SUBJECT:

Proposed 1996-97 Staff Salary Plan

As you probably are aware, on July 15, 1996, the Governor signed the
1996-97 State budget, which includes funding for UC staff salaries.
Based on the budget action, the University proposes the following
1996-97 salary plans for UC staff.

For employees in merit-based pay plans, the fund pool available for
merit increases- -a combination of range adjustment and merit funds- -
would be 4%, effective October 1, 1996. The salary range minimums and
maximums for merit-based pay plans would be adjusted by 2% effective
October 1.

Funding at the level of a 2% general increase (range adjustment) for
eligible employees in step-based salary plans would be effective
October 1, 1996, and merit increases would be funded on the same
schedule as 1995-96. As in 1995-96, the funding level for six month,
casual, and casual-restricted increases is based upon a six-month
delay from the date they previously would have been awarded.

Funding for incentive awards was allocated on a permanent basis in
1994-95 to each campus in the form of a block grant covering eligible
staff. That funding will continue to be available for 1996-97 awards.
No new set-aside from general increase funds to augment the incentive
award fund pool is proposed for 1996-97. Information regarding the
UCSD incentive award program will be provided in a separate
communication.

For exclusively represented employees, salary actions are subject to
the terms of existing collective bargaining agreements and/or to
meeting and conferring in accordance with the Higher Education
Employer-Employee Relations Act (HEERA), as appropriate.

Campus employees with questions or comments may contact Judy Johnson
at extension 40986 or via electronic mail (jjohnson@ucsd.edu).
Medical Center employees may contact Ann Skinner at 220-5089 or via
SYSM (AMR1@UCSDMC.edu). Comments to this proposal are due no later than
Friday, August 16, 1996.

Rogers Davis Assistant Vice Chancellor - Human Resources