Appendix A: Salaries and Economic Consideration

9.1 Basic Salary Plans.

A. Definition: The term basic salary shall mean the annual salary, exclusive of any supplemental salary received or other forms of additional compensation, paid to the employee in connection with his/her normal professional obligation.

B.  Basic salary upon initial appointment shall be at an amount which is commensurate with the credentials and experience of the candidate and his/her anticipated value to the College in the judgment of the Board.

C. The minimum salary levels for the unit job titles shall be:

9.2 Basic Salary Adjustment.

A.

1. Each employee who continues in service for the year 2005-06 shall receive a salary increase of 4.0% to be added to the employee's 2004-2005 base salary effective at the beginning of the employment year as defined in Section 5.3 or as provided in Section 9.2.B.2.

2. Each employee who continues in service for the year 2006-2007 shall receive a salary increase of 4.0% to be added to the employee's 2005-2006 base salary effective at the beginning of the employment year as defined in Section 5.3 or as provided in Section 9.2.B.2.

3. Each employee who continues in service for the year 2007-2008 shall receive a salary increase of 4.0% to be added to the employee's 2006-2007 base salary effective at the beginning of the employment year as defined in Section 5.3 or as provided in Section 9.2.B.2.

4. Each employee who continues in service for the year 2008-2009 shall receive a salary increase of 4.0% to be added to the employee's 2007-2008 base salary effective at the beginning of the employment year as defined in Section 5.3 or as provided in Section 9.2.B.2.

5. Each employee who continues in service for the year 2009-2010 shall receive a salary increase of 4.0%, plus an additional $350 , to be added to the employee's 2008-2009 base salary effective at the beginning of the employment year as defined in Section 5.3 or as provided in Section 9.2.B.2.

B. If an employee's base salary after the application of the foregoing percentages, falls below the stated minimum in the employee's pay category, said salary shall be adjusted to the minimum. Effective September 1, 1998 if an employee's base salary falls below the stated minimum in the employee's pay category, said salary shall be adjusted to the minimum prior to the application of the foregoing percentage adjustments. This provision shall not apply to raise the reduced salary amounts of those employees electing reduced load pursuant to Section 5.6.A hereof.

1 . Nothing herein shall prevent the granting of selective increases by the Board upon recommendation of the President.

2. a. A fiscal year employee whose first day of work in on or after September 1 but no later than the last day of February of the initial year of employment shall be eligible for 100% of increases under this article on September 1 of the next employment year. A fiscal year employee whose first day of work is on or after March 1 of the first employment year shall be eligible for increases under this article as follows:

First Day of Work Percent of Annual Increase

March 1 to March 31 90%

April 1 to April 30 80 % May 1 to May 31 70%

June 1 to June 30 60 %

July 1 to July 31 50 %

A fiscal year employee whose first day of work is August 1 to 31 shall be eligible for increases under this article on September 1 of the next calendar year.

b. An academic year employee whose first day of work is on or after the beginning of the employment year but no later than the last day of January shall be eligible for 100% of increases under this article at the beginning of the next employment year. An academic year employee whose first day of work is on or after February 1 of the initial year of employment shall be eligible for increases under this article as follows:

 

First Day of Work Percent of Annual Increase

February 1 to February 28(9) 90 %

March 1 to March 31 75%

April 1 to April 30 65 % After April 30 50 %

The above dates are based on an academic calendar in which second semester begins in mid to late January. If that date is changed, the parties will adjust the increase dates for Academic Year employees accordingly.

c. The following shall not disqualify a bargaining unit member from receiving increases under this article:

i. Changes in title

ii. Changes in rank

iii. Changes in promotional level

iv. Changes from faculty to non-teaching professional

v. Changes from non-teaching professional to faculty

C. Each current or former bargaining unit member employed during the term of this Agreement shall receive a retroactive payment computed upon the difference between his/her new base salary rate(s) effective for the year 2005-06 and/or the year 2006-07, and the amount previously received for those hours or periods actually compensated, including overtime for bargaining unit members where applicable, for such years.

9.3 Compensation for overload as outlined in paragraphs 5.6.A, 5.6.C, and 5.9 and for instructional services rendered during summer sessions shall be $ 51.50 per hour for the 2005-2006 and 2006-2007 years, $53.56 for 2007-2008, $55.70 for 2008-2009, and $57.93 for 2009-2010.

9.4  Bargaining unit members who perform academic advisement services during the evening registration shall be paid at the rate of $23.76 per hour for the 2005-2006 and 2006-2007 years, $24.71 for 2007-2008, $25.70 for 2008-2009, and $26.73 for 2009-2010.

Compensation rates for tutoring shall be paid at the rate of $34.33 per hour for the 2005-2006 and 2006-2007 years, $35.70 for 2007-2008, $37.13 for 2008-2009, and $38.62 for 2009-2010.

9.5 Compensation for overload service will be paid as earned in accordance with the normal payroll schedule.

9.6 In the event an employee accepts assignments to perform services beyond his/her work year, he/she will receive additional compensation at the rate of 1/42 of his/her annual salary for each week (1/5 of 1/42 for each day) of said service to the College.

9.7 The assignment and compensation for individual study shall be based upon mutual agreement between the teaching faculty member and the College Administration.

The assignment of bargaining unit members who evaluate applications for credit for life experience and who administer and evaluate credit by examination shall be based upon mutual agreement between the bargaining unit member and the College. Compensation shall be two-thirds of the fee contained in the then current tuition and fee schedule.

9.8 An employee who volunteers and is assigned to Evening Administration shall be compensated at two-thirds of the overload rate. A teaching faculty member who volunteers and is assigned to provide tutoring services shall be compensated at two-thirds of the overload rate.

9.9 Except as provided in Article 5.4.B, should a non-teaching faculty member be required to work in excess of his/her normal schedule, he/she will receive compensatory time off, said time to be mutually agreeable to the employee and the appropriate College Administrator. Absent mutual agreement, the employee will receive payment for the unused compensatory time no later than the employee's second regular pay date following the work in excess of his/her normal schedule. Should the employee work more than forty (40) hours in a week, the employee shall receive 1.5 hours of compensatory time for each hour worked over forty (40). Vacation, personal, and compensatory time taken shall not be counted as hours worked for purposes of determining when the rate of 1.5 is applied.

9.10 Fiscal year employees who are contacted off-campus to report to work outside of their normal schedule shall be compensated for a minimum of three (3) hours.

9.11  Compensation for substitute instruction will follow past practice.

9.12  Longevity. Effective September 1, 2007 , each employee shall be eligible for the following annual longevity payments separate from base salary:

After 10 years of service - $600

After 20 years of service - an additional $600

After 30 years of service - an additional $600

Said payment shall be paid on a prorata basis with each paycheck .