| 31.1 |
The salary schedules that pertain to employees covered
by this Agreement shall be found in Appendix C and incorporated in
this Agreement by reference. Employees may be paid salaries at any
step on the schedule for their rank/classification in Appendix C,
and may also be paid salaries between the rates for each step. In
addition, employees in the full professor rank for any instructional
faculty classification may be paid at a salary rate above the performance
maximum for their classification in Appendix
C. |
| 31.2 |
Increases in the base pay of faculty unit employees
can only occur when a faculty unit employee receives an Increase for
Market or Equity pursuant to provision 31.23, is promoted and receives
a salary increase, or during those fiscal years in which the CFA and
the CSU specifically agree to provide increases in one or more of
the following categories: |
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a. |
across the board general salary increases; |
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b. |
merit increases pursuant to this Article in an amount set forth
below; and/or |
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c. |
Service Salary Step Increases pursuant to this Article in an amount
set forth below. |
| 31.3 |
Bargaining unit employees shall receive written notification
of all salary increases that occur during an academic year. The notification
shall include the reason for the salary increase, the new rate of
pay, and the effective date of the increase. |
| 31.4 |
Faculty involvement in consultation and recommendation
of appro-priate rank for newly hired faculty shall not be diminished. |
| 31.5 |
Promotion shall be accompanied by advancement of at
least three (3) steps [seven and one-half percent (7.5%)] on the salary
schedule. |
| 31.6 |
Range elevation for lecturers shall be accompanied by
advancement of at least two (2) steps [five percent (5%)] on the salary
schedule. |
| General Salary Increases |
| 31.7 |
For fiscal year 2001/02, the salary of each faculty
unit employee and the steps on the salary schedule of faculty unit
employees shall be increased by two percent (2.0%) effective April
1, 2002. |
| 31.8 |
For fiscal year 2002/03, the salary of each faculty
unit employee and the steps on the salary schedule of faculty unit
employees shall be increased by two percent (2.0%) effective July
1, 2002. |
| Merit Pay |
| 31.9 |
Effective beginning on July 1, 2003, if the negotiated
compensation increase settlement equals or exceeds three and one-half
percent (3.5%), then a joint committee shall be convened to determine
the specific provisions of a merit pay program with an understanding
that twenty-five percent (25%) of the compensation settlement costs
shall be dedicated to merit pay in any year when this three and one-half
percent (3.5%) trigger is met. The implementation of the SSI required
pursuant to provision 31.16 shall not be a factor in the calculation
of this merit pay trigger. The issue of whether the implementation
of SSIs in future years shall be a factor in the calculation of this
merit pay trigger shall be subject to bargaining by the parties. |
| 31.10 |
The parties agree that any merit pay program developed
by the committee shall have binding appeals of final awards to a committee
composed of faculty members. A pool of money shall be set aside for
appeals so that the total amount of awards including appeals does
not exceed the twenty-five percent (25%) of the compensation settlement
costs. |
| 31.11 |
Beginning with the award of Faculty Merit Increases
effective on July 1, 1998, the award of a Faculty Merit Increase pursuant
to the program provided in the 1998-2002 Memorandum of Understanding
shall not diminish a faculty member's eligibility for remaining Service
Salary Increases. |
| Service Salary Step Increases |
| 31.12 |
A Service Salary Step Increase (SSI) refers to upward
movement on the salary schedules. Such adjustments shall be determined
by the CFA and CSU during negotiations annually, and shall be limited
following appointment or the most recent promotion to no more than: |
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a. |
four (4) steps on the salary schedule in effect prior to the 1995-98
Agreement, or |
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b. |
eight (8) Service Salary Step Increases under the salary schedule(s)
in effect since that Agreement, or |
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c. |
a combination of both (a) and (b) above which does not exceed a
total of eight (8) Service Salary Step Increases on the salary schedule. |
| 31.13 |
No SSIs will be granted above, nor shall the granting
of an SSI result in a salary rate above, the SSI maximum rates of
pay for all bargaining unit ranks and classifications on the salary
schedule in Appendix C, except as provided in provision 31.11. |
| 31.14 |
In fiscal year 2001/02, upon the determination by the
appropriate administrator that an employee has performed in a satisfactory
manner in carrying out the duties of his/her position, the employee
shall receive an SSI. Such a determination shall be after consideration
of material in the employee's Personnel Action File. The amount of
the SSI shall be two and sixty-five one hundredths percent (2.65%)
and the effective date of this SSI shall be the close of business
on June 30, 2002. |
| 31.15 |
In fiscal year 2002/03, upon the determination by the
appropriate administrator that an employee has performed in a satisfactory
manner in carrying out the duties of his/her position, the employee
shall receive an SSI. Such a determination shall be after consideration
of material in the employee's Personnel Action File. The amount of
the SSI shall be two and sixty-five one hundredths percent (2.65%)
and the effective date of this SSI shall be the close of business
on June 30, 2003. |
| 31.16 |
In fiscal year 2003/04, upon the determination by the
appropriate administrator that an employee has performed in a satisfactory
manner in carrying out the duties of his/her position, the employee
shall receive an SSI. Such a determination shall be after consideration
of material in the employee's Personnel Action File. The amount of
the SSI shall be two and sixty-five one hundredths percent (2.65%)
and the effective date of this SSI shall be the close of business
on June 30, 2004. |
| 31.17 |
An employee shall receive written notice of denial of
a Service Salary Step Increase, as soon as is practicable after the
denial decision. |
| 31.18 |
Upon request of an employee denied an SSI, a meeting
shall be arranged within seven (7) days with an appropriate administrator
for the purpose of reviewing such denial. The employee may be represented
at this meeting by the CFA. At this meeting, the appropriate administrator
may establish with the employee conditions upon which the SSI shall
be authorized within the year, and the date of review to determine
whether such conditions were met. |
| 31.19 |
The appropriate administrator may at any time reverse
the denial of an SSI. Such a reversal may be effective retroactively
or effective for a part of the year. |
| 31.20 |
The determination of a faculty member's anniversary
date has not changed as a result of the negotiations resulting in
the current Agreement. |
| Counselor Faculty Unit Employees Salary Schedule
Conversion |
| 31.21 |
The following salary schedule conversion shall take
place effective the close of business on June 30, 2002: |
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1. |
The salary schedule for Student Services Professional-ARI-AY shall
be made identical to the salary schedule for Assistant Professor-AY.
