2003-2004 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 Settlement signed on December 20, 2002;

AND WHEREAS the Memorandum of Settlement signed on December 20, 2002, established the process for adjusting salaries for 2003-2004 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 2003-2004 shall be as follows:

 

  1. The Disparity Correction percentage for 2002-2003 is 4.28% (see Table 1 attached).

     

  2. The Parity Maintenance percentage for 2002-2003 is 3.34% (see Table 2 attached).

     

  3. The salaries of all members of the bargaining unit shall be increased by 7.62%, effective 23:59 Hours on June 30, 2004; 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 2nd day of July, 2004.

 

On behalf of the Association On behalf of the University
Stefan Bilaniuk Don O'Leary
President 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 101379 102907 101548 106469 110789 114183
Trent Mean Salary 0 0 0 90177 95037 105364 112163 115315
Trent Number of Faculty 0 0 0 4 6 16 26 21
Associate System Mean Salary 0 80451 82973 83649 85761 89491 95489 101228
Trent Mean Salary 0 0 72924 78536 87450 87634 95024 95065
Trent Number of Faculty 0 0 10 12 23 11 13 14
Assistant System Mean Salary 71951 70629 70567 69136 68712 70176 73176 80130
Trent Mean Salary 51251 55824 59520 63542 53682 69072 0 77982
Trent Number of Faculty 2 12 14 11 1 3 0 1
Lecturer System Mean Salary 52533 57216 60284 64915 66525 73264 75734 74621
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 200
SAS [System Average Salary] 92763.11
TAS [Trent Average Salary] 88956.69
DISC [= 100.0 x (SAS - TAS) / TAS] 4.28%

[Note: 2001-2002 data were used for Windsor in the calculation of the System Mean Salaries because 2002-2003 data were not yet available.]


Table 2

System Average Adjustment 2002-2003

 

Comparison
Group
Scale % Differential
Scale %
Anomalies % Total Base
Change %
Brock 3.00 0.85 0.08 3.93
Carleton 5.00 5.00
Guelph 2.00 0.60 0.42 3.02
Lakehead 3.00 3.00
Laurentian 3.20 1.60 4.80
McMaster 3.00 0.60 3.60
Nipissing 3.00 0.13 1.10 4.23
Ottawa 2.20 2.20
Queen's 2.50 0.51 3.01
Ryerson 3.00 1.00 4.00
Toronto 3.00 3.00
Waterloo 2.20 0.40 2.60
Western 3.00 3.00
Wilfrid Laurier 2.40 0.13 2.53
Windsor 2.50 2.50
York 3.00 3.00
SAA (mean) 3.34

 


Schedule A of the 2002-2005 Collective Agreement.