Seattle Post-Inelligencer: UW Faculty to Get $17.5-Million in Back Pay
The University of Washington has agreed to shell out $17.45 million in back pay to faculty members who did not receive a merit raise four years ago.
The UW would also give 2 percent raises to those who still work at the university under a settlement approved Thursday by the Board of Regents.
The tentative agreement came on the same day that the board approved a pay increase for the university’s leader. President Mark Emmert received a 5.11 percent raise retroactive to September. That brings his annual salary to $494,000. The university said he is the eighth-highest-paid president of a major public research institution, according to data from the Chronicle of Higher Education.
The back-pay settlement stems from a class-action lawsuit brought forth by UW engineering professor Duane Storti, who claimed that UW officials had promised 2 percent raises to the faculty in its “University Handbook.” The UW had argued that it could withhold raises during the 2002-03 academic year because of inadequate funding.
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