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style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>November 19, 2008<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>TO: PPS Users<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>FR: Academic Personnel<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=3 face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>RE: Minimum salary
increase for Post Docs<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>__________________________________________________________________________________________________<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=3 face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>A new minimum annual salary
of $35,500 per year has been authorized by Office of the President for
individuals in the Postgraduate Researcher and Postdoctoral Scholars
series. This increase is effective October 1, 2008.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>PPS entries, including a
retroactive payment for October, 2008, must be made manually at the department
level no later than the close of business on Monday November 24th. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>It will not be possible for
the increases to minimum salaries for Postgraduate Researchers and Postdoctoral
Scholars to be processed centrally. No central processing is possible
because the Post Doc adjustments are not across-the-board increases. They
apply only to those<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=3 face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>Individual’s making
less than $35,500. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=3 face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>A formal notice will be sent
out to faculty and administrators later today.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>Thank you.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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