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Additional pay increase for non-union faculty announced |
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Tobin J. Klinger |
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Sep 5, 2008
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The University of Toledo will offer non-union faculty groups a retroactive pay increase in an effort to ensure a level of salary equality among faculty across the institution.
President Lloyd Jacobs today announced that faculty members in the colleges of Health Science and Human Service, Law, Medicine and Nursing will each receive an incremental 1 percent pay increase, retroactive to July 1, 2007, in an effort to bring parity with proposed increases for unionized faculty outlined in a tentative agreement between the UT chapter of the American Association of University Professors (AAUP) and the UT Board of Trustees.
UT Trustees voted unanimously to ratify the tentative agreement Sept. 3. AAUP members are expected to vote before the end of the month.
“The University of Toledo is enjoying some real momentum, and we believe that the faculty across the institution are a big reason why,” Jacobs said. “Consistent with our value of an environment of equality, we felt it was important that all of our faculty be rewarded at the same level for a job well done.”
The incremental 1 percent increase brings the two groups to a similar level, to the 3 percent increase put forth in the tentative agreement. Law, medicine and several other Health Science Campus faculty received 2 percent increases in fiscal year 2007-08 and 3 percent increases this year.
“Achieving symmetry is a major goal for every member of the administration,” said Dr. Jeffrey P. Gold, Health Science Campus provost, executive vice president for health affairs and College of Medicine dean. “Our faculty have continued to demonstrate their drive toward excellence, and we are pleased to be able to further reward their efforts. In fact, we intend to set aside some additional dollars for additional merit-based increases in the current fiscal year. This is in addition to the ongoing equity adjustments and merit programs.”
“We are thrilled to have a tentative agreement endorsed by our Board of Trustees,” said Dr. Rosemary Haggett, Main Campus provost and executive vice president for academic affairs. “But equally important is that we show all our faculty that we endorse the work they do by making sure their compensation is evenly matched overall with their peers. This increase accomplishes that goal.”
A date for the distribution of the increases has not yet been set but will be retroactive to July 2007.
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