Compensation – Academic Staff

(Article XII)

Salary Minimums: Minimum salaries for academic staff in salary grades 1-5 are as follows:

Note: Salary grades 1-5 are not the same as appointment categories I-IV. Salary Grade 1 applies only to University Counselor Assistants in appointment category I. Otherwise, all entry-level appointment categories (Archivist I, Librarian I, etc.) are in Salary Grade 2. As indicated below, higher appointment categories correspond to the salary grades in parentheses.

Academic Advisor I (2), II (3), III (4), IV (5)
Academic Services Officer I (2), II (3), III (4), IV (5)
Archivist I (2), II (3), III (4), IV (5)
Represented Athletic Coach I (2), II (3), III (4), IV (5)
Represented Athletic Trainer I (2), II (3), III (4), IV (5)
Extension Program Coordinator I (2), II (3), III (5)
Financial Aids Officer I (2), II (3), III (5)
Health Physicist I (2), II (4)
Librarian I (2), II (3), III (4), IV (5)
University Counselor Assistant I (1), II (2)
University Counselor I (3), II (4), III (5)

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Hiring Rate: The Administration can pay salaries above the minimum when it deems it essential for the maintenance or improvement of the academic quality of the unit. In such cases, there shall be a prior review with members of the unit’s elected Salary Committee (see “Selective Raises”).

Annual Raises: Academic Staff who were on the payroll the last day of the previous winter term are eligible for raises averaging 3.25%, as outlined below. Across-the Board (ATB) and Selective Salary increases take effect the first day of the fall term. Please note this is typically delayed a pay-period or two and granted retroactively. The administration reports this is due to the increased volume of payroll record processing at the beginning of the academic year.

Across-the-Board Raises. All eligible academic staff will receive raises of 2.0% each year of the agreement. The administration can raise individual salaries more than this minimum when it deems it essential for the academic quality of the unit, after prior review with members of the elected Salary Committee. Such above-minimum raises will not diminish the pay or the salary pool of other represented employees.

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Selective Raises. The President, through the deans/directors, shall make additional selective raises from the salary pool. Because of the austerity that is reflected in the present economic situation, the salary pool is small. It is generated from the spillover from those salaries that are above the salary cap that limits the level of salary to which the 2% across-the-board raise is applied. It is our aim that selective amounts comparable to past agreements will be returned to in future contracts.

In units with three or more academic staff members holding tenure or Employment Security Status (ESS), an elected Salary Committee shall make recommendations for distribution of this selective pool. Academic staff with tenure or ESS will hold at least half and no less than three seats on the Salary Committee, and the dean/vice president or his/her designee shall chair the committee with vote.

Selective salary raises shall be distributed according to a formula based primarily on job performance, with additional weight given to professional achievement, and service to the community and the university (including the union). The committee can also consider equity in recommending selective salary raises.

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