Effective July 1, 2020, and going forward, when annual pay increases (across-the-board, range progression, minimum wage, or merit)聽are approved for university staff, they will follow a standardized campus allocation model administered by Human Resources, in collaboration with Budget and Fiscal Planning聽and the Provost鈥檚 Office. When increases follow a merit exercise, all university staff employees across campus with the same performance rating will receive the same merit increase allocation determined by the campus executive leadership.

Annual pay increases are applied to base salary only, not to any additional temporary, non-base building pay, and are centrally uploaded聽to PeopleSoft HCM聽typically effective January 1st.

Eligibility

To be eligible for an annual pay increase when funding聽is available, university staff employees must:

  • Comply with all applicable vaccine reporting requirements AND
  • Be in an active, regular (not temporary) university staff appointment on the effective date (January 1) AND
  • Have a completed performance evaluation for the most recent performance cycle with a rating of meeting expectations or higher (3, 4, or 5) OR
  • New hires and transfers effective on or before September 1 who were not eligible to participate in the most recent performance evaluation cycle must have a performance plan in place as required by applicable campus guidelines and will be assigned either a 鈥淢eeting Expectations鈥 rating or NMS (No Merit Score) by the hiring unit. Assigning NMS means the employee will be ineligible if there is an annual pay increase聽effective January 1 AND
  • Current eligible employees receiving a promotion, transfer, or base聽compensation increase effective on or before the deadline established by Human Resources each year will remain eligible for a merit increase on January 1, if the above criteria are also met.
  • New employees hired effective after September 1, will not be eligible for the campus merit exercise for January 1. Hiring units should plan the new salary for these appointments accordingly.
  • Temporary appointments and limited term appointments of 12 months or less are not eligible.

Since the Board of Regents may apply different restrictions to officer-level positions, officer allocations will be managed separately from the campus-wide university staff allocation process. Some exceptions also apply to university staff employees paid on a Regent-approved employment contract.