CHARGES TO THE FACULTY COMPENSATION COMMITTEE for FY-06

 

Approved by FacEx: 6/17/05

Approved by FacEx: 6/26/02

Revised 9/3/02

 

Standing Charges

 

1.  Continue working of the development of a University family leave policy.  Administer the survey of department chairs developed by FCC 2004-05 and report on findings to FacEx by January 1, 2006.  Make family leave policy recommendations to FacEx by April 1, 2006.  Policy leave recommendations should include information about family leave policies at peer universities and the relevant costs and benefits of modifying current family leave practices at KU.

 

2.   Continue cooperative communication between the Chairs of the Planning and Resources and Faculty Compensation committees to facilitate coordination on issues of mutual concern.

 

3.  Monitor the implementation and effectiveness of the Faculty Services Office.

 

4.  Submit to FacEx (a) the approved minutes of each meeting: (b) recommendations approved by the committee, and (c) a final report by April 1, 2006.  The final report should outline the committee’s accomplishments and make recommendations for the following year.

 

Additional Charges

 

5. Review existing State and University policy regarding domestic partner benefits. Explore the different components that might be included in a set of domestic partner benefits.   Consult with the Provost in considering the feasibility of establishing more wide-ranging domestic partner benefits.

 

6.  Consider the cost-benefit of tuition waivers for family members of KU employees, including assessing the extent to which peer universities have this benefit and the relative fairness to single faculty or faculty without children or those who are not in need of this benefit. How do other institutions that have this benefit deal with this issue? (Please invite a representative from UPSA and from the Classified Senate to participate in the discussion of this charge.)