Faculty may determine at some point in their employment that they are not being compensated equitably compared to other faculty within or outside the university.  This inequity may be due to discrimination in merit pay decisions, unfair merit pay decisions, salary inversion, salary compression, or other issues.  In such cases, faculty are encouraged to pursue an informal resolution to the matter, as mentioned in Section I, 3.03, ARTICLE IV of the Faculty Handbook.  In all cases, the desired first course of action is to consult the academic department head, the dean, and the provost.  If satisfactory resolution to the matter is not obtained, the faculty member may elect to pursue further action through the Faculty Grievance Committee (Section I, 3.03, ARTICLE IV) or the Office of Equal Opportunity, (Section II, 4.01) as appropriate