This Week's Stories: AGSE Instructors Begin Walkout Staff Spearhead Holiday Donation Drives High Excitement at High-Z CNR, Novartis Seal $25 Million Biotech Research Agreement Working Winter Break How Berkeley’s Endowment is Managed New Dean Appointed at UC Berkeley Extension Psychology’s New Brain Doctor Sets National Precedent University Preschool Invites Applications New $5 Million Gift Will Promote Understanding of Arab, Islamic Worlds Holiday Performances with an International Flair Haas Teach-in Highlights Global Financial Crisis Picture: Great Expectations Staff Merit Increases Are on the Way Tips for Campus Holiday Fire Safety Charitable Campaign Is Off and Running Picture: Images from Germany Campus Ranks High as Disability-Friendly Regular Features Campus Memos News Briefs Obituaries Staff Enrichment		Staff Merit Increases Are on the Way by sfkgjhr, Public Affairs posted December 02, 1998 Merit increases for eligible staff employees covered by Personnel Policies for Staff Members (PPSM) are being awarded effective Jan. 1 (delayed from July 1). The eligible group includes non-exclusively represented employees in step-based positions. About 300 campus employees are in this category. Other campus employees are eligible for merit increases on a different cycle. For those who are represented, terms and conditions of employment (including the salary increase program) are contained in the applicable collective bargaining agreement. The merit increases in this cycle will be awarded for performance during the period Jan. 1 through Dec. 31, 1998; the increases will appear in Feb. 1, 1999 paychecks. Detailed guidelines, as well as questions and answers regarding the merit program, are posted on the Human Resources web site at hrweb.berkeley.edu/hrpay.htm.

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