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2002-2003 Parity Adjustment

MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING

- Between -

THE BOARD OF GOVERNORS ON BEHALF OF TRENT UNIVERSITY
(hereinafter referred to as "the University")

- And -

THE TRENT UNIVERSITY FACULTY ASSOCIATION (hereinafter referred to as "the Association")

WHEREAS the Association and the University ("the parties") have agreed to a process to establish and maintain salary parity in a Memorandum of Understanding signed on January 18, 2000;

AND WHEREAS the Memorandum of Understanding signed on January 18, 2000, established the process for adjusting salaries for 2002-2003 to maintain parity;

AND WHEREAS the parties have reviewed the statistical analysis and agree on the results of the parity calculations;

THEREFORE, the parties now confirm that the salary adjustment for 2002-2003 shall be as follows:

 

  1. The Disparity Correction percentage for 2002-2003 is 4.83% (see Table 1 attached).

     

  2. The Parity Maintenance percentage for 2002-2003 is 2.97% (see Table 2 attached).

     

  3. The salaries of all members of the bargaining unit shall be increased by 7.80%, effective 23:59 Hours on June 30, 2003; the increases shall be paid in July, 2003; and the salary scales in Schedule A of the Collective Agreement shall be amended accordingly.

     

Dated at the City of Peterborough this 24th day of June, 2003.

 

On behalf of the Association On behalf of the University
Peter C. Dawson Garth Brownscombe
President Acting Vice-President (Administration)
Richard Hurley David M. Mahy
Salaries and Benefits Associate Vice-President, Human Resources

 

TABLE 1

Trent/System Disparity on the Basis of 2001-2002 Data

 

Rank Age
< 30 30-34 35-39 40-44 45-49 50-54 55-59 60+
Full System Mean Salary 0 0 95931 96538 96995 102632 106077 110240
Trent Mean Salary 0 0 0 80369 89684 98919 105761 108946
Trent Number of Faculty 0 0 0 2 6 17 33 17
Associate System Mean Salary 0 74887 77644 78635 82000 86092 92679 96944
Trent Mean Salary 0 0 69505 76027 80673 82230 89674 90893
Trent Number of Faculty 0 0 7 13 23 8 16 11
Assistant System Mean Salary 68986 66243 66920 66957 67813 67890 72267 77896
Trent Mean Salary 50562 51549 58264 58970 75172 73450 0 73450
Trent Number of Faculty 1 11 16 6 2 1 0 1
Lecturer System Mean Salary 48799 52713 57103 62398 64812 71727 71390 73865
Trent Mean Salary 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Trent Number of Faculty 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Number of Faculty 191
TAS [Trent Average Salary] 85,583
SAS [System Average Salary] 89,716
DISC [= 100.0 x (SAS - TAS) / TAS] 4.83%

 

Table 2

System Average Adjustment 2002-2003

 

Comparison
Group		 Scale % Differential
Scale %		 Anomalies % Total Base
Change %
Brock 3.00 1.70 4.70
Carleton 2.50 2.50
Guelph 2.30 2.30
Lakehead 2.00 0.26 2.26
Laurentian 3.20 1.65 4.85
McMaster 3.00 0.60 3.60
Nipissing 1.00 1.00
Ottawa 2.60 0.20 2.80
Queen's 2.70 0.30 0.52 3.52
Ryerson
Toronto 3.00 3.00
Waterloo 2.60 0.40 3.00
Western 3.50 3.50
Wilfrid Laurier 2.40 0.13 2.53
Windsor 2.50 2.50
York 2.50 2.50
SAA (mean) 2.97

[Data for Ryerson were not available and they were not included in the calculation of the average.]

 

Schedule A of the 2002-2005 Collective Agreement.