From: Kelly Hannah-Moffat, Vice-President, People Strategy, Equity & Culture
Heather Boon, Vice-Provost, Faculty & Academic Life
Date: January 23, 2026
Re: July 1, 2025 Across-the-Board Increase (ATB) for Faculty Members and Librarians

We are writing to provide an update on the retroactive payment of July 1, 2025 Across-the-Board (ATB) for faculty members and librarians.

We have now received the arbitration award that provides for a 2.5% ATB increase retroactive to July 1, 2025. The award is available here.

This retroactive increase, including the required adjustments to all overload stipends, will be processed in the March 2026 monthly pay run.

The award also provides clarity on outstanding issues related to the July 3, 2025 award concerning the July 1, 2023 and July 1, 2024 ATB increases, specifically:

• Faculty members and librarians who negotiated firm salary offers at the time of hire, which already incorporated anticipated ATB increases, will not have their starting salaries increased by the ATB percentage that applied on or before the start date of their appointment.  This same approach will also be applied to the retroactive July 1, 2025 ATB increase described above.
• Faculty members and librarians who performed work during part or all of the periods of July 1, 2023 – June 30, 2024 and July 1, 2024 – June 30, 2025  are entitled to receive the ATB percentage salary increases on a retroactive basis for the work that they performed during this time, even if those employees were no longer employed when the July 3, 2025 arbitration award was released.  This same approach will also be applied to the retroactive July 1, 2025 ATB increase described above.

Further details about the implementation of this arbitration award are forthcoming soon.