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Job grading. Which job, which group, which wage?

The hospitality handbook of reference functions has 207 jobs in ten families, from service and kitchen to reception, housekeeping and management. Choose the family and the job, and you see the function group, the base wage and the end wage.

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A staircase of six steps with examples from the wage table for skilled staff: group I+II waiting staff, III a cook, V an independent cook, VII a head chef, IX a manager and XI an F&B manager.Function groups in hospitalityI+IIWaiting staffIIICookVIndependent cookVIIHead chefIXManagerXIF&B managerPlus non-skilled staff, by age
Examples of reference functions per function group, from the handbook with the cao.

Guide

Two questions. 207 reference functions in ten function families.

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Frequently asked questions

You describe the job in your business, compare it with the best fitting reference function from the handbook and grade it. You tell the employee the function group and the reference function used, and the group is in the contract (article 4.1).

No. A non-skilled employee gets no function group and is paid by age (article 4.1 paragraph 6 and 4.9). With a recognised trade diploma or after 1,976 hours of experience in the job from age 18 the employee is skilled. From group V an employee is always skilled (article 1.6).

First a talk with the manager or you, within 30 days. If you have an internal disputes committee, it advises. After that the employee can appeal to the Appeals Committee for Job Grading in hospitality (article 4.2).

Grading in the new function group and at least 1% on top of the wage, from the first pay after the promotion. Never less than the base wage of the new group (article 4.12).

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