Article 18

SALARY

Salary schedules for employees shall be found in Appendix C and incorporated in this Agreement by reference. An employee shall be assigned a salary rate within the salary range of the appropriate classification. Teaching Associates and Graduate Assistants shall be assigned a monthly salary rate. Instructional Student Assistants shall be assigned an hourly salary rate. Appointment of an employee in the same or consecutive academic year(s) to the same classification in the same department or equivalent unit shall require the same or higher salary placement as in his/her previous appointment.

General Salary Increase

A General Salary Increase (GSI) is a negotiated percentage increase applied to the minimum and maximum rate on the salary schedule for all bargaining unit classifications and to the individual salary rates of all employees who are actively employed or in leave status on the effective date of the increase.

Fiscal Year 2005/2006

Effective the October 2005 pay period, the CSU shall:

1. implement a GSI of three and one half percent (3.5%), and
   
   
2. increase the minimum hourly salary rates of the Instructional Student Assistant classifications and each eligible Instructional Student Assistant employee to eight dollars ($8.00) per hour. An eligible Instructional Student Assistant shall receive either the 3.5% GSI or an increase to the new $8 hourly minimum rate, whichever is greater, but not both increases.

An employee who receives pay for any period of work between July 1, 2005 and December 31, 2005, shall receive a single one-time bonus in the gross amount of $54.00, to be paid by separate check no later than 20 days following the issuance of their first pay warrant for the aforementioned time period. No eligible employee shall receive more than a single one-time bonus regardless of the extent of their employment with the CSU.

All of the Fiscal Year 2005/2006 increases and bonuses are subject to satisfaction of the following funding conditions:

• The CSU final fiscal year 2005/06 gross General Fund budget (excluding any funding increase for fiscal year 2005/06 retirement contributions) has increased by at least $224.8 million from the CSU final fiscal year 2004/05 gross General Fund budget, and
• The state legislature has not redirected CSU funding for other purposes.

Fiscal Year 2006/2007

Effective the October 2006 pay period, the CSU shall

1. implement a GSI of three percent (3.0%), and
2. increase the minimum hourly salary rates of the Instructional Student Assistant classifications and each eligible Instructional Student Assistant employee to nine dollars ($9.00) per hour. An eligible Instructional Student Assistant shall receive either the 3.0% GSI or an increase to the new $9 hourly minimum rate, whichever is greater, but not both increases.

All of the Fiscal Year 2006/2007 increases are subject to satisfaction of the following funding conditions:

• The funding requirements regarding fiscal year 2005/06 above are satisfied, and
• The CSU final fiscal year 2006/07 gross General Fund budget (excluding any funding increase for fiscal year 2006/07 retirement contributions) has increased by at least $251.6 million from the CSU final fiscal year 2005/06 gross General Fund budget, and
• The state legislature has not redirected CSU funding for other purposes.

Fiscal Year 2007/2008

Effective the October 2007 pay period, the CSU shall:

1. implement a GSI of four percent (4.0%), and
2. increase the minimum hourly salary rates of the Instructional Student Assistant classifications and each Instructional Student Assistant employee to ten dollars ($10.00) per hour. An eligible Instructional Student Assistant shall receive either the 4.0% GSI or an increase to the new $10 hourly minimum rate, whichever is greater, but not both increases.

All of the Fiscal Year 2007/08 increases are subject to satisfaction of the following funding conditions:

• The funding requirements regarding fiscal years 2005/06 and 2006/07 above are satisfied, and
• The CSU final fiscal year 2007/08 gross General Fund budget (excluding any funding increase for fiscal year 2007/08 retirement contributions) has increased by at least $297.9 million from the CSU final fiscal year 2006/07 gross General Fund budget, and
• The state legislature has not redirected CSU funding for other purposes.

If the required funding level condition in any year is not satisfied, the CSU has the unfettered discretion to decide whether or not to implement the salary increases for that year as if the funding condition had been satisfied. The CSU shall make a good faith effort in this regard. If the CSU exercises its discretion and chooses not to implement the salary increases for that year, then the subject of that year's salary increases, if any, are subject to re-opener bargaining. The decision of the CSU regarding waiver of the budgetary condition in any fiscal year is not grievable or arbitrable.

Direct Deposit

Employees who meet the eligibility criteria established by CSU policies shall be provided the option of direct deposit of their pay.

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