Government Operations committee  Classification is not negotiated. We would like it to be, but classification is not negotiated. It's management's right. Management determines the classification of the positions. We negotiate the rates of pay within those classifications, but it's management that decides what th

Government Operations committee  Perhaps I can help you. I am a classification officer with the Public Service Alliance, formerly with the government. The standard for the administrative services group, which is where these positions are currently classified, was established about 1965 as part of the original s