Compensation is a management tool that you can use to recruit, reward, and retain talent and hard work. Managers use compensation for…
- Career management - Tool managers can use to recruit, reward, and retain talent and hard work
- Percipio - Encourage your employees to log in to Percipio for free, on-demand programs for their particular career and skills.
- Leadership Development Program – for faculty
- Administrative Leadership Development Program – for staff
- Faculty Salary Comparator Data – Data on salaries for UM faculty, with comparison data for peer institutions.
- Compensation Hiring Guide for Managers - Practical tools and basic information for making effective pay decisions.
- Leadership Administration Guidelines – For managers of non-union, non-academic employees under the global grading system, this guide helps you understand the process you and your fellow supervisors go through to provide equitable employee assessments.
- Information on Leave - Details on the different types of leave employees can accrue or utilize.
- Non-academic staff compensation and administration program - For managers of non-union, non-academic employees under the global grading system, this presentation explains the salary and job structures that are the foundation for your employees’ career progression.
- IT career path – Use this document to help explain career titles and paths for IT professionals.
- Pay matrices – Salary ranges for each pay grade associated with your employees’ titles, and calibrated with the market.
- Performance check-ins - To encourage continuous growth, the university has implemented a review process that includes three Performance Check-Ins per year. Each check-in provides employees and managers a chance to discuss recent efforts, goals and opportunities for growth. Employees and managers share mutual feedback and plan for the months ahead.
- ePerformance - A tool used by many units throughout the UM System to track performance all year and to assist with annual reviews. Access unit-specific ePerformance websites from this page.
- Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) - Federal law that defines which employees are eligible for overtime pay or compensatory leave (non-exempt employees) and which are not (exempt employees).
- Job Code Detail - Understand the minimum qualifications and essential functions for jobs that you supervise.
- Merit handbook – For employees/managers in the immediate UM System offices – Links pay to merit. Recommend annual merit increases based on performance and where your employees fall within their ranges.
- Position Classification Questionnaire – Propose a reclassification of an employee’s current job.
- Research Addendum – For use with the above when job is in the Research family of jobs.
- Service awards – Honor your employees for their long-time contributions.
Reviewed 2023-06-22
