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Determining Salary Point for GSR Fellows and Trainees

Determining Salary Point for GSR Fellows and Trainees

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Last updated: Aug 01, 2024 by Rhiannon Parisse
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The following considerations should be taken to determine the salary point (SP) to place GSR Fellows and Trainees on for academic year 2024-25

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Considerations for determining GSR Fellow and Trainee Salary Point (diagram)

  • Departmental policy

    • Where there is an existing departmental policy and practice on what salary point GSR Fellows and Trainees are placed on, this should continue to be followed in 2024-25

    • Best practice is for the department to have a consistent policy in place, such as:

      • GSRs (3284) are on SPx;  GSR F&T (314*/315*) are on SPx; or

      • GSRs are all on SPx; or

      • GSR F&T (314*/315*) are placed on minimum SPx to meet next highest salary point above their underlying fellowship amount 

  • Departmental commitment

    • Departments should refer to the student’s financial award recruitment letter to ensure the salary point meets or surpasses the employment salary obligation in the financial recruitment offer letter. 

      • Note that, within your department, if a GSR Fellow or Trainee has been previously hired on SPx, that is the minimum SP. 

      • Remember that a student’s Department Recruitment offer (DRO) letters can be accessed in GradPoint Academic, under the “Documents” tab. 

  • GSR Experience

    • The salary point will need to meet the contract experience quarter count (Graduate Division’s Experience Minimum Report). (Note: quarter count takes effect 10/01/20xx based on the  experience count as of 06/30/20xx, Article 32.B)

      • A GSR with at least three quarters of experience (or equivalent length of service in any GSR position) in a bargaining unit position at 25% FTE or more per term at the same campus shall be placed at salary point 2 or higher.

      • A GSR with at least six quarters of experience (or equivalent length of service in any GSR position) in a bargaining unit position at 25% FTE or more per term at the same campus shall be placed at salary point 3 or higher.

  • Contract “On Scale” Compliance

    • The salary point the student is placed on, needs to be at a minimum, the next highest salary point above their underlying fellowship amount

      • “When extramural agencies establish stipends at a rate less than the University established wage minimum, and the campus elects to proceed with the appointment of a GSR, the campus shall provide additional funding to increase the wage rate to the next highest salary point on the GSR scale, if applicable..” Article 32.C.2.a

      • For new GSR Fellows and Trainees, If the department can show previous practice for GSR Fellows and Trainees being placed on a SP that meets the Article 32.C.2.a requirement only, the next highest salary point may be used. 

      • If a GSR Fellow and Trainee was on a SP in a prior year as the next highest salary point, and are continuing as a GSR Fellow and Trainee,  they should not drop below that initial salary point. For example if a GSR Fellow in 2023-24 was at SP3, they should not be moved down to SP2 in 2024-25.