Commencement of Employment 1.1 Your effective date of employment will be 11/07/2023.
EMPLOYMENT TERM AND COMPENSATION A. The Board hereby employs the Employee with such powers and duties as may be fixed by the Board.
B. The Board shall pay to the employee a salary of $1,924 per bi-weekly pay period ($50,017 Annualized), for the term commencing on 10/11/2021 and ending on 6/30/2022, in installments less any legally authorized deductions as the DBM B32, Social Media Coordinator, Public Relations and Marketing.
C. Employee agrees to fulfill the aforesaid position for the period above mentioned.
D. The Board shall designate eight and one-half (8.5) percent of the compensation paid to the Employee as the Board contribution on behalf of the employee in satisfaction of the Employee's required contribution to the Illinois State Universities Retirement System. The purpose of this section is to allow such Board contribution for retirement to be tax sheltered after the qualifying period of time has been met and to the extent allowed by the appropriate statutes and regulations. Both parties acknowledge that the Employee did not have the option of choosing to receive the contributed amounts directly, instead of having such contributions paid by the Board to the State Retirement System, and that such contributions are made as a condition of employment to secure the Employee's future services, knowledge and experience.
Period of Employment The “Period of Employment” shall be a period of three (3) years commencing on the Employment Commencement Date and ending at the close of business on the third (3rd) anniversary of the Employment Commencement Date (the “Termination Date”); provided, however, that this Agreement shall be automatically renewed, and the Period of Employment shall be automatically extended for one (1) additional year on the Termination Date and each anniversary of the Termination Date thereafter, unless either party gives notice, in writing, at least thirty (30) days prior to the expiration of this Agreement and the Period of Employment (including any renewal thereof) of such party’s desire to terminate the Agreement or modify its terms. The term “Period of Employment” shall include any extension thereof pursuant to the preceding sentence. Provision of notice that the Period of Employment shall not be extended or further extended, as the case may be, shall not constitute a breach of this Agreement and shall not constitute “Constructive Termination” for purposes of this Agreement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Period of Employment is subject to earlier termination as provided below in this Agreement.
Expiration of Employment Term (i) In the event Executive elects not to extend the Employment Term pursuant to Section 1 and Executive’s employment has not been earlier terminated pursuant to Sections 7(a), (b), (c), or (e), the Employment Term shall expire and Executive’s employment hereunder shall terminate as of the end of the day immediately preceding the commencement of a subsequent Renewal Term, and Executive shall be entitled to receive the Accrued Rights. Except as set forth in this Section 7(d)(i) and for any rights to indemnification and claims for liability insurance coverage under officer and director policies, Executive shall have no further rights to any compensation or any other benefits under this Agreement.
(ii) In the event the Company elects not to extend the Employment Term pursuant to Section 1 and Executive’s employment has not been earlier terminated pursuant to Sections 7(a), (b), (c), or (e), the Employment Term shall expire and Executive’s employment hereunder shall terminate as of the end of the day immediately preceding the commencement of a subsequent Renewal Term, and Executive shall be entitled to receive the payments and benefits applicable to a termination of Executive’s employment without Cause pursuant to Section 7(c) or Section 7(e), as applicable. Except as set forth in this Section 7(d)(ii) and for any rights to indemnification and claims for liability insurance coverage under officer and director policies, Executive shall have no further rights to any compensation or any other benefits under this Agreement.
HOURS OF EMPLOYMENT A. The on-site work day for employees shall commence twenty-five minutes before the start of the pupils’ instructional day. The length of the workday for full-time employees, including a duty-free lunch break, shall be seven and one half hours per day. Employees may be required to serve additional hours at extra-curricular activities called by the site administrators. On Fridays or on designated minimum days with the exception of Teacher Collaboration or Conference days, employees may leave directly after the students except when required to complete other assigned duties. Employees, at their discretion, may leave school at the end of the student day if their immediate supervisor has required that they return to school to serve at an extra-curricular activity. Staff meetings called by the building principal shall be conducted during contract hours. Excepting state, federal, contractual, or mandated committees, all committee memberships shall be voluntary. Required committees shall be equitably filled by all teaching staff. Required extra-curricular activities shall be equitably distributed/attended by all teaching staff
B. Every full-time teacher shall be entitled to one duty-free, uninterrupted lunch period and two ten-minute relief periods each day. The lunch period shall be for the same duration of time as that provided for pupils of the school. Administrators will make every effort to ensure that the time between each duty free break will not exceed 2 hours. In instances where that is not possible, administrators will work with the teachers impacted to provide restroom relief as needed.
