I suggest reducing the % effort and continuing to pay the same amount per
1% effort.  Otherwise it appears that you are paying at a RATE that varies
depending on the funding received, rather than the same rate per % effort.

Another solution, if funding allows for it, is to increase the % effort on
all remaining projects, based on the temporary availability of more %
effort available.

Still another is to find the lost % effort on other projects, assuming the
individual can actually contribute.

Consider how reduction from 100% effort will affect the individual's
benefits package.

Ain't soft funding difficult!

Chuck

At 02:01 PM 2/9/2004, you wrote:
>I appreciate any opinions on the following:
>
>We have a full-time employee that is 100% grant funded and recently lost a
>piece of their funding.  Can we keep this employee at 100% and reduce
>their base pay to the amount of grant funding we have left and then
>increase their base pay later when we get new grant funds?  Or, do we need
>to keep the base pay the same and reduce the FTE to part-time?
>Thank you for your time.
>
>Mo Valentine, CRA
>Assistant Director
>Grants and Cost Accounting
>University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
>4301 West Markham, slot #545
>Little Rock, AR 72205-7199
>501-526-5290 phone
>501-296-1295 fax
>
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