IV. Compensation

The Board of Trustees shall have the authority to approve non-unit wage adjustments applicable to the non-unit employees as a whole.

The President shall have the authority to approve salaries for individual non-unit positions in the President’s Office. In addition, the President may establish a merit salary program for non-unit employees or grant bonus pay to certain non-unit employees within the President’s Office.

The Chancellors are delegated authority to approve salaries for positions at the campuses; provided however that the President must approve any initial or adjusted salary for any non-unit position on a campus if the initial or adjusted salary exceeds a threshold determined by the President. Such approval must be secured prior to any change being implemented and prior to initiating the hiring or promotional process.

The threshold will be stated in the corresponding Administrative Standards. The threshold as of the effective date of this policy as set forth in Article IV of the corresponding Administrative Standards is $200,000, and this threshold may be adjusted in the future and stated in the Administrative Standards in accordance with this policy.