Accomplishments
Since its formation, CAB has:
- Secured necessary approvals for increasing UT’s minimum starting pay rate for full- and part-time regular employees, effective July 1, 2011
- Developed an “Employer of Choice” model with an emphasis on recognizing and rewarding significant workplace contribution and assisted campus and institute human resources officers in creating entity-specific models
- Initiated performance review completion reports for each campus and institute
- Recommended a biannual newsletter highlighting benefits be sent to all employees at home addresses
- Reviewed and provided input on 2012 compensation guidelines
- Reviewed and recommended incentive programs at UT Knoxville, UT Health Science Center and UT College of Veterinary Medicine
- Updated compensation policies
- Assisted campuses and institutes in developing entity-specific, multi-year compensation plans, based on market assessment findings
- Established entity acquisition and retention data
- Recommended an increase in UT’s minimum starting pay rate from $8.50 per hour for full- and part-time regular employees to $9 per hour, effective Jan. 1, 2014 and $9.50 per hour, effective June 30, 2014
- Recommended employee engagement surveys be conducted for all regular employees every three years
- Wrote competency-based jobs descriptions
- Recommended market-based salary schedules
- Created compensation training modules for all supervisors
- Redesigned performance review process for all staff members
For questions or further information on CAB, please contact your local HRO or email CAB@tennessee.edu.