Strategy #2--deferring the summer salary to the academic
year--troubles me (in the words of John Cage from
Ally McBeal).  Wouldn't you have trouble with effort
reporting if the effort was performed in the summer, but
the pay was recorded in the academic year?  I'm presuming
you do effort reports by academic term (semester or quarter).

Pat Hawk
Sponsored Projects Administrator
Research Services and Administration
University of Oregon
Eugene, OR  97403-5219
tel:  541-346-2504
fax:  541-346-5138
NOTE new e-mail address:  xxxxxx@orsa.uoregon.edu

-----Original Message-----
From: Tim at Research Services - College of Arts and Sciences
[mailto:xxxxxx@UMBC.EDU]
Sent: Tuesday, February 16, 1999 12:14 PM
To: xxxxxx@hrinet.org
Subject: retirement on summer pay

I have a faculty member who is questioning why he cannot accrue
retirement beneifts on pay he receives in the summer.  A little
background: Most of our faculty have contracts for a 9.5 month period.
During the summer (which runs June 1 - Aug 16), they are eligible to get
summer pay from grants. However, come May 31, their employment contracts
essentially cease, not allowing them to accrue retirement on the pay
they receive in the summer (there is a multiple deduction made prior to
the end of the academic year to continue health benefits in the summer).

A couple of  strategies have come to mind to resolve this issue. 1) Make
a a 12 month employee or 2) defer the payment of summer salary to the
academic year (after August 17), increasing the base of the faculty
member's salary, thus allowing him to accrue retirement benefits.

Are there any other institution's that are experiencing this? It's a
question of what an individual faculty member wants opposed to what's
set in institutional policy (my argument being that there needs to be a
consistent policy for all). Also, would any of the above strategies
work, at the expense of screwing up the effort reporting system?

As always, thanks in advance for comments and suggestions. This list is
such a valauble resource and has helped me tremendously.

Tim

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