Standing Order 101. Faculty Members and Other Employees of the University

101.2: Compensation

1. Compensation shall be determined by the Board upon recommendation of the President of the University or upon recommendation of the Secretary and Chief of Staff, Chief Investment Officer, or General Counsel of The Regents in their respective areas of responsibility through the Committee on Compensation for:
   
   1. All employees for whom Regental approval is required pursuant to Regental policies.
   2. A Regents' Professor at a salary rate above the approved range, and a University Professor at an exceptional-above-scale salary rate. An exceptional-above-scale salary rate is defined as a salary rate that exceeds the maximum salary step of the applicable academic salary scale, as adjusted from time to time, by more than the percent difference between the maximum salary step of the Regular Ladder-Faculty Academic Year salary scale and the Indexed Compensation Level. The Indexed Compensation Level shall be adjusted annually in accordance with the California Consumer Price Index (CPI) Urban Consumers for all items as determined by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, said percent increase to be reported annually to the Board;
   3. Other University personnel, except faculty other than Regents' Professors and University Professors, whose total cash compensation exceeds the Indexed Compensation Limit (ICL), and who meet the criteria listed below. The Indexed Compensation Level shall be adjusted annually in accordance with the California Consumer Price Index (CPI) Urban Consumers for all items as determined by the Bureau of Statistics, said percent increase to be reported annually to the Board.

      Board approval pursuant to this subsection shall only be required for employees that are in the following categories:

      1. Other Specified Employees (OSE), as designated by the President, such as Athletic Directors and Coaches;
      2. Employees who directly report to the President;
      3. Employees who directly report to a Chancellor or to the Director of the Ernest Orlando Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, when the compensation action requires an exception to policy; or
      4. Employees who work at the Office of the President, when the compensation action requires an exception to policy.

      Notwithstanding the above, employees exclusively subject to the provisions of the Academic Personnel Manual (APM) are not included in this Regental approval authority and instead are subject to all relevant APM approval requirements.

2. Compensation of other employees except as otherwise provided in the Bylaws, Standing Orders of The Regents, and Regental policies shall be under the jurisdiction of the President of the University and of the Secretary and Chief of Staff, Chief Investment Officer, and General Counsel of The Regents in their respective areas of responsibility.