECCP Position Review Procedures<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>To request the initial PDQ that was written when your position was hired, contact Angela Hart.<\/p>\n<h3>Pay Equity Review<\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">If you believe there is a salary inequity between you and other staff who perform similar duties, you can apply for what is known as an equity adjustment (as per the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.maine.edu\/human-resources\/labor-relations\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">UMPSA contract<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Article 17, section C). To initiate a pay equity review, complete the form linked below and submit to your supervisor or HR.<\/span><\/p>\n<h4>Pay Equity Review Resources:<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/mycampus.maine.edu\/documents\/d\/mycampus\/compensation-equity-review-request-form-umpsa-nr-docx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Compensation Equity Review Request Form<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>If you are considering requesting a Classification or Pay Equity Review and would like to talk to someone who has been through the process, contact us at <a href=\"mailto:extension.epc@maine.edu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">extension.epc@maine.edu<\/a> and we can connect you with someone willing to help.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Reclassification: If you believe that your present duties performed are significantly different* from those outlined in your current job description, you can complete a Request for Salaried Classification Review and a new Position Description Questionnaire (PDQ) and submit both items to your supervisor. * A Significant Change in Duties and Responsibilities is present when either [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"parent":237,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"templates\/page-withsidebar.php","meta":{"_kad_blocks_custom_css":"","_kad_blocks_head_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_body_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_footer_custom_js":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-15416","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"taxonomy_info":[],"featured_image_src_large":false,"author_info":{"display_name":"","author_link":"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/plugged-in\/author\/"},"comment_info":0,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/plugged-in\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/15416","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/plugged-in\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/plugged-in\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/plugged-in\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/plugged-in\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15416"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/plugged-in\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/15416\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22486,"href":"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/plugged-in\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/15416\/revisions\/22486"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/plugged-in\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/237"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/plugged-in\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15416"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}