– Salary Rates – University Raises. For the fiscal years of this agreement the University will grant employees who are employed in the collective bargaining unit, salary increases equivalent to those authorized for general distribution to all non-negotiated hourly Operating Staff employees of the University in accordance with the salary increase distribution procedures approved by the Board of Trustees and outlined in applicable published University Salary Increment Guidelines for the University, including funds appropriated for salary increases by the University or personnel salary increases via the state appropriation process. These increases will be distributed to eligible employees on an across-the-board basis. In the event that the University Salary Increment Guideline provides for a variable distribution to all hourly Operating Staff employees on the basis of merit or other factors, then the average increment authorized under the respective guideline will be distributed. For the fiscal years FY2023 through FY2024, employees shall be granted the greater of the wage increases mentioned above in Section 10.1, or the University-wide wage increases as set forth in Section 10.2, but not both.
