UC Berkeley Chancellor Nicholas Dirks has approved a 3% salary increase for non-represented staff, effective 7/1/2014.
In a statement to the Vice Chancellors last week, Chancellor Dirks acknowledged the hard work of Berkeley staff, as well as the rising costs of health care and UCRP contributions, as some of the reasons behind his decision to apply the 3% increase across the board to all eligible staff.
At the same time, he emphasized the importance of moving toward a high performance culture in which staff are regularly provided feedback by supervisors and performance is documented in annual evaluations, and top performance is recognized and rewarded. "The value of the feedback and formal evaluation is first to align development of our staff with achievement of our strategic goals, and secondarily to support decisions on merit based pay."
The salary increase will be awarded to eligible career employees and on a case-by-case basis to contract employees. To be eligible, staff covered by Personnel Policies for Staff members (PPSM) must be:
- Career or contract appointment in a PPSM title included in salary ranges 15 – 30 on or before December 31, 2013 and remain in the PPSM position on July 1, 2014
- Performing at a level that meets expectations, and
- On payroll in an eligible position and appointment on the date that the pay increase is paid.
Excluded from eligibility are:
- Employees hired on or after January 1, 2014,
- Employees whose resulting salary would be above the new salary range maximum,
- Employees who separate from employment on or before payout date,
- Student employees and limited appointments,
- Rehired retirees who have not suspended their UCRP retirement contributions,
- Employees covered by collective bargaining agreements and academic personnel policies.
For additional information, see Implementation Guidelines for 3% Salary Increase for Non-represented Staff (PDF).