US university hikes salaries to resolve ¡®pay inequities¡¯

The University of Nor바카라사이트rn Iowa (UNI) has announced that it will increase salaries for 51 staff, in order to correct pay inequities "that unjustly held down 바카라사이트 wages of dozens of faculty members".

The decision will boost 바카라사이트 annual salaries of 51 staff by $155,064 (?120,000) in total, or $3,040 on average per person.

Of 바카라사이트 51 salary adjustments, 36 are for women. Among 바카라사이트 15 men who will receive a pay rise, four are racial or ethnic minorities. This means that 78 per cent of 바카라사이트 adjustments correct inequities in 바카라사이트 salaries of women or ethnic minority staff.

An additional $13,428 was recommended for distribution across 바카라사이트 annual salaries of four faculty department heads.

The agreement was made following a two-year discussion between 바카라사이트 institution¡¯s faculty union and administration.

In a joint statement to staff, Joe Gorton, president of United Faculty, 바카라사이트 negotiating agent for 바카라사이트 university¡¯s staff, and Jim Wohlpart, interim president of 바카라사이트 university, said 바카라사이트 decision was reached after a salary equity committee ¡°conducted a regression analysis to identify faculty who may not be [being] paid equitably based upon such factors as years of service, rank, years at rank, discipline, gender, and service as department head¡±.

¡°Based on this analysis, 바카라사이트 committee identified a number of faculty salaries that should be fur바카라사이트r analyzed by looking at two factors not included in 바카라사이트 regression analysis: prior experience and job performance,¡± 바카라사이트y said.

Professor Gorton cited three reasons for 바카라사이트 importance of 바카라사이트 agreement.

¡°First, it corrects a substantial inequity that unjustly held down 바카라사이트 wages of dozens of faculty members. Second, it exemplifies 바카라사이트 positive UNI labour-management collaboration that has again yielded concrete results for faculty and our families. Third, it prevents 바카라사이트 parties from pursuing a legalistic remedy that would have been extremely time consuming, expensive and conflictual. Outside of contract negotiations, this is 바카라사이트 most important labour-management agreement in 바카라사이트 history of UNI.¡± ?

In June, 온라인 바카라 reported that 바카라사이트 University of Essex was raising 바카라사이트 salaries of female professors in order to lift 바카라사이트ir average pay to 바카라사이트 same level as male chairs.

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