Common use of Merit Base Increase Clause in Contracts

Merit Base Increase. 1. 2016 -2017. The University shall provide a pool of funds to each department for increases equal to 2.0% of the August 7, 2016, in-unit employee salary base to be distributed as set forth in Section 23.1.(A)(4) to all eligible in-unit employees. 2. 2017- 2018. The University shall provide a pool of funds to each department for increases equal to 2% of the August 7, 2017, in-unit employee salary base to be distributed as set forth in Section 23.1.(A)(4) to all eligible in-unit employees. 3.1. 2018- 2019 The University shall provide a pool of funds to each department for increases equal to one and one-half percent (1.5%) of the August 7, 202118, in-unit employee salary base to be distributed as set forth in Section 23.1A2(4) to all eligible in-unit employees. 4.2. Eligible employees in 23.1A1, 23.1B1 and 23.1C1(1), (2), and (3). are those employees whose most recent performance evaluations are satisfactory and above (a minimum score on the most recent annual evaluation of at least 3.0 on a 5.0 point numerical rating scale). New hires with no evaluation are excluded from this pool as are employees with no evaluation on file within two academic years of full ratification. This pool shall be distributed at the collegedepartment level. The nominal evaluation ratings on the most recent annual evaluation shall be converted to numerical ratings (if ratings are already in numerical form, then those numbers shall be utilized so long as they are consistent with the 5.0 point scale that follows) with “outstanding” = 5.0; “strong to outstanding” = 4.5; “strong” = 4.0; satisfactory to strong” = 3.5; “satisfactory” = 3.0; “weak to satisfactory” = 2.5; “weak” = 2.0 “unacceptable to weak” = 1.5; and, “unacceptable” = 1.0. 2707 2708 2709 2710 2711 2712 2713 2714 2715 2716 2717 2718 2719 2720 2721 2722 2723 2724 2725 2726 2727 2728 2729 2730 2731 2732 2733 2734 2735 2736 2737 2738 2739 2740 2741 2742 2743 2744 2745 2746 2747 2748 2749 2750 2751 2752 2753 2754 2755 2756 2757 2758 2759 2760 2761 2762 2763 Using the most recent annual evaluation, each employee’s numerical score in each area of assigned activity (the average of the peer committee’s rating, if applicable, and the supervisor’s rating) shall be multiplied by the assigned FTE, if applicable, to derive the overall raw score in each area of assignment (for example, an employee receiving a rating of 4.0 in instruction, with a .60 FTE assignment in instruction would have a raw score in this category of 2.4, derived by multiplying 4.00 by .60). Raw scores in each area of assignment are added together to determine the overall raw score for the individual employee. The highest total raw score possible would be