 ug executives salary increase hinges on council appointment ready to pay other staff next week ug executives salary increase hinges on council appointment ready to pay other staff next week ug executives salary increase hinges on council appointment ready to pay other staff next week webmaster mon 10022017 752 university of guyana ug executive staff members will have to await the appointment of a council before they are paid salary increases but academic and nonacademic staff can receive their six to eight percent salary hike by october 9 ug registrar dr nigel gravesande told demerara waves online news that the executive staff members would not be paid until the council is constituted the ministry of education is yet to name a council since the life of the last decisionmaking body ended in july gravesande said the eight percent to nonacademic staff and six percent to academic staff retroactive to january 1 2017 would amount to gyd 181 million he could not say whether there would be any money left over after the payout in a statement issued saturday ug sought to dispel claims that the workers union ugwu and senior staff association ugssa were never informed that the executive staff would not be paid along with other workers it is to be noted as well that exclusion of the university s executive members from the negotiation package and consequential benefits was communicated clearly and unambiguously to the unions on september 20 2017 in a letter which stated that the administration is committed to consummating an agreement that will not include members of the executive but will include elements of performance the institution said the registrar could not say whether the performance yardstick would take the form of a meritincrement system to determine how much workers would actually receive the ug statement referred to a september 27 2017 communication by vice chancellor professor ivelaw griffith to the university community that states i am ready to sign the agreement and begin the payments if the agreement is signed within the next 10 days the payments can be made with the october 2017 salaries the administration said its final offer of six and eight percent were communicated to the union presidents on august 30 2017 in the context of what is affordable in keeping with the mandate by the university council the administration said it has honored all requests by the unions for financial and other information during the period of the negotiation which began on july 12 increases in salaries and pension griffith said were not the only financial obligations the university has to bear saying that other benefits such as allowances for travelling entertainment uniforms and academic materials study leave salary and housing for three months sabbatical leave salary and housing for 12 months leave passage and duty allowance for deans heads and cocoordinators must be added to the list the university says it continues to pay an average of 45 percent merit award to all eligible members of the staff annually the vicechancellor takes this opportunity to thank the hundreds of dedicated academic and nonacademic staff members for their exemplary service and looks forward to the collective efforts to enhance the university s teaching and learning research and service to the university community and the wider society ug said ugwu president bruce haynes has said that workers might be willing accept the pay increase offer if they were given sufficient information such as where the money would be drawn from to pay the executive team members article adapted from  http demerarawavescom 20170930 ugexecutivessalaryincreasehingesoncouncilappointme  salary ug council 