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Salary and Wage Guidelines

September Increases Academic Year 2011-2012

The University of Missouri guidelines for salary and wage adjustments for Fiscal Year 2011-2012, as approved by the Board of Curators, indicate the faculty and staff salary increases should aggregate at least 2 percent of the 2010-2011 salary and wage base.  Campuses are encouraged to increase the amount of funds above 2% to further respond to critical market considerations.  These increases must be based on campus priorities, availability of funds, and subject to appropriate grants and contract regulations.  Individual salary increases may be more or less than 2% based on relative quality of performance, but may also take into consideration factors such as market and internal equity to ensure retention of quality faculty and staff.  All faculty and staff are eligible for salary adjustments, but priority is to provide increases to full-time (benefit eligible employees).  Consideration will be given to temporary and part time employees as market conditions warrant. 

In addition to merit increases, the campus will continue to provide funding for ranked faculty promotions.  The campus will provide $3,000 for promotion to Associate Professor and $4,000 for promotion to full Professor. Campus units continue to be responsible for funding increases required by policy or law such as Service/Maintenance longevity (step) increases. 
Any proposed increases for benefit eligible staff which are greater than or equal to 15% must be approved by the Chancellor. See Justification for Increases form at http://hrs.missouri.edu/forms/forms/justification-for-pay-increase.doc.
 The effective date for pay and rate changes will be August 21, 2011 for all biweekly employees and September 1, 2011 for monthly employees.

Faculty
Faculty salary increases will be established within campus department, unit or college practices, with a minimum aggregate increase of at least 2%.  Individual salary increases may be more or less than 2% based on performance.  However, special consideration should be given to tenure-track and tenured faculty who meet a level of satisfactory performance, but fall below market peers. Peer salary data is available https://reports.umsystem.edu/FacultySurvey/ . 

Pay Ranges

Other than shown below, the pay matrices will not be increased at the minimum or the maximum.

MU Graduate Assistantships -- Minimum stipend levels for 2011-2012 for Graduate Assistantships in eligible titles are $20,002 or $12.82 per hour for full-time (100% FTE*) 9-month appointments, and $26,669 or $12.82 per hour  for full-time (100% FTE*) 12- month appointments.   *This FTE is for calculation purposes only (see chart below).    A list of covered titles is available in the GSSP handbook at: http://gradschool.missouri.edu/financial/assistantships-fellowships/tuition-waivers/qualifying-titles.php

MU Graduate Assistantships:  Stipend Levels

• Service /Maintenance staff (union-eligible):  The S/M pay ranges will be adjusted by the percent determined through the annual meet and confer process.  Specific job titles may be reassigned to higher pay grades requiring further pay adjustments.  Service or “step” increases will take place following approved time schedules

All classified employees must maintain a salary that is no less than the range minimum unless specific authorization has been received from the campus HR Officer.   

Delegation of Authority — Executive Order #6

In accordance with the January 19, 2010 revision to Executive Order #6, the following personnel actions pertaining to employment, changes in status and termination must be approved by the President:

• All such personnel actions for executive-level positions/appointments reporting directly to the Chancellor which are assigned to Occupational Group Code 15.

• Other positions as determined by the President, in advance, for discretionary review.  Positions for discretionary review include athletic coaches, both new and existing employees, as changes are made to contracts and for compensation.

See  Executive Order #6 Delegation of Authority:  http://hrs.missouri.edu/managers-supervisors-and-fiscal-personnel/peoplesoft-paf-fiscal-processing/deans-directors-dept-chairs.php

Position Reclassifications, Mid-Year Promotions or Adjustments

Reclassifications and other adjustments may be considered if the final result is an open position not being filled.  Counter offers to retain outstanding employees will be carefully evaluated. 
Mid-year increases for benefit eligible employees require the approval of the appropriate Chancellor’s Direct Report.

See Chancellor’s letter dated September 24, 2009 Expenditure Reductions – Phase II: http://hrs.missouri.edu/managers-supervisors-and-fiscal-personnel/peoplesoft-paf-fiscal-processing/deans-directors-dept-chairs.php

See Justification for Increases form at http://hrs.missouri.edu/forms/forms/justification-for-pay-increase.doc.