Re: Policies on Salaries Paid from Grant Funds Herbert B. Chermside 14 Jan 1999 13:42 EST

All our salaries are either state civil service or faculty.  All raises
follow state regulations.  Creative PI's can find ways to get
reclassifications, to keep salaries competetive.
Chuck

At 11:24 AM 1/12/99 -0600, you wrote:
>Dear Colleagues:
>
>Currently, salary raises for individuals paid from grants follow university
>guidelines in terms of the available pool.  Therefore, even if a higher
>salary was budgeted, the raise given does not exceed the pool unless the
>job description were to change.   Can you respond as to whether your
>institution follows an institution wide policy in this regard.  The
>argument from the researchers is they need to maintain a competitive work
>force and have to be able to offer increases to retain people who have
>experience.  Since there is little job security, it should be compensated
>somehow.  I look forward to your response.
>
>Thanks,
>
>Judy Wilks
>Tulane University
>
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