SUBJECT:

Approved Changes to Student Wages for 1997-98

In September, notification was provided of proposed changes to the
salary plan for students employed in casual-restricted positions.
These proposed changes were recently approved retroactive to
November 1, 1997 (November 2, 1997 for students paid biweekly).

The majority of casual-restricted positions were reclassified into the
student Assistant series, if they were not already assigned to one of
these titles. Positions classified in non-exclusively represented
titles (99) were not affected by the change. The Assistant IV level of
the series, which has not been previously used at the San Diego campus,
was introduced to accommodate the higher paid casual-restricted
positions where a variety of specialized skills are required. The new
salary ranges for the Assistant series are:

   4922   Assistant I  -  no longer in use
   4921   Assistant II $5.15  -  8.00/hour
   4920   Assistant III $6.50  -  10.50/hour
   4919   Assistant IV $9.00  -  18.50/hour

Casual-restricted positions should continue to be paid rates within the
ranges listed above, which are comparable to the rates paid to other
UCSD employees performing similar functions.

A revision to the local implementing procedure (HR-S-1) for Staff
Personnel Policy 30, Salary, Section II C, Salary Increases for
Casual-Restricted Positions, will soon be issued, reducing the length
of qualifying service required for students occupying casual-restricted
positions to be considered for a merit increase. The new language will
state "Students employed in casual-restricted positions are eligible
for a merit increase after completing twelve months on pay status since
the most recent date of hire or last within-range increase." The
additional requirement of 1260 hours on pay status has been eliminated.
Months on pay status would not need to be consecutive, allowing service
after the summer break to be added to service prior to the summer
break. "Pay status" includes any period of time for which an employee
receives pay for time worked, including compensatory time off, or for
time on paid leave. For example, a student employee who returned to
work on September 22 was not paid for September hours until October,
nevertheless September qualifies as a month on pay status, as it was
the period of time worked.

These classifications have "By-Agreement" rates, therefore, individuals
do not receive an automatic rate adjustment unless an increase is
required to bring their rate up to the minimum of the range established
for the class.

Student rates that were active in PPS as of 11/14/97, and set below the
new range minimums shown above, were centrally adjusted to the new
minimum retroactive to 11/1/97 (11/2/97 for students paid biweekly).
The new rate of pay will be reflected in the 12/1/97 monthly and
11/26/97 biweekly paychecks.

The rates paid to individuals in these classes may be adjusted within
the range, at the discretion of the department, upon completion of the
required twelve months on pay status. The increase may be any amount
in terms of whole cents per hour and whole dollars per month up to an
amount equaling a maximum of 4.0%.

If you have any questions regarding the above, you may contact Judy
Johnson at jjohnson@ucsd.edu, extension 40986, or Phyllis Walker at
pfwalker@ucsd.edu, extension 46489.

Rogers Davis Assistant Vice Chancellor - Human Resources