How do Puget Sound’s staff salary increases compare with other employers?
Generally speaking, the University of Puget Sound is in a better position than other Northwest independent colleges in terms of the funds available for 2010-11 salary increases. Of 16 Northwest independent colleges surveyed in April 2010, the average staff salary increase pool is 1.5 percent (from a low of zero percent to a high of three percent) compared to Puget Sound’s staff salary increase pool of two percent. Some schools will allocate the increases to merit only, some will have only across-the-board increases, some will have equity and/or market adjustments, and some will do a combination of these approaches. What role does the staff senate compensation committee play in making recommendations to the university? The staff compensation committee is appointed by the staff senate first to present a proposal for staff compensation for approval to the senate, which is then presented to the Budget Task Force. After the university budget has been approved by the board of trustees, the c
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