Common use of Merit Pool Clause in Contracts

Merit Pool. The parties agree that money withheld as the result of unsatisfactory performance shall be added to the merit pool. To meet the requirements and responsibilities of their work, many staff in the Research and Information Services Department of the University Library, who are regularly assigned to work on evening and weekends, find it impossible to take compensatory time and repeatedly work extraordinary hours during the fall and spring semesters. In order to respond to this, UCPEA and the University agree that permanent RISD staff, who meet the above criteria, shall be eligible to accrue up to 4 days compensatory time each year. Use of such compensatory time shall be arranged as a mutually agreeable time, when service demands are slower, within two years of the staff member having worked the extraordinary hours.