Classified Staff Pay Increases, Market Range Increases, and Premium Pay Changes — 2015 — Payroll Coordinators
Last updated: July 12, 2016.
- DATE:
- July 13, 2015
- TO:
- Payroll Coordinators
- FROM:
- UW Compensation Office
- SUBJ:
- July 1, 2015 Classified Staff Pay Increases and Premium Pay Changess
This communication provides information about centrally implemented pay increases and premium pay changes to contract classified and classified non-union staff effective July 1, 2015. It also contains information to let you and your staff know about any classified staff pay changes that need to be input manually.
Except as noted below, all classified staff received 3% across-the-board adjustments effective July 1, 2015. This means that each step of each pay range is now worth approximately 3% more. You do not have to input these changes because they have been made centrally.
In addition to the 3% across-the-board increases, employees in any of the 116 jobs on the SEIU 925 and WFSE Job Classes List have received market range adjustments. For example, employees in Computer Support Analyst 1 will be moving one range, from range 48 to range 49, for an approximately 2.5% increase on top of the 3% across-the-board. You do not have to input these changes because, like the across-the-board changes, they have been made centrally.
PLEASE NOTE: Due to ongoing negotiations, there are no across-the-board, market range, or premium pay increases at this time for contract classified jobs represented by SEIU 1199NW or the Washington State Nurses Association (WSNA). This includes Registered Nurses at Hall Health and all contract classified Research Nurses.
There are also currently no pay changes for employees represented by SEIU Local 925 who are in “me too” or “like me too” jobs described in Side Letter E of the contract.
1. 7/1/2015 Compensation Plan and Pay Table Adjustments
The Compensation Plan Documents are:
- two lists of classified job titles and their pay ranges, etc., one sorted alphabetically by job title and one sorted by job code, and
- a set of the 28 payscale tables that were updated effective July 1, 2015. (This does not include the pay tables for 1199NW and WSNA which are still in negotiations.)
The compensation plan information on the web will be updated in late July.
A brief synopsis of compensation plan changes follows:
- Market range adjustments for SEIU 925 and WFSE Job Classes up to but not exceeding 80% of market effective July 1, 2015.
- The following contract classified pay tables received an approximately 3% across-the-board increase effective July 1, 2015: B0, B2, B4, B6, B7, B9, BA, BB, BG, BH, BI, BK, BL, BM, BN, BP, BV, and BX.
- The following classified non-union pay tables receive an approximately 3% across-the-board increase effective July 1, 2015: C0, C1, C3, C8, CA, CB, CC, CD, CE, and CF.
2. Premium Pay Changes
The Premium Pay Changes document lists premium pay changes resulting from negotiated agreements. The earnings type (premium pay) information on the web will be updated in late July.
3. Employees OFF Step or in Fixed-Duration Appointments
Although the adjustments listed above will be made centrally through the payroll system, some departments have employees who are “OFF” step or in fixed-duration appointment job codes 7777, 8600, 8601, or 8888. The pay rate for each of these employees will need to be reviewed to verify that its rate has been adjusted appropriately. Employees in fixed-duration appointment job codes should receive 3% across-the-board increases — the same as the job they are filling in for — effective July 1, 2015.
Adjustments for employees on “OFF” step require coordination with your HR Operations unit to determine the increased monthly rate.
Keep in mind that employees who are OFF step and whose rate is above the new top incremental step are not eligible for the across-the-board adjustment if their salary is frozen (i.e., Y-rated or redlined).
Employees who are OFF step on recruiting and retention temporary salary increases (R&R TSIs) should receive the percentage that will be communicated to the administrators of departments with employees on R&R TSIs.
Reminder: Adjustments for employees on both the OFF Step Report and the Fixed-Duration Report are NOT automatic and must be entered manually in the OPUS system.
4. Salary and Market Adjustments to Fixed-Duration Appointments
ADDED July 16, 2015
The pay for employees on Fixed-Duration Appointments in any of the following four job codes should be adjusted:
7777 FDA SEIU — Project
8888 FDA SEIU — Leave of Absence
8600 FDA WFSE — Project
8601 FDA WFSE — Leave of Absence
The adjustment should be reflect the 3% across-the-board increase, as well as any market pay range adjustments that apply.
In addition, please note that the monthly minimum rate for the fixed-duration appointment job codes has been increased to be no less than $2,080 per month (which is equal to $12 per hour). All employees on fixed-duration appointments should be paid at least the new minimum of $2,080 per month.
Temporary Hourly Employees
While there are no across-the-board wage changes for temporary employees, they do need to be paid at least the hourly rate of the range minimum for their job class.
After the July 24, 2015 payday, HR will notify departments if they have temporary hourly employees whose hourly rate was below the new minimum of the range. Departments will need to adjust the hourly rate for hourly employees whose pay falls below the new range minimum up to at least the new minimum hourly rate, with an effective date of July 1, 2015.
Departments should identify and make these changes in time to be included in the July 24, 2015 payday. Changes up to at least the minimum pay rate of the new range will be required retroactively to July 1, 2015 for any employees who are missed.
Effective Date of Changes
PLEASE NOTE: These changes are effective July 1, 2015 and, as such, will not be reflected in employee paychecks until the July 24, 2015 payday.
Questions
Questions regarding these changes should be directed to the UW Compensation Office by email at ocpsp@uw.edu.