Transcript Slide 1

BUILDING A UNIVERSITY FOR
THE GLOBAL CENTURY
Presented by:
Terri Phillips and Sheila Wright
Associate Vice President for HR and Compensation Manager
Plan
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Evaluate your current/future business needs
Do you need a current employee(s) to take on
additional/new responsibilities?
 Do you need a new employee?
 How will the current/new employee(s) meet your future
needs?
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Write and submit a new/revised Role Description
(RD) that is clear and concise
Consult with Compensation regarding the RD and
your intent for writing it
How Position Type is Determined
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Is the position as described eligible for overtime?
Yes – Determine the appropriate staff title based on
the MUS Staff Compensation Plan
 No - Determine whether the position is staff or contract
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If the position is a contract, it will fall into one of the
following types:
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Administrator, Contract Professional or Faculty
Contract Professionals are:
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MUS Contracts or Letters of Appointment
Budget
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Compensation will determine or help you determine
appropriate rates of pay for:
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New positions –
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Current positions –
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MUS Staff Compensation Plan (SCP) titles have established low
entry rates
Administrators and Contract Professionals are determined based
on market data
Change in title and/or pay is determined based on applicable
policies and guidlines – SCP, MUS Contract, LOA renewal
Find the budget
Implement
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New positions –
Consult with Recruitment to begin a search utilizing the
assigned/applicable classification and compensation
 Be thoughtful in your creation/review of vacancy
announcements
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Current positions 
Utilize appropriate tool to facilitate change in title
and/or pay – SCP, MUS Contract, LOA renewal
Assess
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Determine if the addition or change to the
operating structure is working
Do you foresee additional changes in personnel or
duties and responsibilities?
 What will meet your needs?
 Are you experiencing challenges with your hire?
 Does the reassignment of duties and responsibilities still
make sense?
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Consult with Compensation regarding possible
solutions – return to the planning stage
Annual Leave
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Eligible employees can accrue up to two years leave
balance
Annual leave balance is verified at the end of each
calendar year
Hours in excess of the two year maximum are
converted to “excess annual leave”
Employees receive a memo from HRS with
information about the excess leave balance
Employees must use the excess balance by March
31st or they can receive an extension requested by
their supervisor to use the hours by December 31st
Annual Leave Accrual
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Faculty
 Academic year faculty accrue no annual leave
 Fiscal year faculty and academic administrators accrue
14 hours per month
Administrators/Contract Professionals/Staff
1 day through 10 years = 15 working days per year
10 years through 15 years = 18 working days per year
15 years through 20 years = 21 working days per year
20 years +
= 24 Working days per year
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Eligible employees at less than a full time FTE receive a
pro-rated amount of annual leave each pay period
Sick Leave
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All employee types except students accrue sick
leave at the monthly rate of 8 hours per month
Eligible employees who are less than a full time FTE
receive sick leave on a pro-rated basis
There is no limit to the number of sick leave hours
that an employee can carry
Overtime / Comp Time
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Overtime hours, as defined by Federal Labor law, are
any hours worked over 40 in a work week.
On the UM campus, overtime for staff is generally
defined as anything over 8 hours per day as established
by negotiated union agreements.
Comp time is overtime.
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The employee and employer have agreed to substitute the
accrual of hours, to be used as time off at a future mutually
agreeable time, in lieu of payment of actual wage dollars.
Faculty, Administrators, and Contract Professionals are
not eligible for overtime
Staff – Comp Time
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Eligible for overtime
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Can accrue comp time hours at the rate of 1.5 hours for
each hour worked – in this way the employee is fully
compensated for worked overtime. Can carry a
balance up to 240 hours.
Exempt from overtime (salaried staff)
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Can accrue comp time hours at the rate of 1 hour for
every hour worked. Can carry a balance up to 160
hours.
Students
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Work study funded students and non-work study
students are subject to the overtime regulations of
the Federal labor law in all categories
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Must work over 40 hours in a work week (which runs
from Sunday to Saturday) to earn overtime
Graduate students must not work over the number of
hours identified on their graduate contract in order
to remain in compliance with minimum wage
requirements – No overtime should occur
Miscellaneous Options – pg 1
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Fiscal year faculty who convert to Academic year
faculty must make a one time decision to either
have their annual leave hours paid out to them in full,
or
 carry their annual leave hours on the books until they
either terminate or go back to a fiscal year job.
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Annual leave can not be used while on an academic
year contract.
Miscellaneous Options – pg 2
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Staff who are eligible for overtime and terminate
with a comp time balance must be paid in full for
those comp time hours.
Staff who are not eligible for overtime payment
and terminate with a comp time balance will not be
paid for those hours.
Employee types not eligible for overtime/comp
time, must be paid a minimum of $455/week to
maintain exemption (excludes faculty)