WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY
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Agency 365
2008 Supplemental Budget Request
Equity Salary
for Administrative Professionals (PL-AP)
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AGENCY RECOMMENDATION AND FISCAL SUMMARY
Administrative professional salaries at WSU have fallen far below market levels.
Recruiting and retaining these crucial employees (also sometimes referred
to as “exempt” employees, has become problematic.
These highly skilled and experienced employees have employment options
both within WSU classified positions and outside that would pay them more for
the same or less responsibility and duties. WSU joins with the state’s other
public four-year institutions to request 3.0% funding for a salary pool to
address pay inequities for administrative professional employees.
The increase would be effective July 1, 2008.
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2007-08
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2008-09
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2007-09
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Biennium
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General Fund State
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1,683,000
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1,683,000
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NARRATIVE JUSTIFICATION AND IMPACT STATEMENT
Why is this request an urgent need?
An existing salary problem for administrative professional employees became more
acute in 2007. Recognizing that salaries
for higher education employees in
Washington
had fallen behind the marketplace, the 2007 Legislature addressed the issue for
some employees -- but not for A/P employees.
For bargaining unit and civil service employees the state funded special
salary increases for an additional salary step, for agency request specific job
classes, for class consolidation adjustments and for salary survey adjustments.
At WSU these special increases averaged 4.4% for bargaining unit and civil
service employees.
Administrative professional employees did not receive these special increases.
WSU salaries for many A/P positions, which were already low, now lag salaries
paid for similar positions that are part of the civil service system. The
salaries of administrative professionals are often less than the salaries of
civil service positions they supervise. It is an inequity we must address
quickly.
Listed below are the increases funded in 2007 for certain bargaining unit and
civil service employees but not for administrative/professional employees:
·
Additional Step: An
additional 2.5% step (L) was funded on the salary grid and provided to those who
have been at Step K for at least one year.
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Agency Request:
Increases for specific job classes were provided corresponding to those provided
in collective bargaining agreements negotiated by the Governor.
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Class consolidation:
Increases for specific job classes were provided corresponding to those provided
in collective bargaining agreements negotiated by the Governor.
·
Salary Survey: Funding
was provided for state employees who lag more than 25 percent below market rates
in the 2006 Department of Personnel salary survey.
·
Shift Differentials:
Shift differentials increased $.10/hour in FY08 and an additional $.05/hour in
FY09.
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Full year
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Salary base
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48,685,000
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3.0% increase
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1,461,000
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Benefits
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222,000
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Total
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1,683,000
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FISCAL DETAILS
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By Program
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FTE
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FY 08
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FTE
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FY 09
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TOTAL
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Instruction
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401,000
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401,000
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Research
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153,000
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153,000
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Public Service
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187,000
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187,000
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Primary Support
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257,000
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257,000
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Libraries
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20,000
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20,000
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Student Service
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178,000
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178,000
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Institutional Support
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428,000
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428,000
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Plant
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59,000
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59,000
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Total
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1,683,000
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1,683,000
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By Object
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FTE
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FY 08
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FTE
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FY 09
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TOTAL
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Salaries/
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A/P
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1,461,000
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1,461,000
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Benefits
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222,000
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222,000
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Total
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1,683,000
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1,683,000
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