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Memorial University of Newfoundland

  Memorial University of Newfoundland

Extraordinary Salary Increases

Approval Date: 1999-05-06

Effective Date: 2014-12-02

Review Date: 2021-05-01

Authority:

Provost and Vice-President (Academic), Vice-President (Grenfell Campus) or Vice-President (Marine Institute), as appropriate

Purpose

To describe a structure and a mechanism to consider requests from deans/directors on the behalf of faculty members for a salary increase beyond that prescribed by the collective agreement (in the case of unionized faculty members) or by a general increase (in the case of non-unionized faculty members).

Scope

All faculty members regardless of whether they are unionized

Definitions

Policy

Extraordinary Salary Increases is a process for adjustments in academic salaries to (a) bring any promotional adjustments explicitly to the attention of the Human Relations Committee of the Board of Regents, and (b) to report to the Human Relations Committee of the Board on adjustments to individual salaries outside the Collective Agreement, as well as any requests which were turned down. This report will be presented at the next Board meeting after which such decisions are taken.

Procedures

For inquiries related to this policy:

Office of the Provost and Vice-President (Academic) 709-864-8246

Sponsor: Provost and Vice-President (Academic)

Category: Academic Affairs

Previous Versions:

There is at least one previous version of this policy. Contact the Policy Office to view earlier version(s)

Approval Date 1999-05-06   Effective Date 2013-11-05
Approval Date 1999-05-06   Effective Date 1999-05-06

Procedure for Extraordinary Salary Increase

Approval Date: 2014-09-22

Responsible Unit: Department of Human Resources

1. When a Dean or applicable Associate Vice-President Academic on behalf of a faculty member, makes a request for an extraordinary salary increase,  the applicable Vice-President will arrange for a Salary Review Panel to convene. This Panel will be composed of three members from the group of deans and applicable Associate Vice-President Academic.  An effort will be made to ensure that the three are drawn from a variety of sectors. 

2. A Dean or applicable Associate Vice-President Academic who has a faculty member whose case is to be considered by the Panel will not sit on the panel for that meeting.

3. The Panel will be convened and chaired by the Director of Faculty Relations who will provide any analysis deemed relevant by the Panel.

4. The Dean or applicable Associate Vice-President Academic of the faculty member whose application is being considered will present the case to the Panel. The case will include an analysis showing the current salary and what the salary would be predicted to be from the factors listed in the collective agreement (where applicable).

5. The Panel will consider the following factors in making a recommendation to the applicable Vice-President:

(i) the academic excellence of the applicant;

(ii) the size of any existing market differential, if any;

(iii) the importance of the applicant to the programs and activities of the academic unit;

(iv) the anticipated difficulty of recruiting a replacement should the applicant leave Memorial.

6. Having received the written advice of the Panel, the applicable Vice-President will make his or her recommendation to the President.

7. Ordinarily, successful applications will result in a salary increase effective the date of the application.

8. Any increase in salary resulting from this policy will be considered to be market differential.