1.1 The Board of Trustees authorizes the Chancellor, in consultation with the Administrative Board, to establish a job evaluation system and compensation policies. These shall comply with state and federal legislation, and shall be established and implemented to promote the goals of internal equity, reward for meritorious performance, effective recruitment, and retention of faculty and staff.
1.2 Pay Ranges. The Board of Trustees authorizes the Chancellor to establish a set of pay ranges and classification assignments for PATs, Academic Administrators, Extension Educators, and Operating Staff. The USNH Human Resources Director shall be responsible for establishment and maintenance of the pay program. Faculty salary levels and ranges shall be set by individual institutional authority, unless covered by collective bargaining obligations.
1.3 Supplemental Pay Policies. The Board of Trustees authorizes the Chancellor to establish compensation policies relating to hours worked, work in excess of regularly classified and compensated work, holiday pay, shift differentials and policy for payment of hourly and other non-status employment.
1.4 Compensation Policy. The Board of Trustees retains the authority to establish compensation guidelines for annual increases and the principals and standards for distribution except as noted below. The Personnel Committee of the Board of Trustees shall be responsible for making all recommendations regarding distribution of salary increase funds. The Financial Affairs Committee of the Board of Trustees shall be responsible for making all recommendations concerning the amount of the annual increase.
1.4.1 The Board of Trustees delegates to the Executive Committee the responsibility to set starting salaries and any changes in salary for Principal Administrators. Such salaries shall be reviewed and established upon recommendation of the Chancellor.
1.4.2 The Board of Trustees delegates to campus Chief Executive Officers the authority to award equity increases (as defined by policy USY V.F.9.5) in any amount (excluding PAs and those covered by collective bargaining) and discretionary increases (as defined in USY V.F.9.9) so long as the funds come from previously approved dollars committed to base annualized salary funds.
1.4.3 The Board of Trustees authorizes the Chancellor to award administrative adjustments as defined in policy USY V.F.9.8. Such responsibility shall be delegated for administrative purposes to the USNH Director of Human Resources.
1.4.4 The Board of Trustees authorizes the Chancellor to establish compensation policies for personnel actions including promotion, transfer, demotion, and reclassification.