Pay transparency for postings in UWHIRES
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Washington state law requires the UW to disclose in job postings for staff and student positions the pay range and a general description of all benefits and other compensation to be offered to the hired applicant. Additionally, upon request, an employee in a staff or student position offered an internal transfer or promotion must be provided with the wage scale or salary range of their new position.
To ensure compliance with pay transparency posting requirements, hiring managers should – as part of planning for a recruitment and before posting a position – identify the pay range to be offered the hired applicant and collect information to include in the summary of other compensation.
Job posting
A job posting is an announcement intended to recruit job applicants for a specific available position that includes qualifications for desired applicants. This includes recruitments done directly by the UW or indirectly through a third party and includes electronic and hard copy postings. Examples include, but are not limited to, jobs posted through UWHIRES, Handshake, listservs, websites such as LinkedIn or Indeed, department webpages and hard copies placed on physical bulletin boards or given to potential applicants.
Advertising that links to a job posting is often part of a recruitment strategy. Job advertisements that do not list qualifications or refer to a specific position are not required to include the pay range and benefits and other compensation.
The following social media examples are not considered a job posting:
- “Custodian jobs available. Apply now online.”
- “My team is hiring a Grants Manager! Find out more and apply online.”
Pay range
The pay range that is disclosed in a job posting is intended to provide applicants with the most reasonable and genuinely expected range of compensation for the job. An exact rate of pay may be used; otherwise a posting should use a range with a minimum to maximum. Open-ended phrases such as “starting at minimum wage” or “up to $60,000 annually” cannot be used.
Updating pay ranges
If the pay rate or range changes after publishing a job posting, the posting must be updated to reflect the changed information. Circumstances for changes may include:
- Pay range revisions because of collective bargaining, new salary surveys, or minimum wage laws.
- A recruitment strategy where the hiring range is revised to further build an applicant pool.
General description of all benefits and other compensation
A general description of all benefits should provide the applicant with the most reasonable and genuinely expected benefits to be offered to the hired candidate. These may include health care benefits, retirement benefits, number of paid days off and other benefits that must be reported for federal tax purposes.
Other compensation may include forms of compensation that would be offered to the hired applicant in addition to their base pay such as overtime, premiums, differentials, recruitment incentives and standby and/or callback pay.
The total monetary value of benefits and other compensation does not need to be provided. In electronic job postings, a general description of benefits and other compensation may be used if a link is provided with more detailed information. If the benefits or other compensation change, the posting must be updated to reflect the changed information.
UWHIRES postings
All UWHIRES job postings will display the position’s pay range, which is the pay range associated with the job profile the position is in. However, for job postings for professional staff positions, hiring managers may elect to display a narrower hiring range within the minimum and maximum associated with the job profile. Use the Workday report R0028 to find the default pay ranges by job profile, using the job profile’s job code.
UWHIRES will also include space to provide a description of other compensation, which is required for job postings for classified positions. Overtime eligibility should be included in job postings for all FLSA nonexempt positions and any FLSA exempt positions eligible for additional pay under collective bargaining agreements.
Hiring Managers will provide recruiters with other compensation information and a narrower professional staff pay range for the job posting:
Campus – Use the “Additional Requisition Notes” field of the Workday Recruitment Questionnaire
Medical centers – With your partnership, your recruiter will assist in obtaining this information for you
All UWHIRES job postings include a standard statement about benefits with links to more information relevant to the position.
Classified staff job postings
The default pay range for classified staff job postings is provided as an hourly range for hourly paid positions and a monthly range for salaried positions. For example:
- Hourly: $17.57 – $21.68 per hour
- Salaried: $3,046 – $3,758 per month
Job postings will reflect these default ranges which should not be overwritten except when a salaried position is less than full-time and the default range should be updated to reflect the expected FTE against the full-time rate, e.g., “75% of $3,046 – $3,758 per month.”
Summary of other compensation for classified staff job postings
The “Other compensation” field should provide information on compensation that would be offered to the hired applicant in addition to their base pay. This may include overtime, premiums, differentials, recruitment incentives, standby pay, callback pay, and holiday premium. For example:
This position is overtime eligible. The hired applicant will receive shift differential for all paid hours, as well as standby pay, call back pay, and – when directed to work on a designated holiday – premium pay at the overtime rate.
This position is overtime eligible. Shift differential: $1.00 per hour for evening shift. Certification pay: $1.25 per hour.
Summary of benefits for classified staff job postings
Your recruiter will ensure that the following benefits summary is added to classified staff job postings:
As a UW employee, you will enjoy generous benefits and work/life programs. For a complete description of our benefits for this position, please visit our website, click here (link to relevant benefits summary).
Professional staff, ICA Contract Staff, and Hall Health Physicians
The default pay range for professional staff job postings is provided as an hourly range for hourly paid positions and a monthly range for salaried positions. For example:
- Hourly: $17.57 – $21.68 per hour
- Salaried: $3,046 – $3,758 per month
If the position is less than full-time, include the FTE and the annual rate of pay, e.g., “75% of $3,046 – $3,758 per month.”
Hiring managers may elect to display a narrower hiring range within the minimum and maximum associated with the job profile and other compensation details by providing that information to their recruiter. Hiring range maximums outside of the default associated with the job profile for professional staff postings require Compensation office approval prior to posting.
Summary of other compensation for professional staff postings
The “Other compensation” field should provide information on compensation that would be offered to the hired applicant in addition to their established pay range such as recruitment incentives. For example:
The hired applicant is eligible for a signing bonus of $1,000 and/or a relocation incentive when having to move in order to accept a University position.
Summary of benefits for professional staff postings
Your recruiter will ensure that the following benefits summary is added to the job posting:
As a UW employee, you will enjoy generous benefits and work/life programs. For a complete description of our benefits for this position, please visit our website, click here (link to relevant benefits summary).
External postings
For recruitments not managed through UWHIRES, job postings must include a rate of pay or pay range and standard descriptions of benefits and other compensation specific to the position.