The salary rates of incumbent employees in this classification will
be increased by 15.57% to approximate the appropriate step placement
on the modified schedule. |
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2. |
The salary schedule for Student Services Professional-ARII-AY shall
be made identical to the salary schedule for Associate Professor-AY.
The salary rates of incumbent employees in this classification will
be increased by 6.72% to approximate the appropriate step placement
on the modified schedule. |
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3. |
The salary schedule for Student Services Professional-ARIII-AY shall
be made identical to the salary schedule for Professor-AY. The salary
rates of incumbent employees in this classification will be increased
by 7.91% to approximate the appropriate step placement on the modified
schedule. |
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4. |
The salary schedule for Student Services Professional-ARI-12 month
shall be made identical to the salary schedule for Assistant Professor-12
month. The salary rates of incumbent employees in this classification
will be increased by 15.59% to approximate the appropriate step placement
on the modified schedule. |
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5. |
The salary schedule for Student Services Professional-ARII-12 month
shall be made identical to the salary schedule for Associate Professor-12
month. The salary rates of incumbent employees in this classification
will be increased by 6.73% to approximate the ppropriate step placement
on the modified schedule. |
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6. |
The salary schedule for Student Services Professional-ARIII-12 month
shall be made identical to the salary schedule for Professor-12 month.
The salary rates of incumbent employees in this classification will
be increased by 10.41% to approximate the appropriate step placement
on the modified schedule. |
| Fiscal Year 2003/04 Compensation |
| 31.22 |
The parties will reopen negotiations pursuant to HEERA
on Article 31, Salaries, and on Article 32, Benefits, for fiscal year
2003/04 in accordance with the timelines provided in provision 41.2
of this Agreement. The implementation of the SSI required pursuant
to provision 31.16 above shall not be a factor in the negotiation
of an overall compensation settlement for fiscal year 2003/04. |
| Increases for Market or Equity |
| 31.23 |
The President may grant a salary increase to a probationary
or tenured faculty unit employee to address market or equity considerations.
Such increases shall not be bound by the eight (8) service increases
referenced in provision 31.12. Applications for market or equity adjustments
shall be submitted by the faculty member to the department chair,
with a copy to the President or designee, on forms provided by the
President or designee. Applications for market-based increases shall
normally be accompanied by documentation supporting the market-based
salary lag or a bona-fide offer of employment from another college
or University. Applications shall be reviewed separately by a department
committee of tenured faculty and the department chair with the department
chair forwarding both recommendations to the President or designee.
The decision to grant an exceptional market or equity adjustment and
the amount of the increase to be granted shall not be subject to grievance
procedure. |
| 31.24 |
Upon written request by the CFA campus chapter president
to the President at a campus, the President or designee shall provide
a list once each year to the CFA of the faculty members on each campus
who have received a market/equity adjustment, the amount of increase
granted, and whether the increase was for market or for equity reasons,
or both. |
| Department Chairpersons |
31.25 |
Employees serving as department chair in class codes
2481, 2482, 2483 and 2484 shall receive a minimum stipend of eighty
dollars ($80.00) per month of service as chairperson. Chairpersons
of departments of eighteen (18) or more full-time equivalent faculty
(FTEF) shall receive an additional minimum amount of forty dollars
($40.00) per month of service as chairperson. |
| 31.26 |
The stipends identified in provision 31.25 above shall
be incorporated into the salaries of department chairpersons when
they are placed on the salary ranges for class codes 2481, 2482, 2483
and 2484 identified in Appendix
C. These stipend amounts shall be deducted from the salaries
of department chairpersons effective on the date that their chairperson
assignment ends. |
| 31.27 |
Effective the close of business on June 30, 2002, the
stipend for department chairs shall be increased by an amount equivalent
to a 7.0% increase in the salary of those faculty serving in academic
year department chair classification codes 2482 and 2484. As provided
in provision 31.26, the total stipend amounts shall be deducted from
the salaries of department chairpersons on the date that their chairperson
assignment ends. The minimum stipend amounts in provision 31.25 shall
be increased by an amount equivalent to a 7.0% increase in the salary
of those faculty appointed after July 1, 2002 to serve for the first
time in academic year department chair classification codes 2482 and
2484. |