University of Massachusetts Amherst
PAE-11: Sustainable Compensation

Over 95% of campus employees are covered by collectively bargained agreements. The collective bargaining process for compensation provides an avenue for union representatives and management to jointly seek compensation which each side believes is sustainable compensation.

Note on 2014 date: new collective bargaining agreement contracts have begun being negotiated as of January 2014, per regular contract cycle. As mentioned above, the collective bargaining process for compensation provides an avenue for union representatives and management to jointly seek compensation which each side believes is sustainable compensation. Compensation policies and practices will vary by collective bargaining agreement. Compensation for non-exempt (classified employees) is defined by job classification, step and grade. Salary grade and step schedules for non-exempt employees can be found in the following collective bargaining agreements: http://www.umass.edu/humres/library/USAMTAcontract2009to2012.pdf http://www.umass.edu/humres/library/AFSCME2007-2008.pdf http://www.umass.edu/humres/library/IBPOAcontract2009to2012.pdf http://www.umass.edu/humres/library/IBPOBcontract2009to2012.pdf http://www.umass.edu/humres/library/PSUBcontract2009to2012.pdf Compensation policies and practices for exempt employees can be found in the following collective bargaining agreement and salary administration program: http://www.umass.edu/humres/library/PSUAcontract2009to2012.pdf http://www.umass.edu/humres/library/SEIUPSSAP.pdf General updated links to bargaining agreements can be found here: http://www.umass.edu/humres/lr_contracts.htm Note that our listing