Salary Increases - P&S

Effective: Moved to Policy Library from UPM 4.5(4)
Contact: Classification and Compensation

Introduction

This policy applies to Professional and Scientific (P&S) employees and to Merit system employees who are moving into the P&S > Policy Statement

Salary increases are effective on the same date for all P&S employees and coincide with the start of the new fiscal year. Only under exceptional circumstances will a mid-year salary increase be approved.

A recommendation for a salary increase will follow the normal approval procedure involving the employee's immediate supervisor, department chair, dean or director, vice president (if appropriate) and finally the executive vice president and provost.

Reclassification to a higher pay grade is ordinarily accompanied by a required salary increase of at least five percent, unless the individual's current salary is such that an increase would result in a salary that would be inequitable in relation to the salaries of other university employees in the same classification. Salary adjustments above five percent that would result in a salary above the first third of the new pay grade require prior approval of the executive vice president and provost or appropriate vice president.

Salary increases for Merit staff moving into the P&S system through appointment or reclassification are subject to the policy governing "Starting Rate of Pay for Professional and Scientific Staff." Salaries should fall within the first third of the assigned pay grade; salary offers above the first third must receive prior approval of the executive vice president and provost. A Merit staff member who is reclassified into a P&S position may receive a salary increase within limits set by this policy, but an increase is not required.

Resources

• Classification and Compensation Office