SUBJECT:  Review of Proposed Revisions to UCSD Implementing Procedure
                     30/Salary

This notice is provided to announce the review of Proposed Changes to UCSD Implementing Procedures 30/Salary.

One of the recommendations of the Staff Retention and Support Steering Committee calls for increased salary-setting flexibility and further decentralization of equity increase authority. It is believed that the implementation of this recommendation will contribute to improvement of UCSD's recruitment and retention experience. Accordingly, the Human Resources Department is proposing revisions to UCSD Implementing Procedure 30/Salary.

The following proposed changes to Procedure 30/Salary are applicable to employees covered by the UC Personnel Policies for Staff Members:

Section III/Policy:
Subsection G.3/Lateral Transfer will be revised to reflect that Vice Chancellors will have authority to approve salary increases upon lateral transfer in exceptional situations, such as internal inequity, significant increase in responsibility, and external market factors. This authority will not be subject to re-delegation.

Subsection H/Equity Increases will be modified to reflect that Vice Chancellors will have the authority to approve equity increases up to the salary range maximum, with the continued ability to re-delegate authority for granting equity increases up to the salary range midpoint. The authority to grant increases above the midpoint will not be subject to re-delegation.

Other revisions:
Section II/Definitions of Terms has been added;

Currently there are two documents that support the Universitywide salary policy: UCSD Implementing Procedure 30/Salary and a document entitled "UCSD Salary Setting Guidelines for Non-Exclusively Represented Employees." To streamline and consolidate these procedures and guidelines, both documents will be combined into the new UCSD Implementing Procedure 30/Salary.

Section III Subsection B; Policy now includes Range Placement Guidelines.

Attachment A - Equity Increase Justification and Approval Record is provided to record related transactions and submittal to the Human Resources Department.

Attachment B - Frequently Asked Questions is provided to respond to inquires.

The revised Procedures 30/Salary may be reviewed electronically at http://www-hr.ucsd.edu/~qwl/policies/proposedsp30.html

Key Administrators are requested to notify affected employees in their areas regarding these proposed changes.

Campus employees may direct comments to Judy Johnson, Compensation Manager, at jjohnson@ucsd.edu or by telephone at (858) 534-0986. Healthcare employees may direct comments to Ann Skinner, Director of Human Resources-Healthcare Human Resources, at askinner@ucsd.edu or AMR1 through SYSM or by telephone at (619) 543-7622. Comments must be received no later than Friday, May 17, 2002. Upon concurrence, these revisions would take effect June 1, 2002.

                                                Rogers Davis
                                                Assistant Vice Chancellor -
                                                Human Resources