C. All teachers shall have time set-aside for preparation and planning. Teachers in grades TK-5 shall be entitled to at least a thirty minute daily prep period. Teachers in grades 6-8 and 9-12 shall be entitled to preparation periods equal to one class period as long as all grades are located on the same campus/site and have the same instructional minutes. If the sixth grade is returned to an elementary configuration (example 4-5-6), teachers shall be entitled to the same preparation period offered teachers in grades 4 and 5. Scheduling of preparation time shall be the responsibility of the site administrator. Preparation periods shall be duty free. Employees will not be requested by site administrators or by other staff to "cover" other classes during their preparation period. Employees may volunteer to cover classes during prep periods for teachers who need to be absent for a portion of the day to fulfill extra-duty assignments.
D. Hours of employment for part-time employees shall be assigned by the Superintendent.
E. Reasonable release time shall be provided for Association representatives to meet and negotiate and to process grievances. When Association representatives perform these duties outside of the 185 contracted work days, those representatives of the Association will be granted one compensatory day for each day in which business between the Association and the District is conducted, for a maximum of six KUTA members. Compensatory days must be taken by June 30 of the school year in which they are granted. Unused compensatory days will be forfeited after June 30 of each year.
F. The dismissal time and number of minimum days will be fairly applied at all sites within the District. The number of minimum days will be not less than 9 days, and shall include the days listed in Article V, Paragraph B as part of the nine minimum days.
G. The hours of employment for teachers shall include the following minimum number of instructional minutes which shall be offered to the students and shall continue to comply with the longer day, longer year provisions of California Education Code §46201:
Employment Terms As a condition to your employment with the Company, you are required to (a) sign and return a satisfactory I-9 Immigration form providing sufficient documentation establishing your employment eligibility in the United States, and (b) provide satisfactory proof of your identity as required by United States law.
End of Employment If the employment of an employee who is eligible for the bonus ends before annual payment of the bonus, then 1/12 of the sum that was last paid to the employee in seniority bonus shall be paid to the employee at the time of the final wage payment for each month for which the employee has earned annual holiday as of the start of the preceding December.
Outside Employment Employees may engage in other employment outside of their State working hours so long as the outside employment does not involve a conflict of interest with their State employment. Whenever it appears that any such outside employment might constitute a conflict of interest, the employee is expected to consult with his/her appointing authority or other appropriate agency representative prior to engaging in such outside employment. Employees of agencies where there are established procedures concerning outside employment for the purpose of insuring compliance with specific statutory restrictions on outside employment are expected to comply with such procedures.
Fixed Term Employment A fixed term employee is an employee engaged for specific period, project or task on an hourly basis and their rate of pay shall be 1/38th of the weekly rate prescribed by the Agreement. A fixed term employee will accrue leave entitlements (annual, personal/carers, long-service) on a pro-rata basis.
Employment Termination 12.1 Subject to the terms and conditions of the National Building and Construction Industry Award 2000, it is agreed that it is the company’s prerogative to determine the order of selection of employees for employment or retrenchment subject always to the following:
a) All relevant legislation governing unfair dismissal, discrimination, etc. will be observed;
b) Voluntary terminations will be encouraged as a first step;
c) The seniority of employees – within classifications, experience or skills held – will be considered by the company in selecting employees for retrenchment;
d) The Grievance Procedures set out in Clause 9 of this Agreement will apply in the event of any concerns arising regarding retrenchments.
