2021 SALARY INCREASE DISTRIBUTION PLAN FOR NON-REPRESENTED EMPLOYEES

OVERVIEW

The UC Office of the President has confirmed that all UC locations will implement a July 1, 2021, salary increase budget of 3 percent for policy covered staff. Given that we were not able to give policy covered staff salary increases last year and to recognize the extraordinary effort by our policy covered staff employees during the pandemic, the salary increases will be distributed as a general increase, where all eligible policy covered staff employees would receive a 3 percent increase to their base salary. Although this year’s salary program is not a merit program where performance is a consideration related to the salary increase amount, the importance of the annual performance review process should not be discounted. All policy covered staff employees should continue to participate in the ACHIEVE performance check-ins.

ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA

Increases for SMG and Non-SMG policy covered staff whose total cash compensation exceeds the current Indexed Compensation Level will be processed in accordance with guidelines established by UCOP.

SUPPORT

Employees should go to their immediate manager/supervisor with questions or concerns. If an employee has a concern that their manager/supervisor could not address, employees should contact their Campus HR Business Partner, Health Sciences HR Business Partner or Medical Center HR Business Partner.

FAQs for Campus Administrators

For FAQs for employees, please see below.

FAQs

Q:
What is the effective date of the salary increase?
A:
Salary increases are effective July 1, 2021 for monthly paid employees and June 27, 2021 for bi-weekly paid employees.
Q:
When will salary adjustments begin to be paid out?
A:
Salary increases will begin to be paid out on July 30, 2021 for monthly paid employees and July 21, 2021 for bi-weekly paid employees.
Q:
Will the pay ranges be adjusted on or before July 1, 2021?
A:
Not in the traditional sense. Per the California State Auditor’s Office, the UC Career Tracks salary range spreads (difference between salary range minimums and maximums) are too wide and must be reduced by roughly 40% to 50%. UCI is proposing to meet the State Auditor’s requirement by slowly over the next few years increasing the range minimums and midpoints each year while leaving the maximums unchanged until the required range spread requirements are met. The new FY 2021-22 salary structure effective July 1, 2021, can be found on the Career Tracks web site at https://hr.uci.edu/partnership/careertracks/.
Q:
What if an employee’s salary falls below the new range minimum?
A:
According to PPSM-30, an employee’s salary must be within the salary range that is assigned to the payroll title. Salaries that fall below the new range minimum will be adjusted to the new minimum.
Q:
What if an employee’s salary is at or near pay range maximum?
A:
If an employee with a salary at or near pay range maximum receives a merit increase, his/her salary will be increased to no higher than the pay range maximum and then the portion of the merit increase that exceeds pay range maximum will be paid out as a one-time lump sum non-base building (will not be added to base salary) payment pending UCOP approval.
Q:
What if an employee transferred from another UC location after January 1, 2021, but meets all of the other eligibility criteria?
A:
Employees who transfer from another UC location are eligible to receive the increase as long as their date of hire with UC was on or before January 1, 2021, there was no break in service, and the employee meets all other eligibility requirements.