Staff and faculty will experience a wage and salary freeze next year as the university halts most raises in response to a major budget deficit. The wage and salary freeze, announced on April 14 in an email to university employees, halts both merit cycle increases and those related to increases in the cost of living, according to Executive Vice President Mike Howard, Tufts’ chief administrative officer. It excludes increases promised by contracts.
https://tuftsdaily.com/news/2020/05/18/faculty-react-to-wage-and-salary-freeze-budget-deficit/