January 15, 2001 Dear Members: Our move to the new office space has been nearly completed. The MSCA President's Office is located in Room 202B, Sullivan Building, on the Salem State College campus. The new telephone number for the MSCA president's office is 978-542-7282; the fax number is 978-542-7284. Ms. Kathleen Ell is the office secretary. Our thanks go to many, many people who helped with this transition.
The 3% pay increase, negotiated as part of the one-year contract extension that expired on June 30, 2000, will be implemented with the February 2, 2001, payroll period. This pay increase is retroactive to January 1, 2000, and only those members employed on that date are eligible to receive this increase. Included also in the February 2 paycheck will be a 1% bonus (off-base), based on the new salary effective January 1, 2000, and 57 weeks of retroactive payments (which will be listed on the pay advice as "overtime").
Unit members promoted effective September 1, 2000, may receive an additional salary adjustment, with retroactivity, if their salary increase for the promotion was or will be 5% of their base salary. See also the information on the new salary equity formula, below.
For part-time day unit faculty who receive contractual stipends for their work, stipends will increase to $3065 for each three-credit day course taught and $4090 for each four-credit day course taught, retroactive to the spring, 2000, semester. These payments will be prorated for courses that carry fewer or more credits. In addition, part-time day unit faculty who were employed in the unit during the spring, 2000, semester will receive a 1% bonus (off-base) based on the day unit compensation they received during that semester only. (No DGCE unit work is affected by this pay increase.)
Eligible unit members, both full-time and part-time, who have left the unit since January 1, 2000, will probably receive their retroactive payments in the February 16 payroll period.
In addition, the salary equity formula (Article XIIIA) will increase all amounts by 3%, effective January 1, 2000. Any full-time unit member who was hired into the unit after January 1, 2000, should compare their starting salary to the new formula. If his/her starting salary falls below the new formula salary, an adjustment to the new formula salary must be made, with appropriate retroactive payments. Unit members who received salary adjustments effective September 1, 2000, for promotions and terminal degrees should also compare their newly adjusted salaries to the new formula to determine if they are eligible for additional adjustments and/or retroactive payments.
Worksheets, including the new salary equity formula, to assist members in calculating their pay increases, bonuses and retroactivity, will be published in the February issue of the Perspective. Any member who has questions about the implementation of this pay increase should contact their local chapter officers or the MSCA president at Pmarkunas@aol.com.
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