Announcements
Posted: Thursday, August 27, 2009Changes to Discretionary Salary Increase Process
From the Vice President for Finance and Management
The process for awarding UUP discretionary awards has been further modified by mutual agreement between UUP and the college administration. The discretionary award steps have been streamlined to reduce confusion for employees and administrators. We wish to thank Richard Bihr, Jean Richardson, and Richard Stempniak of UUP for their input and assistance in revising the process.
Information on the UUP discretionary award process and deadlines was sent to UUP employees by campus mail on August 26. The same information was sent to home addresses of part-time faculty and employees currently on leave. All discretionary award information and forms can be found on the Human Resource Management Web site.
Changes for 2009
Employees may continue to self-nominate for a discretionary award by completing a nomination form and submitting it to their department chair, director, associate vice president, or other direct supervisor byWednesday, September 9, 2009. However, the requirement that employees must self-nominate to be eligible to appeal has been eliminated, and employees are no longer required to send a copy of their self-nominations to Human Resource Management.
Self-nominations and nominations initiated by supervisors and department heads will continue to be forwarded through the appropriate approval levels. For self-nominations, the form should be forwarded from each level to the next with a notation “recommend” or “unable to recommend.”
As with last year’s process, employees will not be notified of the recommendation at each level.Employees will have one opportunity to appeal after the president has made his decisions and sent out letters informing recipients of their awards. Letters will be sent on October 27, 2009. Employees may submit an appeal by November 4, 2009. Following a review by the Appeals Board, notification of the appeal decision will be sent by letter on November 16, 2009.
Please refer to the Human Resource Management Web site for more detailed information on the process. If you have questions regarding the UUP Discretionary Salary Increase process, please contact Susan Earshen, associate vice president for human resource management, at 878-3042.
