CHARGES TO THE FACULTY COMPENSATION COMMITTEE FOR FY-07

Approved by FacEx: 6/2/06

Standing Charges

1. Continue working on the development of a University family leave policy. Review the results of the survey conducted during 2005-06 and include information about family leave policies at peer universities and relative costs of benefits. Make family leave policy recommendations to FacEx by 1/19/07.

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, 2007. The final report should outline the committee’s accomplishments and make recommendations for the following year.

Additional Charges

5. “Consider the feasibility and then advisability of moving to a step system of faculty pay, and provide recommendations to FacEx regarding feasibility of this at KU.

6. 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 Office of the Provost in considering the feasibility of establishing more wide-ranging domestic partner benefits.

7. Consider the impact 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 Unclassified Senate and from the University Support Staff (USS) to participate in the discussion of this charge.)