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1) The university wage policy will assure that the lowest paid employees of
our campus community can live decently within the economic structure of the
greater Washington geographic region from which AU draws its staff.
2) The wage policy will contain the following
conditions:
a) It will be based on the demographics of
the region from which we draw our employees,
as well as the general practices reflected
in other wage policies.
b) It will be set at a rate that is competitive
with rates paid by other universities and municipalities
in the region.
c)
It will fit within AU’s existing
compensation system as the framework within
which it will be institutionalized and maintained.
d) The wage rate will be increased when the
salary band structure is adjusted (generally
bi-annually) in accordance with staff compensation
policy.
3) In consideration of the above factors,
the base wage rate will be set at $11.00 per
hour, to be reached over a three-year period.
It will be set in this first year, effective
September 1, 2002, at $10.31 per hour. This
wage level will increase our commitment to
be responsive to economic pressures and is
above the rate paid, for example, by Georgetown
University ($10.25) and other regional institutions
and municipalities.
4) The policy will cover all full-time, non-union,
staff employees of the university.
5)
Employees of multi-year service contracts
and persons regularly employed on campus—except
first-year (Bon Appetit) or entry-level (Aramark)
employees—will be covered by the policy.
6)
The policy provides a solution to the problem
of Aramark employees’ health care coverage.
Aramark will bring benefits to the previous
level of comparability, effective July 1, 2002,
at an estimated cost to AU of $125,000.
7) Without adjustments to other employee benefits,
benefit enhancements will be part of future
contract negotiations between the union and
its membership.
8) The wage policy will be effective September
1, 2002. It will be effective July 1, 2003
for employees of multi-year service contracts
who are regularly employed on campus.
9) Over the next three years, based on a projection
of roughly a 3% increase in the salary band
structure every year, the wage level should
increase to roughly $10.62 on September 1,
2004 and $11.00 on September 1, 2005. Employees
who receive a wage of $10.31 as a result of
this policy change will receive subsequent
annual salary increases in accord with the
compensation policies and bargaining agreements
in effect.
10) The cost to AU to implement this policy,
including the one-time adjustment for Aramark,
will be $600,000.
November 8, 2002
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