DCA Justification Criteria (WPEC Represented)

1. Significant and permanent change in job duties:
The employee received newly assigned duties, or duties which were an evolution of the originally assigned functions and which are of a greater scope, impact, and/or complexity compared to the previous functions.

Examples:

• Responsibility for new or significantly changing technology implementation
• Risk factor of the project is more visible or has a greater impact on the unit, division, or University

2. Pay Equity:
The employee is determined to have a salary that is lower than other employee(s) in the same classification performing the same type of work. In the justification the supervisor must include the wages of the employee(s) to whom comparison was made and the agency(ies) where the comparable work is performed.

3. Retention:
The knowledge base or skill sets an employee utilizes which, if lost, would disrupt operations and/or be costly to replace.

Note that increased competencies can no longer be used as a justification for granting a DCA to WPEC represented employees.