UC's payroll in 2009 shows spending hike
UC implemented a furlough program last year but because it started in September, only four months of the associated pay cuts are reflected in the 2009 salary data. The furloughs were not applied consistently across the university, with about 25 percent of UC’s 250,000 employees participating. UC imposed furloughs on many categories of nonunion employees, but most hospital employees were exempt, as were lab and campus employees whose salaries are paid by external research grants. In addition, not all labor unions agreed to take the furloughs, and workers in some unions got raises called for in their contracts. While compensation was up overall in 2009, the impact on salaries was uneven. Not counting student workers, 60 percent of UC workers earned more than they did the prior year, while 40 percent earned less.
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by Laurel Rosenhall and Phillip Reese, The Sacramento Bee.