24/26 Pay Cycle Information

Sherri told the membership that the main reason for this meeting was to discuss the University’s proposal to APAS for consideration to change the 26-pay cycle currently negotiated to a 24-pay cycle. She introduced Mary Jo Repasky from Human Resources who presented members with a written copy of the information and then gave a brief explanation about the circumstances surrounding the proposal. Currently APAS members receive their annual salary in 26 paychecks (every two weeks) of equal amounts. The problem for HR is that this pay system mandates that members are prepaid for time not worked in their last paycheck of the year, a fault that was overlooked when the current contract was negotiated. In order to resolve this issue for next year, HR would like APAS members to go to a 24-pay system where members’ salaries would be equally divided into 24 (bimonthly) pays. Examples were provided on the handout. After Repasky left, members discussed the ramifications of the vote: 1.) a “NO” vote would leave the current system of 26 pays in place, and because of the fact that the contract ends on June 30th (in the middle of the week) and the second Friday of the month is July 9, the first pay in July would be for only the first nine days of July (shorting the first pay by two days) 2.) a “YES” vote would reconfigure the pay periods to the 15th and the 30th of the month beginning with the July 15th paycheck. Discussion ensued, and a vote was scheduled for Friday, May 15th by email or in person at the Office of Equal Opportunity to be administered by Leon Stennis.

Within Grade Movement

Sally Kenney gave an update on the activities of the Within Grade Movement Committee. The Committee used the 10-year review criteria as a basis for the WGM criteria. According to the criteria Kenney outlined, those APAS members seeking WGM must have achieved the 10-year award in order to be eligible for WGM. APAS members having achieved the WGM award will be eligible for additional reviews every three years if they meet the criteria. Among the items being considered for use as criteria are professional development, service to the community, performance evaluation, new employment duties and additional supervisory duties. Kenney told the members that the proposal must go through the negotiating process and if approved would be retroactive to July 2003. Questions were entertained from the group.

The meeting ended at 1:00

Respectfully submitted,
Sharon Mika