CU Denver Campus 9-Month Contract Faculty Pay Changes starting AY 2022-23
What is Happening?
Current State: 9-month faculty on the Denver campus are currently paid September 1 through May 31 even though classes start mid-August and end in mid-May.
Future State: Starting with academic year 2022-2023, pay dates will shift to align with the academic year. For academic year 2022-2023, pay dates will be August 15, 2022 through May 12, 2023 (faculty are expected to start work one week before classes begin each semester).
Who Does This Affect?
CU Denver 9-month faculty, including tenured and tenure-track faculty, Instructors, and Clinical Teaching Track faculty.
When Will the Changes Be Implemented?
August 2022 will be the first month faculty will see this change in paychecks.
How Does This Affect Faculty?
Alignment
Pay will align with actual work days.
Transparency
Greater transparency in how 9-month faculty contract pay is calculated.
Accuracy
Pay advices and employment verifications will accurately reflect their new full salary when there is a mid-academic-year pay increase (January 1).
Timely Pay
New faculty starting work in August will not need to wait until September for their first paycheck.
How Does This Affect HR Staff?
Pay Calculations
Fewer manual calculations. HCM will automatically calculate pay for leaves, early terminations, and mid-academic year pay increases.
Fewer Uploads
With a January 1 pay increase, currently we upload the new salary + another upload with the contract amount to pay out that AY. With this change, we will upload the new salary and the system will pay it out accurately without the second upload.
Accuracy
Fewer manual calculations, resulting in fewer potential over or under payments.
What Does Pay Look Like?
Current State
9 pay 9: Equal paychecks between September and May
9 pay 12: Equal paychecks between September and August
Future State
9 pay 9: Partial paycheck in August (start date is week before classes begin), equal paychecks between September and April, partial paycheck in May (end date is commencement).
9 pay 12: Partial paycheck in August (start date is week before classes begin), equal paychecks between September and July, partial paycheck in August (end date is the Friday before the AY 2023-24 contract starts).
Please visit the Contract Proration Calculator. Enter Denver Campus and your total gross salary in the Contract Worth field. If you are 9 pay 9, your gross monthly pay is what appears in the CRG column. If you are 9 pay 12, your gross monthly pay is what appears in the Check Gross column.
Important Dates
May 2: July 15, 2022 at 5pm (Faculty Election Period)
August 2022: First paycheck with this change
May 2023: Partial month paycheck for those on 9 pay 9
August 2023 – Partial month paycheck for those on 9 pay 12. Will also receive a partial month paycheck for the AY 23-24 contract.