[Plsfaculty] Furlough money question

[Schmidt, Monica - (monicaschmidt)]

Hello PLS faculty

As a follow up to the inquiries last week about the furlough issues, please see the attached memo faculty council received from the Dean today.

Faculty council will next meet in January.  Please communicate any comments/questions/concerns to your representatives.

I wish everyone a healthy and happy holiday season.  take care

Monica
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Subject: RE: Furlough money question


Hello PLS Faculty



The original memo from faculty council sent to the Dean regarding the furlough-derived savings that remained in each CALS unit requested the funds somehow benefit the contributing faculty and a few specific suggestions, including discretionary funds and summer salary were provided.  We are still awaiting a formal response from this memo.



We are hoping that UA administration is able to resolve all of the furlough-derived issues to the satisfaction of the faculty.



Hope everyone is doing well.  Take care

Monica





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Subject: Re: [Plsfaculty] Furlough money question



Hi Dave,



Good suggestion. I feel if the furlough money owed to us in the form of salary was no longer needed to tide over forecasted financial strain, the straightforward follow up should be to pay that money back to the Faculty. and staff who were furoloughed So, your suggestion is in line with that thought.



I want to add that I have not been following various discussions on this because I was upset and got turned off by the callous attitude shown by the UA administration as to how they dealt with our (furloughed) money. Besides returning the withheld money to the rightful people why is any other plan is even being proposed and considered? May be I am wrong on this accusation and I am willing to be corrected.



Ravi



--

Ravishankar Palanivelu, Ph. D.

Associate Professor

School of Plant Sciences

University of Arizona

Tucson, Arizona, 85721

Phone: 520-626-2229

Fax: 520-621-7186

Web: http://ag.arizona.edu/research/ravilab



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Subject: [Plsfaculty] Furlough money question



Hi all,



Just one clarifying question given the whole furlough thing...why can't PLS give everyone a bonus (summer salary for 9 month contracts?) that matches the amount of furlough dollars "owed"? Why is that disallowed and how is that disallowed?



Surely we all deserve a bonus after the last two years:)



Dave
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