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UIC: COVID-19 Pay Differentials Announced
We are proud to announce additional compensation for employees who are serving in high-risk environments during the COVID-19 Pandemic and Governor J.B. Pritzker’s subsequent Stay at Home Order. This is effective backdating to March, 22, 2020 through a date to be determined by the Campus and Hospital Incident Command Teams in conjunction with City of Chicago and/or State of Illinois Stay at Home directives.
These differentials are for UIC Employees Providing:
- Direct support to the healthcare mission;
- Public-facing engagement with persons who have or who are suspected to have COVID-19;
- Cleaning services within university facilities that have the potential to have been COVID-19 contaminated.
Please refer to the tables below for the new pay differentials:
| Employee Groups Performaing Direct or Indirect Support to Critical and Essential Functions at UIC | Differential for COVID-19 PERIOD |
|---|---|
| Building Service Workers (BSW), BSW Supervisors, BSW Superintendents (VCAS) | $1.00/hr |
| Building Service Workers and Housekeepers (VCSA) | $1.00/hr |
| Building Service Foreman (VCSA) | $1.00/hr |
| Building Service Supervisor (VCSA) | $1.00/hr |
| Emergency Medical Technician (VCAS) | $1.00/hr |
| Cashiers (VCAS) | $1.00/hr |
| Parking Service Attendants (VCAS) | $1.00/hr |
| Valet Parking Attendants (VCAS) | $1.00/hr |
| Employee Groups Providing and Supporting Patient Care Services in a Covid-19 Designated Area | (A) Differential for Reassignment to COVID-19 Areas | (B) COVID-19 Non-Critical Care Area Differential | (C) Covid-19 Critical Care Area Differential |
|---|---|---|---|
| OVCAS Civil Service Employees (Building Service Workers) | N/A | $1.50/hr | $2.00/hr |
| Non-Exempt (hourly) SEIU | $1.00/hr | $4.00/hr | $5.00/hr |
| Exempt (salaried) SEIU | $120/biweekly | $400/biweekly | $500/biweekly |
- Any staff who has her/his duties reassigned to a COVID-19 area will receive a reassignment differential on all hours worked (productive hours)
- Any staff providing patient care services on a designated COVID-19 area (Critical Care or Non-Critical Care) shall receive a differential on all hours worked (productive hours)
- COVID-19 designated areas include (as of March 26, 2020): 7E Medicine, 7E Step Down, 7E Clinical Decision Unit, 5W Pediatrics, Emergency Department & triage tent, testing sites at Mile Square, University Health Service and Pilsen, clinic and any other unit converted to a COVID-19 area in the future.
- COVID-19 critical care designated areas include 6W MICU & 5W PICU
- Examples include:
- Employees reassigned to COVID area = column A + column B
- Employees reassigned to COVID critical care area = column A + column C
- Employees regularly assigned to COVID area = column B
- Employees regularly assigned to COVID critical care area = column C
Here are three things you can do to continue supporting the fight to protect your fellow UIC workers.
- If you have a health or safety concern relating to any of the above issues, please report it here!
- If you are not a member, then sign a union membership card today, because when we fight together, we win together.
- Sign the petition and share it with your department! Everything we’ve gained so far is the direct result of members standing united.