According to the salary terms of the newly agreed-upon and ratified United Academics collective bargaining agreement, eligible faculty members will receive:
- a one-time payment of $2,000, prorated based on FTE.
- a 4.5% increase to base salary, effective 4/1/25.*
Eligible faculty members will receive the one-time payment and the increase in their end-of-April paychecks. See below for more details.
Roles and Responsibilities
- Unit-level payroll/HR staff: You do not need to do anything for these pay actions to take effect. Run the Employee Roster report in Cognos to see the new base rates, after April 16. If you have questions, please email hrops@uoregon.edu.
- HR Operations and Payroll Services will implement the one-time payments and the salary increases and update the central employee files.
- Faculty will be able to confirm the one-time payment and the salary increase in DuckWeb on or after April 15.
*Funding-contingent faculty who are principal investigators on the sponsored project that funds their own salary may petition the Office of the Provost to delay or forgo an increase in their own salary. Requests must be approved by 1. the PI's supervisor/director; 2. the applicable dean or OVPRI; and 3. the Office of the Provost, then routed to HR Operations.
One-time payment
| Eligibility | Eligible: - All UA-represented and non-represented faculty members receiving regular pay for a faculty position in April 2025.
- Postdoctoral scholars who meet the above criteria.
Not eligible: |
| Proration and FTE considerations for eligible faculty members |
- Positions in the tenure-track and tenured and acting classifications will receive the one-time payment based on their regular appointment FTE. For example, a faculty member on a .60 FTE sabbatical with a regular 1.0 FTE appointment will receive the full amount.
- Nine-month positions in the career classification will receive the payment based on their ongoing FTE or their FTE on 4/1/25, whichever is greater.
- Twelve-month positions in the career classification will receive the payment based on their FTE on 4/1/25.
- Nine-month positions in the pro tempore, retired, visiting, and postdoctoral scholar classifications will receive the payment based on their FTE on 4/1/25.
- Twelve-month positions in the pro tempore, retired, visiting, and postdoctoral scholar classifications will receive the payment based on their FTE on 4/1/25.
- The proration FTE for hourly faculty will be determined based on hours worked 3/16/25 to 4/15/25.
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| Positions on leave |
- Positions on protected leave will receive the one-time payment consistent with the FTE terms above.
- Positions on leave without pay will not receive the one-time payment.
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| Funding source(s) |
- The one-time payment for grant-funded positions will be split evenly between OVPRI and central funds.
- The one-time payment for all other positions will be applied to the regular labor distribution.
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4.5% salary increase
| Eligibility | Eligible: - All UA-represented and non-represented positions in the tenure-track and tenured, career, pro tempore, visiting, and retired classifications receiving regular pay for a faculty position in April 2025, except those described below as not eligible.
Not eligible: - Positions in the postdoctoral scholar classification.
- EC CARES positions.
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| Effective date |
April 1, 2025 |
| Positions on leave |
- On-leave positions in the tenure-track and tenured and career classifications will receive the base salary increase.
- Positions on protected leave will receive the base salary increase consistent with the eligibility criteria above.
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| Funding source(s) |
- The 4.5% increase will be applied to the regular labor distribution.
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