Faculty Status. Nothing in the implementation of AB 1725 shall deprive faculty members or the Association of their status or their rights under Section 3540-3549 of the Government Code. Faculty members who are primarily engaged in faculty or other bargaining unit duties and who perform "supervisory" or "management" duties incidental to their performance of primary professional duties shall not be deemed supervisorial or managerial employees as those terms are defined in Section 3540.1 of the Government Code, because of those duties. These duties include, but are not limited to, serving on hiring, selection, promotion, evaluation, budget development, and equal employment opportunity committees, and making effective recommendations in connection with these activities. Those employees whose duties are substantially similar to those of their fellow faculty members shall not be considered supervisory or management employees.
Faculty Status. Appointment, Evaluation, Rank, End of Appointment
9.1 Faculty Appointment Appointment of bargaining unit members shall be at the sole discretion of the University and shall not be subject to the grievance resolution process provided in this Agreement. Appointments shall be “at-will” and shall not carry any right or expectation of additional appointments, including adjunct and regular faculty appointments, or of any other term or condition of employment not expressly provided in this Agreement. Bargaining unit members interested in further assignments are encouraged to share those desires with their Deans/Directors or designees. Methods of recording interest will be developed by the Labor Management Committee.
Faculty Status. Whereas the Parties recognize the benefits for all concerned of the close integration of the academic staff of the Northern Ontario School of Medicine into the academic community of Laurentian and Lakehead Universities; and whereas the Parties also recognize the need to respect Collective Agreement commitments; The Parties agree:
1. That all academic staff covered by this Collective Agreement at the Northern Ontario School of Medicine will have their academic rank and tenure status recognized by either or both Laurentian and Lakehead Universities, as long as they are employed by NOSM, and as long as NOSM employs peer-review processes for tenure and promotion applications that are consistent with those negotiated in the Collective Agreements between the Laurentian University Faculty Association and the Board of Governors at Laurentian University and that between the Lakehead University Faculty Association and the Board of Governors at Lakehead University;
2. That this recognition entails normal access to library resources and athletic facilities, as enjoyed by Laurentian and/or Lakehead academic staff;
3. That academic staff covered by this Collective Agreement at the Northern Ontario School of Medicine will have, by virtue of this recognition, no automatic standing within departments of the host Universities, but may apply for cross-appointment in the normal fashion, in order to secure closer working relationships;
4. That such recognition does not make academic staff covered by this Collective Agreement at the Northern Ontario School of Medicine members of the bargaining units of academic staff at Laurentian or Lakehead, unless they are offered work defined in the Collective Agreements between the Laurentian University Faculty Association and the Board of Governors at Laurentian University or between Lakehead University Faculty Association and the Board of Governors at Lakehead University; such work will be compensated according to the Collective Agreement, and the persons performing it will be Members as defined by that Collective Agreement;
5. That such recognition does not make academic staff at Lakehead or Laurentian Universities Members of the OPSEU 677 Unit 1 Bargaining Unit unless they are offered work defined in the Collective Agreement between the Union and the Board when such work will be compensated according to the Collective Agreement, and the persons performing it will be Members as defined in this Collective Agreement;
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Faculty Status. Non-teaching professional Faculty are considered Faculty for purposes of academic rank, salary, promotion, and tenure.
Faculty Status. Not later than September 15 of each academic year, the University will provide the Association with a complete list of all Bargaining Unit members, including:
Faculty Status. Appointment, Evaluation, Rank, End of Appointment
9.1 Faculty Appointment Appointment of bargaining unit members shall be at the sole discretion of the University and shall not be subject to the grievance resolution process provided in this Agreement. Appointments shall be “at-will” and shall not carry any right or expectation of additional appointments, including adjunct and regular faculty appointments, or of any other term or condition of employment not expressly provided in this Agreement.
Faculty Status. As a participant in this Phased Retirement Program, Faculty Member will continue to be an active faculty member, with a full vote in faculty meetings; however, the Faculty Member shall not be eligible to serve as a department chair or hold other academic positions that require full-time service.
Faculty Status. 1. Annual letters of appointment or letters of intent to full-time faculty shall be issued by April 1 of the first year of employment; February 1 of the next three (3) years of employment; and by December 15 of the fifth (5th) year of employment, or by May 30 for employees hired in mid- year for the first year of employment.
2. Said letters of appointment are to be signed and returned to the President within thirty (30) calendar days.
3. Full-time faculty members entering their sixth (6th) year of employment with the College shall be granted continuing appointment. Prior to being granted continuing appointment, full-time faculty members shall be considered to be on a probationary status. The termination or non- reappointment of a full-time faculty member during the first three (3) years of his/her probationary service shall not be subject to review under the grievance and arbitration procedure of this Agreement. During the next two (2) years of his/her probationary period, any termination, non-reappointment or failure to award a continuing appointment may be raised as a grievance but may not be referred to arbitration under this Agreement. In lieu of the arbitration step, the terminal step of the grievance shall be before the Board of Trustees of the College.
4. The eligibility for consideration for continuing appointment of a full- time faculty member who had prior employment with the College as a faculty member on a full-time basis and separated from service shall include the period of prior employment provided the lapse of time between the end of the prior employment and the date of most recent hire does not exceed five (5) years and two (2) months. In no event shall the application of this interpretation result in a faculty member being eligible for continuing appointment without serving two (2) entire academic years in a full-time capacity during the period immediately leading up to the effective date of the continuing appointment. This provision shall apply to a faculty member who had been granted continuing appointment effective prior to separation.
5. Full-time faculty members who transfer from another regionally accredited institution of higher education wherein tenure was achieved may be granted continuing appointment after two (2) years of employment with the College.
Faculty Status. Appointment, Evaluation, Rank, End of Appointment 17 9.1 Faculty Appointment 17 9.2 Evaluation 17 9.3 Rank 17 9.4 Termination of Appointment 17 9.5 Cancellation of Classes 18 9.6 Appointment Letters 18 Article 10 Personnel Files; Contents of Personnel Files 19 Article 11 Job Assignment 20 Article 12 Intellectual Property 22 Article 13 Salaries 23 13.1 Purpose 23 13.2 Base Salary. 23 13.3 Salary Placement 24 13.4 Merit Bonus 24 13.5 Cancellation of Classes 25 Article 14 Personnel Benefits 27
14.1 University Pension 27 14.2 Tax Deferred Annuities (TDAs) 27
14.3 Educational Benefits 27 14.4 Access to University Facilities and Services 27 14.5 Holidays 28 14.6 Parking 28 14.7 Faculty Development 29
Faculty Status. 1. Faculty status shall adhere to all whose primary responsibilities and assignments related to academic instruction. Faculty members may also perform other duties such as administration, advising and research. Faculty status shall include the following categories:
(a) Teaching and Research Faculty.
(b) Professional Librarians.
(c) Special Faculty.
(d) Administrators with faculty rank.
(e) Emeritus Faculty.
