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APPROVAL OF COMPENSATION ADJUSTMENTS AND INTENT TO ACHIEVE COMPETITIVE COMPENSATION FOR FACULTY AND STAFF
 
 
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APPROVAL OF COMPENSATION ADJUSTMENTS AND INTENT TO
ACHIEVE COMPETITIVE COMPENSATION FOR FACULTY AND
STAFF

WHEREAS, the Board has reviewed the compensation provided to faculty and staff of the University; and

WHEREAS, the Board intends to pay people what they are worth in the marketplace based on individual qualities and measured by appropriate indices that are tested regularly and disclosed publicly; and

WHEREAS, the University's faculty and staff compensation has fallen over the last decade in all major surveys including those used by the Commonwealth to determine the desired funding of faculty salaries; and

WHEREAS, it is the expectation of the Board of Visitors that the state meet its obligation to restore faculty and staff salaries in the institutions of higher education in Virginia as quickly as possible; and

WHEREAS, it is the intent of the Board to restore faculty compensation at the University by the end of Fiscal Year 2007 to nationally competitive levels compared with peer institutions as measured by appropriate compensation surveys and institutional priorities;

RESOLVED that funding be provided from institutional resources to supplement state faculty salary increases effective November 25, 2003, by an average of 1.75 percent to be allocated on the basis of merit; and

RESOLVED FURTHER that two compensation funds be established effective November 25, 2003 , for classified staff consisting of a) $250,000 plus benefits to provide strategic base salary adjustments through the Classified


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Compensation Plan's In-Band Adjustment program and b) $200,000 plus benefits for one-time bonuses and awards payable to outstanding performers under the State Rewards and Recognition Plan; and

RESOLVED FURTHER that the President and Executive Vice President propose a policy on compensation to the Board not later than April, 2004, that achieves the Board's intent to restore faculty compensation to nationally competitive levels by the end of fiscal year 2007 and preserve market driven/performance based compensation for classified staff subject to annual budget review processes, specific performance measures, milestones, and funding strategies to ensure accomplishment of the compensation objectives.