HR Actions Limited Until Adoption of FY 2025-26 State Budget
HR Actions Limited Until Adoption of FY 2025-26 State Budget
This is an update to the June 16, 2025, email “Message from Vice Chancellor Miles Lackey: Updates on State Budget Measures” which provided information on the personnel caps on salary spending and administrative headcount implemented by the UNC System.
As you may know, a state budget for FY 2025-26 has not yet been adopted. Until a new budget is in place, the Office of State Budget and Management (OSBM) has issued a temporary pause on certain HR actions regardless of funding source and employee type effective from July 1, 2025, until further notice. This impacts the existing pause related to the UNC System personnel caps.
To assist units in navigating these overlapping requirements, we have developed a quick reference chart that addresses the intersection between the OSBM pause and the existing UNC System personnel cap pause. Please note, actions that are paused due to the UNC System personnel cap may still be submitted via PeopleAdmin for review by division-level approvers and the Vice Chancellor for Business Affairs (VCBA). The action should note the critical nature of the request, compliance-related risks and/or potential negative impact(s) if the action is paused. It should also include whether the work can be performed by existing staff in the work unit or temporary employees until the pauses are lifted.
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HR Actions |
Paused – State Budget or Personnel Cap |
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1. Salary increase - additional duties (except for those described in numbers 12 and 13 below) |
Paused – State Budget |
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2. Salary increase - reclassification |
Paused – State Budget |
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3. Salary increase - preemptive retention |
Paused – State Budget |
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4. Salary increase - labor market |
Paused – State Budget |
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5. Salary increase - equity |
Paused – State Budget |
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6. Salary increase - SHRA employee competency assessment |
Paused – State Budget |
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7. New positions – FY 2025-26 Funding |
Paused – State Budget |
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8. Salary increase – employee promotion related to an internal hire for existing budgeted positions |
Paused – Personnel Cap Unless approved by VCBA |
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9. Employment offers extended to external candidates for existing budgeted positions |
Paused – Personnel Cap Unless approved by VCBA |
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10. Job postings for existing budgeted positions |
Paused – Personnel Cap Unless approved by VCBA |
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11. Salary increase - critical retention with documentation |
Paused – Personnel Cap Unless approved by VCBA |
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12. Salary increase - acting or interim appointment for an existing vacant position resulting in net savings |
Paused – Personnel Cap Unless approved by VCBA |
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13. Salary increase - increase in job responsibilities related to the reduction or abolishment of a permanent position resulting in net salary savings |
Paused – Personnel Cap Unless approved by VCBA |
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14. Salary increase - required by contractual agreements, legal settlements, or any other increase mandated by federal or state law that cannot be delayed |
Paused – Personnel Cap Unless approved by VCBA |
If you have questions, please contact humanresources@uncw.edu. We will provide updates when additional information from the UNC System or OSBM becomes available.
Thank you,
Miles Lackey, Vice Chancellor for Business Affairs
Lori Preiss, Associate Vice Chancellor for Human Resources
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