ARTICLE 11

Section A. Salaries for FY 2000

Subd. 1. Effective July 1, 1999, salaries of tenured, probationary, fixed-term, and non-tenure track faculty members covered by this Agreement shall be at the rates set forth below on the FY 2000 salary schedule as full-time nine-month (168 days) base salaries. Faculty members shall be placed on the FY 2000 salary schedule by moving to the same step in the same lane occupied during FY 99.

Subd. 2. Returning Faculty. After being placed on the FY 2000 salary schedule, faculty members who were in the bargaining unit in FY 99 and who return in FY 2000 shall advance one-step on the FY 2000 salary schedule.

Subd. 3. Placement. Following the step advancement provided for in Subdivisions 2 and 4 of the Section, Assistant Professors shall not be placed below Step 5a, Associate Professors shall not be placed below Step 6a, and Full Professors shall not be placed below Step 7a.

Subd. 4. Promoted Faculty

a. After being placed on the FY 2000 salary schedule, faculty members promoted from Instructor to Assistant Professor effective July 1, 1999 shall move to the step on the FY 2000 Professor lane paying the same salary and then advance two steps in addition to the step movement provided for in Subd. 2 of this section. If, after being advanced on the Professor lane as provided in this paragraph and Subdivision 2 of Section A, a promoted faculty member is placed at Step 5 of the Professor lane or below, the promoted faculty member shall be advanced to Step 5a.

b. After being placed on the FY 2000 salary schedule, faculty members promoted from Assistant Professor to Associate Professor and Associate Professor to Professor effective July 1, 1999 shall advance two steps on the Professor lane of the FY 2000 salary schedule in addition to the step movement provided in Subd. 2 of this section.

Subd. 5. Adjunct Faculty. Effective July 1, 1999, salaries of adjunct faculty members covered by this Agreement shall be at the rate of not less than nine hundred fifty-five dollars ($955) per credit.

Section B. Salaries for FY 2001

Subd. 1. Returning Faculty. Effective July 1, 2000, faculty members who were in the bargaining unit in FY 2000 and who return in FY 2001 shall advance one-step on the FY 2000 salary schedule.

Subd. 2. Placement. Following the step advancement provided for in Subdivisions 1 and 3 of the Section, Assistant Professors shall not be placed below Step 6, Associate Professors shall not be placed below Step 7, and Full Professors shall not be placed below Step 8.

Subd. 3. Promoted Faculty

a. Faculty members promoted from Instructor to Assistant Professor effective July 1, 2000 shall move to the step on the FY 2000 Professor lane paying the same salary as the step occupied during FY 2000 and advance two steps in addition to the step movement provided for in Subd. 1 of this section. If, after being advanced on the Professor lane as provided in this paragraph and Subdivision 1 of Section B, a promoted faculty member is placed at Step 5a of the professor lane or below, the promoted faculty shall be advanced to Step 6.

b. Faculty members promoted from Assistant Professor to Associate Professor and Associate Professor to Professor effective July 1, 2000 shall advance two steps on the Professor lane of the FY 2000 salary schedule in addition to the step movement provided for in Subd. 1 of this section.

Subd. 4. Effective the eighty-fifth (85^th) duty day of each University's 2000-01 academic calendar, salaries of tenured, probationary, fixed-term, and non-tenure track faculty members covered by this agreement shall be at the rates set forth in the FY 2001 salary schedule (located in Section A, Subdivision 1) as full-time nine-month (168 days) base salaries. Returning faculty members who occupy a step on the FY 2000 salary schedule and are in the bargaining unit as of the eighty-fifth (85^th) duty day of the University's academic year shall occupy the same step on the FY 2001 salary schedule. Notwithstanding Section D of this Article, new faculty members beginning employment during FY 2001 shall be placed in the appropriate lane at the salary on the FY 2001 salary schedule that is nearest to, but not less than, the salary offered on appointment.

Subd. 5. Adjunct Faculty. Effective July 1, 2000, salaries of adjunct faculty members covered by this Agreement shall be at the rate of not less than one thousand dollars ($1,000) per credit.

Section C. Faculty Who Provide Early Notice of Retirement. Faculty members who elect to retire with at least fifteen (15) years of service in the Minnesota State Universities and who are at least age fifty-five (55) shall have his/her salary placement increased by two additional steps on the salary schedule(s) established in this Agreement in the final two semesters of employment. To receive this benefit the effected faculty member must submit a written letter of retirement by October 1 if retirement will occur at the end of the academic year or by January 15 if retirement will occur at the end of the subsequent fall semester.

Section D. New and Promoted Faculty Assignment and Placement.

Subd. 1. New faculty hired during the term of this Agreement shall be assigned to an appropriate rank in accordance with Article 21, Section D.

Subd. 2. New faculty members beginning employment shall be placed in the appropriate lane at the salary, which is nearest to, but not less than, the salary offered on appointment.

Subd. 3. Assistant Professors shall not be placed or advanced beyond Step eighteen (18) and Associate Professors shall not be placed beyond Step nineteen (19).

Subd. 4. After implementation of Subdivisions 1-3 of this Section, new faculty members shall be deemed to have been placed upon the appropriate step, and no further step placement calculations shall be made.

Section E. Service at the Top of the Schedule. All faculty who have been at the top of their salary lane for five (5) years shall receive the equivalent of a two-step (approximately a 4.85%) salary adjustment in the next year. Partial years of service at the top of the salary lane and years in which steps are added to the top of the schedule for these lanes shall not be counted toward the calculation of the five- (5) year period.

Section F. Death in Service. If a faculty member who meets the eligibility requirements for Employer-paid insurance benefits dies after his/her first duty day of employment, but before his/her insurance coverage becomes effective, the unpaid balance of his/her annual salary shall be paid to his/her spouse or dependent children.

Section G. Health and Dental Premium and Expense Accounts. The Employer agrees to provide insurance-eligible employees with the option to pay for the employee portion of health and dental premiums on a pre-tax basis as permitted by law or regulation. The Employer agrees to allow employees to cover co-payments, deductibles and other medical and dental expenses, or expenses for services not covered by health or dental insurance, as permitted by law or regulation, up to a maximum expenditure of five thousand dollars ($5,000) per insurance year.

Section H. Dependent Care Expense Account. The Employer agrees to provide insurance-eligible faculty members with the option to participate in a dependent care reimbursement program for work-related dependent care expenses on a pre-tax basis as permitted by law or regulation.

Section I. Salary Equity. The Salary Review Committee (SRC) and the Appeals Committee established in the 1992 Letter of Understanding on Salary Equity shall be continued for the life of this Agreement. The SRC may propose to both the IFO and MnSCU procedures and processes, which will reduce the likelihood of inequitable salaries. After the FY 94 review, the SRC will annually review new hires, faculty awarded terminal degrees since the previous annual review, and any other faculty not previously reviewed for possible equity adjustments, and will recommend appropriate placement based on the then current equity grid.

The SRC will complete a new analysis of the salaries of all faculty every four years in order to update and/or modify data and relevant criteria and recommend adjustments. Appeals from denials of adjustment shall be considered within the time frame established by the committee.

Salary Grid for Tentative Settlement IFO/MnSCU Agreement 1999-2001

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