Common use of Merit Adjustments to Base Salary Clause in Contracts

Merit Adjustments to Base Salary. The University also will commit funds equal to 0.75% of total base salary dollars, payable as of February 15, 2017, to a merit pool, separate and distinct from the ATB Salary Increment. A faculty member is eligible for a merit adjustment if s/he can document meritorious work in any or all categories of teaching, research or service. Merit Adjustments to base salary will be distributed only to bargaining unit members employed by the University on February 15, 2017 and still employed on September 1, 2017. a. FAC/FPC Advisory Committee A FAC/FPC Committee that is advisory to the Deans of the college, schools and Library (hereafter, the Deans) will be established for the purpose of evaluating and recommending refinements to the policies and procedures by which Merit Adjustments to Base Salary are awarded. 1. Committee Composition – the committee will consist of a faculty member elected from each college and school and the Library, one representative appointed by FAC, and three representatives appointed by FPC; the Deans are excluded from being FPC representatives. b. Merit Advisory Process 1) By March 15, 2016, the Deans will meet with each other, with the Advisory Committee, and with the faculty and/or chairs of their respective college, schools or the Library for the purpose of evaluating the previously employed process of awarding Merit Adjustments to Base Salary and developing uniform policies and procedures going forward. Minutes of each meeting will be kept and distributed to the attendees of each meeting. 2) By May 15, 2016, the Deans, in coordination with the Pxxxxxx/VPAA, will produce and distribute to the FAC/FPC Advisory Committee draft policies and procedure for the awarding of Merit Adjustments to Base Salary. Elements stipulated in the policies and procedure will include, but may not be confined to: the process for allocation Merit funds to each college, school and to the Library; criteria for eligibility for Merit Adjustments to Base Salary; the process for applying for such adjustments; the process for reporting out to faculty who have applied; and financial parameters for Merit Adjustments to Base Salary. The criteria developed may be distinct for each college or school, or for the Library. 3) The FAC/FPC Advisory Committee will meet as necessary to consider the draft policies and procedures and to make recommendations for their modification. Minutes of each meeting will be kept and distributed to the attendees of each meeting. 4) By August 1, 2016, the FAC/FPC Advisory Committee will send their final recommendations to the Deans. 5) By September 1, 2016, the Deans, in coordination with the Pxxxxxx/VPAA, will produce the final version of the uniform policies and procedures for application for and awarding of Merit Adjustments to Base Salary. By the same date, the Deans will send to the FAC/FPC Committee a written response to the committee’s recommendations as they relate to the construction of the final version of the policies and procedures. By the same date, the Deans also will promulgate to their respective faculty the forms, guidelines and criteria for evaluating Merit Adjustments to Base Salary. 6) By October 15, 2017, with the awarding Merit Adjustments to Base Salary complete, the Dxxx’x will issue a report to the FAC/FPC Advisory Committee regarding the outcomes of the process, for the purpose of evaluating and further revising as necessary, with the input of the FAC/FPC Advisory Committee, the policies and procedures for awarding Merit Adjustments to Base Salary.

Merit Adjustments to Base Salary. The University also will commit funds equal to 0.75% of total base salary dollars, payable as of February 15, 2017, to a merit pool, separate and distinct from the ATB Salary Increment. A faculty member is eligible for a merit adjustment if s/he can document meritorious work in any or all categories of teaching, research or service. Merit Adjustments to base salary will be distributed only to bargaining unit members employed by the University on February 15, 2017 and still employed on September 1, 2017. a. FAC/FPC Advisory Committee A FAC/FPC Committee that is advisory to the Deans of the college, schools and Library (hereafter, the Deans) will be established for the purpose of evaluating and recommending refinements to the policies and procedures by which Merit Adjustments to Base Salary are awarded. 1. Committee Composition – the committee will consist of a faculty member elected from each college and school and the Library, one representative appointed by FAC, and three representatives appointed by FPC; the Deans are excluded from being FPC representatives. b. Merit Advisory Process 1) By March 15, 2016, the Deans will meet with each other, with the Advisory Committee, and with the faculty and/or chairs of their respective college, schools or the Library for the purpose of evaluating the previously employed process of awarding Merit Adjustments to Base Salary and developing uniform policies and procedures going forward. Minutes of each meeting will be kept and distributed to the attendees of each meeting. 2) By May 15, 2016, the Deans, in coordination with the PxxxxxxXxxxxxx/VPAA, will produce and distribute to the FAC/FPC Advisory Committee draft policies and procedure for the awarding of Merit Adjustments to Base Salary. Elements stipulated in the policies and procedure will include, but may not be confined to: the process for allocation Merit funds to each college, school and to the Library; criteria for eligibility for Merit Adjustments to Base Salary; the process for applying for such adjustments; the process for reporting out to faculty who have applied; and financial parameters for Merit Adjustments to Base Salary. The criteria developed may be distinct for each college or school, or for the Library. 3) The FAC/FPC Advisory Committee will meet as necessary to consider the draft policies and procedures and to make recommendations for their modification. Minutes of each meeting will be kept and distributed to the attendees of each meeting. 4) By August 1, 2016, the FAC/FPC Advisory Committee will send their final recommendations to the Deans. 5) By September 1, 2016, the Deans, in coordination with the PxxxxxxXxxxxxx/VPAA, will produce the final version of the uniform policies and procedures for application for and awarding of Merit Adjustments to Base Salary. By the same date, the Deans will send to the FAC/FPC Committee a written response to the committee’s recommendations as they relate to the construction of the final version of the policies and procedures. By the same date, the Deans also will promulgate to their respective faculty the forms, guidelines and criteria for evaluating Merit Adjustments to Base Salary. 6) By October 15, 2017, with the awarding Merit Adjustments to Base Salary complete, the Dxxx’x Xxxx’x will issue a report to the FAC/FPC Advisory Committee regarding the outcomes of the process, for the purpose of evaluating and further revising as necessary, with the input of the FAC/FPC Advisory Committee, the policies and procedures for awarding Merit Adjustments to Base Salary.