SUBJECT:

Clerical Unit Wage Implementation

The new wage rates pursuant to the recently ratified collective bargaining agreement for Clerical employees are scheduled to be posted in the Payroll Personnel System (PPS) on Monday, April 10, 2006, and the new pay rates will be reflected in the May 1st paycheck for employees paid on a monthly basis and on May 3rd for employees paid on a biweekly basis. A special check will be issued the week of May 15th to employees who are eligible for retroactive pay. In order to be eligible for the retroactive pay, an employee must remain in the Clerical Unit through the payout. The applicable contract provision requires payment within 120 days of ratification, which has a deadline of June 15th.

The contract provides for a range adjustment, a lump sum bonus payment, an increase in shift differential pay, new steps, and an additional vacation day for selected employees. These matters are being addressed as follows:

RANGE ADJUSTMENT:
A 3.5% range adjustment will be implemented, except for Library Assistants. Library Assistants will receive an 8.6% range adjustment. In both cases, the increases are retroactive to October 1, 2005 for monthly paid employees and September 25, 2005 for biweekly paid employees.

LUMP SUM BONUS:
A $180 lump sum bonus, prorated by the appointment percentage and funded from the Incentive Award Program assessment pool, will be paid to employees who were in the bargaining unit on December 15, 2004 and February 15, 2006, and who remain in the unit through the payout (when the program is run). We are awaiting a program from the Office of the President to implement this portion of the contract. A pay date for the lump sum bonus will be announced when the program is received.

SHIFT DIFFERENTIAL INCREASE:
The increase in shift differential pay to 0.15 per hour was effective March 1, 2006 for monthly paid employees and February 26, 2006 for biweekly paid employees, and was implemented last month.

NEW STEPS: VACATION DAY:
Employees who transferred out of the Clerical Unit between December 15, 2004 and February 15, 2006, and who did not receive any previous bonus days, will be eligible to receive eight hours of paid leave. The Office of the President is working on a program to identify those employees.

Questions regarding this wage implementation should be directed to Ray Rodriguez, Compensation Manager, at (858) 534-0986 or via email at rrodriguez@ucsd.edu.

Rogers Davis Assistant Vice Chancellor - Human Resources