Classified Staff Pay Increases for FY16 (Sent on behalf of Kevin Jacobs, Wednesday May 20, 2015)

The Board of Regents approved a budget for classified staff pay increases and the Colorado General Assembly and the Governor subsequently approveda 1% Across the Board (ATB) salary increase and performance based merit increases for classified staff.All classified employees who are employed by the University prior to July 1, 2015 will receive the ATB increase, regardless of performance rating. The matrix for merit pay is dependent on an employee’s performance rating and salary in the FY 2014-15 Compensation Plan:

Increases will be implemented as follows:

  1. Any temporary pay differential is removed from base salary.
  2. The 1% ATB is applied as a base-building increase. If the employee’s salary is at the new range maximum, the ATB increase will be a non-base-building, one-time payment. If the total increase would cause the employee’s salary to be over the range maximum, a base building increase will be applied up to the maximum and any amount over the range maximum will be paid as a non-base building, one-time payment.
  3. Merit increases for employees hired before April 1, 2015, are determined by the following matrix:

Performance Matrix % Increase for FY 2015-16 Merit Pay
Range Minimum / Quartile / Range Maximum
2014-15 Performance Rating / 1st / 2nd / Midpoint / 3rd / 4th
Level 3 / 1.80% / 1.60% / 1.40% / 1.20%
Level 2 / 1.00% / 0.80% / 0.60% / 0.40%
Level 1 / 0.00% / 0.00% / 0.00% / 0.00%
Base building increase / Non-base building, one-time payment
If the employee has not been employed during the full performance year (4/1/2014 – 3/31/2015), the merit percentage will be prorated based on the number of months employed. Working one day in a month equals one month of service. Employees above the range maximum will receive non-base merit pay as if they were in the 4th quartile,
  1. After ATB and merit increases are calculated, the employee’s new adjusted salary will be placed into the new FY 2015-16 Compensation Plan:

the salary is below the new minimum, a base-building increase will be added to bring the employee’s salary to the minimum of the salary range. If the salary is above the new maximum, the employee’s pay will be in saved pay status for up to three years, which means the employee’s pay will remain the same for three years and then be reduced to the range maximum if the range maximums do not change (catch up to the employee's pay) before that time. Temporary pay differentials, if applicable, are then calculated and monthly salary is adjusted accordingly.

Kevin Jacobs
Chief Human Resources Officer

University of Colorado

Denver ǀ Anschutz Medical Campus

Phone: 303-315-2727
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