University of Wisconsin System President Kevin Reilly is asking that roughly 20,000 university faculty and staff receive a 2 percent pay increase each of the next two years despite the state facing a roughly $3 billion budget shortfall. The request made public Monday comes after the governor and Legislature last year didn?t approve any salary increases for UW employees and ordered them to take 16 unpaid furlough days, which equates to a 3 percent pay cut. Regents had approved a 2.5 percent increase over that two-year period that ends July 1. The new recommendation, covering the two-year period starting July 1, will be considered by the Board of Regents at meetings Thursday and Friday.
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