Common use of BYLAWS GOVERNING TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT Clause in Contracts

BYLAWS GOVERNING TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT. 9.1 Policy. The faculty members of the colleges, schools, departments, centers, or other traditional academic units (hereafter in this article, “units”) have the right to create bylaws or other written unit policies by which to conduct their responsibilities as they relate to policy matters that the Trustees and the UFF have agreed by the express terms of a specific section of this Agreement to delegate to the unit faculty, consistent with the provisions of this Agreement. Such written unit policies (hereafter, “bylaws”) shall be subject to review and approval by appropriate administration officials and posted on the unit web sites. (a) Faculty members shall have the right to participate in the development of, and vote by secret ballot on, such bylaws (and subsequent revisions). If the bylaws are developed by means of a committee, such committee shall be comprised of faculty members elected by the faculty members of the unit. (b) The bylaws of each unit shall include procedures for faculty members to share significantly in governance responsibilities for amending bylaws. (c) The Trustees and the UFF have agreed by the express terms of this Agreement to delegate to the faculty of appropriate units, in specific instances and within specified parameters, the development of discipline-specific clarifications of University criteria for tenure, promotion, merit salary increases, market equity salary increases, and performance evaluations. These discipline-specific clarifications of such University criteria must be sufficiently thorough to provide faculty with clear and consistent standards of evaluation and meaningful guidelines for action. (d) No provision of the bylaws that governs terms and conditions of employment shall be inconsistent with the provisions of this Agreement or with the mission and goals of the unit and the University. (e) The faculty shall periodically review the bylaws, and propose revisions, whenever a change in this Agreement has a direct and significant impact upon the bylaws relating to matters referenced in the Agreement. Units are encouraged to exchange and discuss drafts of their bylaws during the formulation and revision processes.

BYLAWS GOVERNING TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT. 9.1 Policy. The faculty Faculty members of the colleges, schools, departments, centers, or other traditional academic units (hereafter in this article, “units”) have the right to create bylaws or other written unit policies by which to conduct their responsibilities as they relate to policy matters that the Trustees University and the UFF have agreed by the express terms of a specific section of this Agreement to delegate to the unit faculty, consistent with the provisions of this Agreement. Such written unit policies (hereafter, “bylaws”) shall be subject to review and approval by appropriate administration officials and posted on the unit web sites. (a) Faculty members shall have the right to participate in the development of, of and to vote by secret ballot on, on such bylaws (and subsequent revisions)bylaws. If the bylaws are developed by means of a committee, such committee shall be comprised of faculty members elected by the faculty members of the unit. (b) The bylaws of each unit shall include procedures for faculty members to share significantly in governance responsibilities for amending bylaws. (c) The Trustees University and the UFF have agreed by the express terms of this Agreement to delegate to the faculty of appropriate units, in specific instances and within specified parameters, the development of discipline-specific clarifications of University criteria for tenure, promotion, merit salary increases, market equity salary increases, and performance evaluations. These discipline-specific clarifications of such University criteria must be sufficiently thorough to provide faculty with clear and consistent standards of evaluation and meaningful guidelines for action. (dc) No provision of the bylaws that governs terms and conditions of employment shall be inconsistent with the provisions of this Agreement or with the mission and goals of the unit and the University. (ed) The faculty shall periodically review the bylaws, and propose revisions, whenever a change in this Agreement has a direct and significant impact upon the bylaws relating to matters referenced in the Agreement. Units are encouraged to exchange and discuss drafts of their bylaws during the formulation and revision processes.