FY 2023 Raises and Change in Employee Compensation (CEC) |
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Benefit Eligible Faculty and Staff |
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The Idaho State Legislature is responsible for the distribution of public funds, in coordination with the Division of Financial Management (DFM) and Division of Human Resources (DHR). Earlier this year, the Legislature approved an ISU budget increase of 5% increase in appropriated dollars for a change in employee compensation (CEC). Because many positions are funded from grant or local funding, ISU also accounts for benefit-eligible grant and local funded positions so that ISU employees are treated consistently in CEC actions. Idaho State University leadership worked collaboratively to prepare and submit a plan for distributing available CEC funds within the guidelines provided by DFM and DHR, to best align with legislative intent for FY2023 CEC.
We are excited to announce that ISU’s FY2023 distribution plan for annual pay increases has been approved by DHR and DFM, and we are pleased to share the details of our plan at this time. Our faculty and staff work tirelessly to serve our students and meet the ongoing needs of our campus, and we are thrilled to provide pay enhancements for our employees. For a full explanation of the State of Idaho CEC process and to review the specifics of our ISU plan, please see the details here: https://www.isu.edu/cec/.
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In summary, our FY 2023 plan includes the following four components:
- Across the board 3% structural increase - all eligible employees will receive no less than a 3% wage adjustment. Performance is not a factor in the distribution of this structural increase.
- Minimum rate of pay increases
- ISU minimum hourly rate of pay for classified staff will increase to $13.00 per hour. A commensurate increase will also be applied to lead workers of applicable classifications.
- ISU will continue to ensure that classified staff are paid no less than 73% of policy, (or midpoint), based on the new FY2023 pay structure.
- Non-classified minimum salaries will be adjusted to $42,500 based on the new FY2023 pay structure, if applicable.
- ISU will continue to support salary adjustments for academic promotion/advancement.
- Market and performance-based merit increase
- Each eligible employee will have their base salary increased by a fixed dollar amount up to $1.10/hr based on their performance rating and market comparison data, distributed as follows:
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Am I Eligible for Pay Increases (CEC)?
Employees who have met the following criteria are eligible for salary adjustments:
- Employees are eligible for the 3% across the board adjustment if hired prior to April 1, 2022. Any employee hired on or after April 1, 2022 will receive this adjustment as required by the new FY23 pay structure (up to 3%).
- Move to new ISU minimums
- All Classified employees with a performance rating of at least "meets expectations" will move to new ISU minimums regardless of hire date.
- Applicable Non-classified positions will move to the new ISU Minimum regardless of hire date.
- All benefited employees hired on or before September 30, 2021 will be eligible for a market and performance-based adjustment (see matrix above).
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To be eligible for a performance-based CEC increase, DHR requires that employees must first complete their required 2021 Respectful Workplace and 2022 Cyber Security training, and have a completed 2021 performance review on file.
Effective Dates for Pay Increases (CEC increases)
- Classified Staff: June 12, 2022 (pay date July 8, 2022)
- Non-Classified Staff (12 month contract): June 26, 2022 (pay date July 22, 2022)
- Faculty (9, 10, or 11 month contract): July 24, 2022 for August 14 contract start date (pay date August 19, 2022)
- Faculty (12 month faculty contract): June 26, 2022 (pay date July 22, 2022)
- Employees serving in interim positions will not receive CEC based on their interim appointment salary but will receive appropriate merit-based raises when they return to their primary positions.
- Employees who have not completed their 2021 performance evaluation or state required training before the implementations dates above, will receive their performance-based increase effective the first day of the pay period following the completion of all three requirements.
What’s Next?
Faculty and staff will receive individual letters from Human Resources in June which will show:
- Your new salary or hourly rate for the upcoming fiscal year; and
- A summary of which CEC components have contributed to your new rate of pay
If you have any questions about the CEC process, or implementation dates, please talk with your supervisor, or contact HR at (208) 282-2517, or hr@isu.edu. Thanks for all you do for our Bengal community!
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This communication was sent to Idaho State University faculty and staff.
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