The UCA Board of Trustees approved a two percent salary increase for classified employees during its Dec. 17 meeting.
The administration made the recommendation after receiving clarification from the Arkansas Department of Higher Education that classified employees were eligible to receive the salary increase. The two percent cost of living (COLA) increase is effective Jan. 1. The increase was not included in the fiscal year 2010-11 budget and will not be retroactive.
Those eligible for the COLA increase are:
Classified employees – All permanent, current full-time classified staff employed as of December 31, 2010.
Faculty and non-classified employees – Those permanent, full-time employees starting between April 1, 2010 and September 30, 2010 will receive the two percent COLA. These non-classified employees and faculty were excluded from the budgeted increase for July 1 because they were not employees of record as of April 1.
Those faculty and non-classified employees who received the 2.25% beginning on their Dec. 15th check will not receive an additional two percent.
For more information, contact Diane Newton, vice president of finance and administration, at 450-3184 or Graham Gillis, associate vice president of human resources, at 450-3181.