Expertise review. Employees will have their expertise assessed in relation to their discipline/program/service group in accordance with Article 1.8 Following consultation between the School Chair/Department Head and department members, the appropriate Administrator will consult the affected Department Head and he/she will determine the expertise requirements in accordance with Article 1.8 for those disciplines/programs/service groups that could be affected by layoff. In the event that an employee is teaching or working in more than one discipline/program/service group, then the expertise review will be carried out within each discipline/program/service group in which that employee teaches or works. The following procedures will apply with respect to expertise reviews as a result of layoffs and/or reductions. There is an expectation that the Expertise Review Procedure will be conducted in a confidential manner. If two employees are deemed to have the expertise, Terms of Appointment and Seniority will determine who will be laid off. Expertise is assessed in a pass/fail manner. A member either has or does not have the expertise to do the job. Gradations of expertise will not be determined. Neither the College nor the Association will advertise or solicit applications for expertise review and exercising of bumping rights. A person may only bump into a full course/section and not proportions thereof. It is the responsibility of the member to initiate this process by submitting written intent to the College to exercise his/her bumping rights and identifying the position(s) he/she wish to bump into; as per Article 5.4 (b). The College will acknowledge receipt of the submission in writing. Upon acknowledging receipt of the application, the College will notify the Xxxx of the targeted area, the member(s) in the targeted position(s), and the SCFA of the initiation of an expertise review. The College will provide the member initiating the expertise review with the following material: • relevant, current course outline(s), and • the most recent posting for the work, if there has been one in the preceding 5 years, or an updated job description. The committee to review the application will consist of: • the Xxxx of the targeted area, • the School Chair or Department Head of the targeted area, • the Coordinator of the targeted area if appropriate, • A senior unaffected department member (normally in the affected discipline/program/service group), and • The Chair of the Curriculum Committe...
Expertise review. Employees will have their expertise assessed in relation to their discipline/program/service group in accordance with Article 1.8 Following consultation between the School Chair/Department Head and department members, the appropriate Administrator will consult the affected Department Head and he/she will determine the expertise requirements in accordance with Article 1.8 for those disciplines/programs/service groups that could be affected by layoff. In the event that an employee is teaching or working in more than one discipline/program/service group, then the expertise review will be carried out within each discipline/program/service group in which that employee teaches or works.
