The
Governor and General Assembly have provided a pay increase for
fiscal year 2003-04 that includes:
- Adjustment to Salary Ranges
- Pay for Performance Increase
- Probationary Pay Increase
In
addition, information is included on hourly (wage) employees
(non-student workers).
Please
make this information available to your human resource/payroll
representatives. This memorandum does not apply to employees
in the Medical Center (Agency 209).
Adjustment to Classified Salary Ranges
Effective
November 25, 2003, the salary ranges of each Pay Band will be
increased by 2.25% (see Attachment A). This is an adjustment
to insure that the salary ranges remain competitive. No
employee's salary will change as a result of the adjustment of
the minimums or maximums of the Pay Bands.
Classified Salaried Performance Increases
Effective
November 25, 2003, all non-probationary full-time and
part-time classified salaried employees will receive a 2.25%
performance increase for receiving a rating of "Contributor"
or Extraordinary Contributor" for performance during the
performance cycle ending October 24, 2003. Employees rated
"Below Contributor" will not receive the performance
increase. In some cases, the result of not receiving a
performance increase will place an employee's salary below the
new minimum of the employee's respective pay band. The salary
will remain below the minimum until the employee is eligible
to receive additional increases through In-Band Adjustments,
other pay practices, future performance increases or changes
to the University's minimum hiring rate. (Also see Section on
Probationary Pay Increase)
Classified Salaried Probationary Pay Increase (Hired between
October 25, 2002 and July 24, 2003)
Classified full-time and part-time employees hired between
October 25, 2002 and July 24, 2003, will be "eligible" for a
probationary pay increase of 2.25% provided the employee
receives a performance evaluation rating of "Contributor" or
"Extraordinary Contributor." Eligible employees who are not
rated will not receive the salary increase.
Employees
hired between July 25, 2003 and October 24, 2003, will not be eligible for the 2.25% performance increase. Salaries of
probationary employees who are not rated (and those hired on
or after July 25, 2003) and who are hired at the entry of
their assigned Pay Bands will fall below the new Pay Band
minimum on November 25, 2003. Probationary employees are
eligible to receive In-Band Adjustments and other
management-initiated pay practices.
Classified Hourly (Wage) Employees (excluding Students)
Schools
and departments have the discretion to provide pay increases
to hourly employees effective the November 26, 2003 biweekly
payroll period. Increases may be up to 2.25%.
Schools
and departments choosing to increase hourly rates up to 2.25%
may do so on-line via the HRMS. Please instruct your human
resource/payroll representative to initiate the entry(ies) no
later than December 1, 2003, specifying an effective date of
November 26, 2003, and selecting HRMS Reason Code "General
Salary Adjustment-Classified Wage." Hourly increases
submitted through the HRMS will be approved on-line by the UHR
Compensation Management Division. Schools and departments who
do not provide hourly increases during the November 26, 2003
biweekly pay period will need to submit requests during the
quarterly in-band adjustment review process.
Unit
Rates
Unit
rates will not be increased. Departments wishing to increase
unit rates, effective November 26, 2003, should submit an
Earnings Element Request Form (http://www.hrs.virginia.edu/forms/EERF.doc)
to the UHR Compensation Management Division by the close of
business on December 1, 2003.
Minimum/Starting
Rates (Classified Salaried and Classified Wage)
Effective
January 7, 2004, the minimum hiring rate for any classified
salaried or classified wage employee (including UVaTEMPS) will
increase from $17,035 ($8.19 p/hr) to $17,410 ($8.37 p/hr).
Any classified salaried or classified wage employee who falls
below $17,410 ($8.37 p/hr) will need to be adjusted to the new
minimum rate. However, an employee who is rated "Below
Contributor" on their evaluation and whose salary falls below
the new minimum rate is not eligible to be raised to
the new minimum rate effective January 7, 2004. The salary
will remain below the minimum until the employee is eligible
to receive additional increases through In-Band Adjustments,
other pay practices, or future performance increases. The new
minimum hiring rate does not apply to UVa's College at Wise.
Adjustments will not be centrally funded. University Human
Resources will notify schools and departments of their
affected employees.
Questions regarding the November 25, 2003, salary increase
should be addressed to Dave Ripley, Director, UHR Compensation
Management (924-4373; dwr@virginia.edu) or to Jonette Aughenbaugh, Assistant
Director, UHR Compensation Management (924-4747; jla9u@virginia.edu).
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