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Definitions

Classification — Categorization of a position into a job family, inclusive of an associated salary range.

Contractual Employee — An employee who is appointed for a fixed term of employment on either a full-time or part-time basis.

Existing Rate — The salary paid to an employee for work performed in their position for a year or more.

Full-time Employee — An employee whose normal hours of work are thirty-five (35) or forty (40) hours per week or more, for the period of appointment.

General Economic Increase — A revision to a salary scale due to the application of an approved wage percentage increase.

Job Family — A series of progressively higher, related positions, distinguished by levels of knowledge, skills, and abilities (competencies) and other factors.

Management and Professional — Positions defined by professional standards or levels of expertise, where work is assigned in the form of an objective and may include hiring and managing the performance of others. To ensure that objectives are met, Overtime is self assigned and compensated on an annual basis with an extra week of annual leave.

Market Differential — A pensionable salary component that may be paid in addition to an employee's base salary to recognize a significant market inequity. Approval of market differential establishment has been delegated by the Board of Regents to Vice-Presidents Council.

Non-Bargaining — Positions that are excluded from bargaining unit work based on the nature of work assigned.

Operationally Funded Positions — Positions whose salaries are paid at a minimum of 20% from University operating funds.

Overtime — Hours worked in excess of the standard working hours of a Full-time Employee.

Part-time Employee — An employee whose normal hours of work are less than thirty-five (35) or forty (40) hours per week, depending on their terms and conditions, for the period of the appointment.

Red-Circling — Salary protection for a specific period of time to an employee's existing rate of pay when as a result of a personnel action, it exceeds the maximum of the salary range assigned to the position.

Salary — The pay associated with performing the duties and responsibilities of a position.

Salary Range — Generally has a minimum and maximum pay amount expressed in annual or hourly values. Also includes a series of intermediate amounts for pay purposes.

Salary Scale — A collection of salary ranges organized by levels. Examples: Non-bargaining, management and professional and senior administrative management salary scales.

Senior Administrative Management — Positions that have responsibilities for planning, directing and coordinating major programs or recommending the development of major policies or programs. To ensure that objectives are met, overtime is self-assigned and compensated on an annual basis with an extra week of annual leave.

Step Increment — A payment made to an individual to recognize service within the University subject to the maximum of the salary range.

Supervisory Differential — A pensionable payment that is implemented to ensure a supervisor's total salary is higher than the salary of those they supervise. It is approved when the supervision is both functional and administrative in nature.

Temporary Assignment — A temporary work arrangement whereby an employee of a lower salary range is required to perform the work of a higher salary range in the absence of the regular incumbent for a specified period subject to:

1. The position to which an employee is being temporary assigned is within the non-bargaining or management and professional groups, the specified period must be a minimum of 5 working days OR,
2. The position to which the employee is being temporary assigned is within the senior administrative management group, the specified period must be a minimum of 15 working days.

Unit Head — Refers to Dean, Director and other senior administrators at a comparable level or above, including the President, Vice-Presidents and Associate Vice-Presidents.

University — ÌÇÐÄÊÓƵ University of Newfoundland.

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