Common use of Deferral of Assistantship Clause in Contracts

Deferral of Assistantship. A graduate student may request a deferral of an assistantship due to medical, compassionate, maternity/parental reasons by completing the Paid Maternity and/or Parental Leave and/or Deferral of Assistantship Form as set out in Appendix D of the Collective Agreement. Requests for deferrals will also be considered for graduate students holding assistantships who are also serving as GSA President, or a Vice- President. SAFETY, HEALTH and WELLNESS It is the University’s responsibility to develop a safe work environment. A Graduate assistant can reasonably expect to pursue their work in a safe and respectful environment. The University and each graduate assistant need to recognize and accept their responsibilities to maintain a safe work environment through compliance with applicable health and safety legislation and regulations. Departments will provide graduate assistants with training, orientation and information needed to perform their work duties in a safe manner. If a graduate assistant considers their workplace to be unsafe or that another person is performing work in an unsafe manner, they need to immediately report the condition to the authority in charge of safety, the Graduate Assistantship Supervisor, and/or Department Chair. If the Department Chair and Graduate Assistantship Supervisor deem the conditions unsafe, the graduate assistant will not be required to perform their duties, pending an investigation of the safety concerns. Graduate assistants have the right to contact the Office of Environment, Health and Safety and the Office of Safe Disclosure and Human Rights, if their concerns are not being addressed by the Department Chair to their satisfaction. A graduate assistant who in good faith exercises their rights will not be subject to the withholding of pay, applying discipline or terminating a Graduate Assistantship.

Deferral of Assistantship. A graduate student may request a deferral of an assistantship due to medical, compassionate, maternitychild bearing/parental reasons by completing the Paid Maternity Child Bearing and/or Parental Leave and/or Deferral of Assistantship Form as set out in Appendix D of the Collective Agreement. Requests for deferrals will also be considered for graduate students holding assistantships who are also serving as GSA President, or a Vice- President. SAFETY, HEALTH and WELLNESS It is the University’s responsibility responsibAiGlraidutatye to develop a safe work environment. A Graduate m assistant can reasonably expect to pursue their work in a safe and respectful environment. The University and each graduate assistant need to recognize and accept their responsibilities to maintain a safe work environment through compliance with applicable health and safety legislation and regulations. Departments will provide graduate assistants with training, orientation and information needed to perform their work duties in a safe manner. If a graduate assistant considers their workplace to be unsafe or that another person is performing work in an unsafe manner, they need to immediately report the condition to the authority in charge of safety, the Graduate Assistantship Supervisor, and/or Department ChairChair and seek a collaborative resolution to the concern. If the Department Chair and Graduate Assistantship Supervisor deem the conditions unsafe, the graduate assistant will not be required to perform their duties, pending an investigation of the safety concerns. Graduate assistants have the right to contact the Office of EnvironmentHealth, Health Safety and Safety Environment (HSE) and the Office of Safe Disclosure and Human Rights, if their concerns are not being addressed by the Department Chair to their satisfaction. A graduate assistant who in good faith exercises their rights will not be subject to the withholding of pay, applying discipline or terminating a Graduate Assistantship.

Deferral of Assistantship. A graduate student may request a deferral of an assistantship due to medical, compassionate, maternitychild bearing/parental reasons by completing the Paid Maternity Child Bearing and/or Parental Leave and/or Deferral of Assistantship Form as set out in Appendix D of the Collective Agreement. Requests for deferrals will also be considered for graduate students holding assistantships who are also serving as GSA President, or a Vice- President. SAFETY, HEALTH and WELLNESS It is the University’s responsibility to develop maintain a safe work environment. A Graduate assistant can reasonably expect to pursue their work in a safe and respectful environment. The University and each graduate assistant need to recognize and accept their responsibilities to maintain a safe work environment through compliance with applicable health and safety legislation and regulations. Departments will provide graduate assistants with training, orientation and information needed to perform their work duties in a safe manner. If a graduate assistant considers their workplace to be unsafe or that another person is performing work in an unsafe manner, they need to immediately report the condition to the authority in charge of safety, the Graduate Assistantship Supervisor, and/or Department ChairChair and seek a collaborative resolution to the concern. If the Department Chair and Graduate Assistantship Supervisor deem the conditions unsafe, the graduate assistant will not be required to perform their duties, pending an investigation of the safety concerns. Graduate assistants have the right to contact the Office of EnvironmentHealth, Health Safety and Safety Environment (HSE) and the Office of Safe Disclosure and Human Rights, if their concerns are not being addressed by the Department Chair to their satisfaction. A graduate assistant who in good faith exercises their rights will not be subject to the withholding of pay, applying discipline or terminating a Graduate Assistantship.