Common use of Salary Improvement Clause in Contracts

Salary Improvement. ‌ The parties recognize that faculty salaries are significantly lower than those paid to colleagues with comparable qualifications and experience in surrounding states. The parties agree that a salary improvement program is necessary to make faculty unit member salaries commensurate with those of their colleagues in surrounding states and to make the South Dakota higher education system competitive with those states with respect to the hiring and retention of faculty. To that end, the parties agree that discussion pursuant to § 23.1 of this agreement will include seeking agreement on the internal and external funding necessary to bring faculty salaries comparable with those of surrounding states and discussion of a timetable by which those levels might feasibly be achieved.

Salary Improvement. ‌ The parties recognize that faculty salaries are significantly lower than those paid to colleagues with comparable qualifications and experience in surrounding states. The parties agree that a salary improvement program is necessary to make faculty unit member salaries commensurate with those of their colleagues in surrounding states and to make the South Dakota higher education system competitive with those states with respect to the hiring and retention of faculty. To that end, the parties agree that discussion pursuant to § 23.1 of this agreement will include seeking agreement on the internal and external funding necessary to bring faculty salaries comparable with those of surrounding states and discussion of a timetable by which those levels might feasibly be achieved.