California State University, Long Beach
Policy Statement
99-22
October 15, 1999
Obsolete Policy
SERVICE STEP INCREASE POLICY
This policy was recommended by the Senate on September
23, 1999
and approved by the President on October 5, 1999.
I. ELIGIBILITY
The availability and amount of Service Salary Step Increases (SSIs)
are negotiated annually by the CSU and the CFA. SSIs are limited,
following initial appointment or the most recent promotion, to:
(a) four steps on the salary schedule in effect prior to the 1995-1998
Collective Bargaining Agreement; (b) eight SSIs under the salary
schedule(s) in effect under the 1998-2001 Collective Bargaining
Agreement; or (c) a combination of both (a) and (b) above which
does not exceed a total of eight (8) SSIs on the salary schedule.
(31.36)
II. FUNDS
Funds for award of Service Salary Step Increases shall come from
the campus's merit pool funds, and shall be distributed prior to
the determination of allocations for the Faculty Merit Increase
program.
III. CRITERIA AND PROCEDURES
- 1. The criterion to be used when evaluating employees for the
award of a Service Salary Step Increase shall be whether the faculty
unit employee has demonstrated satisfactory performance commensurate
with rank, work assignment, and years of service. (31.44)
- 2. Evaluation of a faculty unit employee's performance for purposes
of determining whether or not to award a SSI shall be based on
consideration of the faculty unit employee's Faculty Activity
Report (FAR) for the applicable time period.*
- * A complete and properly formatted California State University
Faculty Activity Report is required of all faculty members. The
FAR must be submitted to the department chair by October 1 of
each year.
- 3. Faculty unit members eligible for SSIs shall be reviewed
by the department chair, who shall forward a recommendation to
the Dean by October 7. The Dean shall either grant or deny the
SSI by October 11. Eligible faculty unit members shall be notified
of this decision by October 15.
IV. SERVICE SALARY STEP INCREASE APPEAL PROCESS
- 1. A faculty member may appeal the decision to deny a Service
Salary Step Increase to the President no later than fourteen (14)
days after receipt of the decision by the Vice President for Academic
Affairs. The appeals shall be heard by a committee of five (5)
faculty members chosen by lot from the Faculty Merit Increase
appeals panel. Faculty unit employees who are appealing Service
Salary Step Increase decisions shall not serve on the committee
during that year. The committee will hear all such appeals of
the Deans' decisions that year individually. The university and
the faculty unit employee (and/or his/her representative) may
present evidence to the panel at the hearing. A majority decision
by the committee shall be required in order to grant any appeal.
(31.47) The decision of the appeal committee shall be final and
binding. (31.48)
- 2. All unexpended funds from the pool for SSI-eligible employees
in fiscal years 1999-2000 and 2000-2001 shall be available to
fund successful appeals. (31.48)
EFFECTIVE: Immediately
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