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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><img width="238" height="113" id="Picture_x0020_2" src="cid:image001.png@01D66665.439E0D90" alt="Office-Human-Resources-V_for_email"><b><o:p></o:p></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">An important message from FSU Office of Human Resources<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>This message has been approved by Shelley Lopez, </b><b>Program Director, Communications/Special Projects,
</b><b>for distribution to all Department Representatives.</b><b><o:p></o:p></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt;line-height:115%">While contract negotiations are ongoing with the United Faculty of Florida (UFF) for the 2020-2021 year, the University has entered into an agreement with the UFF to proceed with faculty increases
for promotion and sustained performance increases.<o:p></o:p></p>
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Promotional increases will be granted in the amount of 12% added to the base salary in recognition of promotion to the ranks of Associate Professor, Associate Curator, Teaching Faculty II, Instructional Specialist II, Research Faculty II, Associate in Research,
and Associate University Librarian.<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:115%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
Promotional increases will be granted in the amount of 15% added to the base salary in recognition of promotion to the ranks of Professor, Curator, Teaching Faculty III, Instructional Specialist III, Research Faculty III, Senior Research Associate or University
Librarian.<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:115%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
Promotional increases are effective August 7, 2020, and will be reflected on the August 28 paycheck.<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:115%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
No action is required by the department to implement the increases.<o:p></o:p></li></ul>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt;line-height:115%"><b><span style="color:#782F40">Sustained Performance Increases<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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Full Professors and Eminent Scholars who have seven years of continuous University service after their promotion to top rank and who have been rated above “Official Concern” in each of the previous seven years’ annual performance evaluation shall receive a
3% increase to base salary. Full Professors and Eminent Scholars who previously received a Sustained Performance Increase in August 2013, and meet the evaluation rating criteria above, will be eligible for a Sustained Performance Increase.<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:115%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
Sustained Performance Evaluations are no longer required for tenured faculty.<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:115%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
Research Faculty III, Teaching Faculty III, Senior Research Associate, Instructional Specialist III, University Librarians, and Curators who have been working continuously at FSU for seven years or more after their promotion to top rank or equivalent (previous
years in equivalent non-tenure track classifications) and who have received a rating above “Official Concern” in each of the previous seven years’ annual evaluations shall receive a 3% increase to base salary.<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:115%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
Human Resources – Faculty Relations will provide each College with a list of potentially eligible faculty members. It is the department’s responsibility to ensure eligibility and to initiate the request for the salary increase. Departments must submit an ePaf
or a pPaf with all required approvals to Human Resources by August 7, 2020.<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:115%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
Sustained performance increases are effective August 7, 2020, and will be reflected on the August 28 paycheck provided the ePAF/pPAF is received by the August 7 deadline.<o:p></o:p></li></ul>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt"><b>Questions?</b> Contact Rebecca Peterson at
<a href="mailto:rpeterson@fsu.edu"><span style="color:blue">rpeterson@fsu.edu</span></a>.
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