2020-2021 FACULTY COMPENSATION PROGRAM (FCP) Office of Academic Labor Relations Friday, January 31, 2020 Paula Mercado Hak, Asst. VP of Academic Labor Relations Nancy Carvalho, Labor Relations Specialist
University Agreement with AAUP-AFT Article 8, PART ONE Article 8, PART TWO ● Merit Process Component ● Merit Salary Increases to **** $3,642 3% 2.5% Base Salary → Pool of Funds FCP ATB ATB ATB **** ● One round per contract term 2018/19 2019/20 2020/21 2021/22 Faculty Salary Provisions Faculty Compensation Program
1. CRITERIA Contract and Department Criteria
Contract Criteria Compensation Demonstrated recent warrants special and continuing consideration on the OR excellence based on basis of “academic one or more of the and professional criteria of “teaching, contributions” in scholarship, and comparison with service” colleagues
Department Criteria ● Department statement of specific criteria for each pool (TT and NTT) and application of criteria ● Consistent with contract criteria ● Developed prior to start of process for consideration - before PEC meets
Please ensure that department criteria is promulgated to all eligible faculty. Promulgate Stated in Sent by Dept. Posted Mass Department Faculty on Dept. Email to FCP Website All Dept. Criteria Forms Faculty BEST OPTION: DO ALL OF THE ABOVE! Promulgate, Promulgate, Promulgate
2. SALARY POOL 3% of total UNRESTRICTED faculty salary base as of October 18, 2019 (second payroll of Oct.)
Excludes: ● Auxiliary funds Unrestricted ● Grants Funds ● Endowments ● Federal Appropriations
Salary Pool NB RBHS CM NK New Brunswick Newark Camden RBHS 64.26% 22.22% 10.15% 3.37% Total Pool: About $___ million** **Exact figure to be provided; exact number subject to confirmation by AFT
Dividing the Pool Funds Each of Four Area’s Pool funds proportionately divided between TT NTT *Except 5% of total funds → President’s Reserve
Set Aside Program Funds Deans: Chancellors: Max of 10% Max of 5% of of Unit Campus TT Allocation Allocation Assist with recommending or awarding increases to chairs or faculty whose assignments occur outside of the standard decanal unit
Awarding the Pool Funds 80% of TT Up to 20% of 80% of NTT Pool must be either pool Pool must be used for TT may be used used for NTT awards in other pool awards Allocations and Awards → OBLIGATION
3. ELIGIBILITY AND AWARDS Service and unit requirements and award amounts
Eligibility Requirements FT Faculty - AFT position as of Oct. 18, Continue to AAUP-AFT 2019 serve in FT or unit member OR PT AFT position until PT Faculty - AFT the date of position (50% or more of FT) for 3 payment consecutive years as of July 1, 2020
Ineligibility ● FTTRP ● Terminal year ● Opting out ● Not submitting materials
Awards based on salary as of 6/30/2020 AT LEAST 1% of salary or Award $500, whichever is less, Amount AND UP TO 10% of salary Awards to base salary, effective 7/1/2020
4. KICKOFF What should be happening?
------------- January ------------- --------- February -------- Departments Department PECs are Upload of PECs should formulate and chair makes formed or faculty be meeting promulgate announcement forming documents (1/31 and statement of 20 days in to 2/7, and 2/8 to PEC recomm. 2/18) criteria for each advance Uploaded pool (2/19 to 3/2) *Types of documents
PEC Formation Nominations by any Chair is non-voting member department faculty member Election by secret ballot Dean provides guidance on available funds to chair or (By FT Asst. Prof. or above not in terminal year) PEC (no chair)
PEC Composition 4 or More Tenured Less than 4 No Tenured Members Tenured Members Members PEC consists of at All tenured No PEC - least 3 FT faculty members duties go to members consisting constitute chair of tenured members and PEC at least 1 NTT
PEC Functions REQUIRED OPTIONAL Recommendations to chair: ● Regarding size of salary SUMMARY STATEMENT of increase for those its evaluation for EACH recommended member it recommends, ● Providing that up to 20% indicating criteria of dollars in each pool (TT and NTT) be used for awards in other pool
5. THE PROCESS Series of recommendations starting with PEC
Levels of Review & Recommendation Step 1: PECs Step 2: Chairpersons Summary statements Endorse PEC recomm. AND OR OPTIONAL prepare independent recommendations on “list” of faculty size of increase and members for increase 20% of dollars in each and recomm. for size pool of increase
Levels of Review & Recommendation Step 3: Deans List includes those proposed by PEC or chair, and chairs and faculty not “List” of nominees proposed by dept. AND recommendations as to size of increase Dean discusses with chair individuals not recommended by chair AND desire to increase or decrease by > 1% the increase recomm. by chair or PEC
Levels of Review & Recommendation Step 4: Chancellors Step 5: President Review May select from all recommendations lists ADDITIONAL from all levels AND individuals to receive make FINAL increases (additional DETERMINATION on increases are limited individuals for increase to 5% pool) and size of increase And … list of faculty not recommended at any level →
Timelines for 2020 Where we are in the process and what is coming up? January June March to April Formulation of department Final University review, Recommendations of chairs, payroll preparation, and statement of criteria, and deans, chancellors, and President access provided to users announcements by chairs uploaded (until 5/8/2020) to pull reports Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul February May July University review of Forwarding of allocations; upload of recommendations, and faculty docs; PEC formation and Access provided chancellors and deans meetings; and upload of PEC to faculty to review conduct review of final recommendations recommendations recommendations
6. THE TECHNOLOGY FCP Online Software Program
● E-records retained ● Going live in phases Online ○ ONLY 1st phase (faculty upload) goes live on 1/31 Program ○ Second phase (chair and admin. upload for faculty) goes live on 2/7 ● Access via Net ID
Spreadsheet of Users Group C: Group B: Group A: Upload Faculty Upload Faculty View Data Doc and Mark Doc Eligibility Group D: Group E: Group F: Group G: Upload Faculty Doc, (PEC Chair/Dept. Chair) (Dept. Chair) (Dean) Mark Eligibility, and Create PEC Recomm. Create Chair Recomm. Create Dean Recomm. Assign Faculty to PEC
Relevant Permissions Faculty upload documents Review and edit eligibility of faculty member Faculty opt-out Assign faculty member to the departmental PEC Chairs & admin. upload faculty Create recommendations at PEC, Chair, Dean, Chancellor and Determine eligibility of faculty President levels member
ONLY 1st Phase - Faculty Upload - Goes Live on 1/31 fcp.rutgers.edu
PH Landing Page
Chair Landing Page
Faculty List Page
Faculty Landing Page
Account (Chair) Landing Page
7. CONCLUDING IMPLEMENTATION Considerations and Processes
Subsequent to Awards University to notify faculty University to provide AFT with when they can access system info. on nominations and to review recomm. award increases After award process - deans Academic judgment - denying discuss FCP with chairs or granting a merit increase - (chairs inform PEC members of not grievable discussion and faculty review recommendations with chair or dean)
SUCCESSFUL FCP Apply FCP + Contact = processes IMPLEMENTATION! ALR for and assistance parameters
Please feel free to contact Academic Labor Relations with any questions. THANK YOU! Please call 848-932-7174 or send an email. Have a great day!
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