University and classified staff
agree on 3.05 percent pay cut I
By Debbie Howlett
Ot thm ErnaraU
The Universitv and the clas
sified staff have reached
agreement over a 3 05 percent
pay decrease for the 1982 fiscal
year
The administration had
previously worked out
agreements with the faculty and
the Graduate Teaching Fellows
by implementing a salary in
crease deferral and a partial
layoff plan, respectively. The
joint agreement with the clas
sified staff, signed May 28, calls
for a number of options to be
implemented by 77 "units" —
departments and/or sections of
departments around the cam
pus
"With the excellent under
standing and cooperation of the
University local of the OPEU, an
agreement has been made
which will greatly assist the
University administration in
making the necessary budget
reduction," said Ray Hawk,
University vice president for ad
ministration and finance.
“Under the circumstances,
both parties were looking for the
most equitable solutions and
the greatest flexibility for
University employees," said
Beckie Bragg, administrative
assistant for the University li
brary and district director for the
OPEU for Lane County
The reduction of salary costs
was prompted by the state
Legislature s special session
this winter The Legislature or
dered the State System of
Higher Education to make cuts
in it’s budget The University
chose to take the 3 percent cut
through salary decreases rather
than cutting academic pro
grams
For classified staff, a deferral
of a salary increase was ruled
out because of the contract that
the OPEU is under, which ap
plies to all state employees. In
order to meet the reduction, the
University decided to use tem
porary interruption of
employment rather than layoffs
■'The agreement is made
under the provisions of the tem
porary interruption of em
ployment article in the collective
bargaining agreement, and is
designed to avoid permanent
layoff of employees which
would otherwise be necessary,'"
Hawk said
The agreement also contains
‘Both parties
are looking
for the most
equitable solution’
a number of general procedures
to be followed by the University
Before interrupting service of
regular employees, the Univer
sity will layoff any temporary
employees paid with money
from the general fund It was
also agreed that part-time em
ployees would be treated on a
pro-rated basis to protect their
fringe benefits
In addition, if an employee
“unit’' fails to achieve the 3 05
percent salary reduction —
equivalent ot 64 5 paid hours
per full-time employee — the
unit will be subject to further
leave without pay or permanent
layoff of employees according
to provisions of the collective
bargaining agreement.
The options the units have to
deal with the reduction are:
• Classified staff members
may take one day of leave with
out pay per month for a total of
eight days, on days agreed on
within the work unit, starting
July 1.
• Classified staff may begin
to work four nine-hour days per
week, with half the staff working
Monday through Thursday and
the other half working Tuesday
through Friday, then switching
so all staff would have four-day
weekends every other week.
That arrangement would be
repeated until sufficient funds
are saved
• Classified staff may take
four days of leave without pay
during July and August,
depending on the unit’s work
needs, plus four days Sept 7-10
as leave without pay days.
• A work unit may also submit
a unique work plan to meet the
needs of the particular unit.
The agreement also states
that classified employees who
are not paid through the state
050 accounts will be asked to
donate 3.05 percent of their
salaries to the 1982-83 Salary
Share Account with the Univer
sity Foundation. These tax
deductible contributions will be
used to offset the exemptions
granted to employees who are
within three years of retirement.
The exemptions are being
granted so that retirement pen
sions, which are figured from
the employees salary during
their last three years, will not be
affected
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