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1080 BOARD OF TRUSTEES [December 17
salary ranges for each classification. The employment of all new members
of the staff and any changes in status of present members are processed
through the Office of Nonacademic Personnel. Promotions either through
salary increases or through changes in classification are processed through
the same channels. All pay rates are subject to approval of that office. Transfers
between departments should not be proposed or agreed to until they have
been approved by the Personnel Office.
(b) Detailed rules and regulations are published separately in the Policy
and Rules Relating to Compensation and Working Conditions, authorized and
approved by the Board of Trustees.
WAGES OF STUDENT ASSISTANTS
Sec. 28. All student employees are to be paid on the basis of a classification
and scale of wages of student assistants approved by the President of
the University. For current schedule of wages see The Business Policy and
Procedure Manual.
RETIREMENT, DEATH, SURVIVOR, AND DISABILITY BENEFITS
Sec. 29. (a) General. University policy provides for the payment of
salary in case of illness or other disability for specified periods as described
below. In addition to the benefits provided by the University, a system of
retirement, death, survivor, and disability benefits was established by a special
act of the General Assembly, approved July 21, 1941, and subsequently
amended, known as the University Retirement System of Illinois, a state
agency separate and distinct from the University of Illinois.
In accordance with policies adopted by the Board of Trustees on December
13, 1925, and as subsequently amended, a program of retiring allowance?
and death benefits is provided for the faculty, administrative, and mechanical
staff retiring between September 1, 1925, and September 1, 1941, the date
the University Retirement System became effective.
(b) Participation in University Retirement System. A deduction is made
from the salaries or wages of all employees who are participants in the retirement
system, as defined by law.
(c) Disability Benefits. The University of Illinois provides disability
benefits as follows:
(1) Nonacademic Employees. For disability from any cause, each employee
shall accumulate without limit disability leave with full pay at the
rate of one working day for each month of service.
(2) Academic or Administrative Staff. Noncumulative leave is granted
with full pay for disability in each year of service, including the first, of
fifteen calendar days. In addition, a staff member is eligible for extended
disability leave of ten calendar days with full pay for each year of service,
the unused portion of which is cumulative in any year to a maximum ot
sixty days.
Subject to the approval of the President, a member who has completed
at least three full years of service may be granted a disability leave with full
pay for a period (including the annual and extended leaves described above)
not to exceed one-half of his appointment year.
No deduction of time from the annual leave or the extended leave is
made if the member is ill or disabled at a time when he is not expected to
furnish regular service to the University.