Funds to Support Bargaining-Unit Members Sample Clauses

Funds to Support Bargaining-Unit Members. In each year of the Agreement, the Administration shall make available the following funds to support the success of bargaining-unit members whose appointments are 50% FTE or greater. These funds are not intended to supplant existing discretionary funds being distributed by the colleges for similar purposes. Awards from these funds shall be made by the University Administration in response to applications from bargaining-unit members that indicate the proposed use of the requested funding and are subject to the qualifications and limitations described =below. An annual research and educational support fund to provide individual awards of up to $500 to bargaining-unit members who are active in research. Over the year of this Agreement, the total funds available will be $150,000. Out of those funds, a total of $50,000 will be reserved exclusively for support of non-tenure-track faculty. All awards from the research support fund are subject to the qualifications and limitations described in Section 26.6.2 below; provided that, if the total applications described in this paragraph exceed the respective pool, the Union and the University shall determine how the pool(s) shall be apportioned among those faculty members who had applied for funds in accordance with this paragraph. The funds referred to in this paragraph must be expended during each respective fiscal year; provided that the Union and the University shall determine how to distribute any unexpended funds. An annual Travel Fund of up to $275,000 to reimburse tenured or tenure-track faculty members for eligible travel expenses incurred in presenting their research, scholarship, or creative activity at conferences. Reimbursement shall not exceed $1,000 per person per year of this Agreement. The funds for this program will be allocated to and administered by the Xxxxxxx’x’ Office. The criteria for accountability and expense eligibility in effect and provided to the Union in 2012 will continue to be applied for the life of this Agreement. An annual healthcare assistance fund to assist new tenure system faculty members and librarians up to $500 per month for a maximum of two months for the purpose of obtaining or continuing health care coverage during the sixty-day waiting period for new employees covered by the Group Insurance Commission.

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Funds to Support Bargaining-Unit Members. 26.6.1 In each year of the Agreement, the Administration shall make available the following funds to support the success of bargaining-unit members whose appointments are 50% FTE or greater. These funds are not intended to supplant existing discretionary funds being distributed by the colleges for similar purposes. Awards from these funds shall be made by the University Administration in response to applications from bargaining-unit members that indicate the proposed use of the requested funding and are subject to the qualifications and limitations described below. (a) For the period of July 1, 2023, to June 30, 2024, a Research and Educational Support fund of $150,000 will be allocated to the Xxxxxxx’x Office and expended for the purposes of professional development, to include: 1. A $150,000 pool from which individual awards of up to $500 will be made to bargaining-unit members who are active in research. Out of those funds, a total of $37,500 will be reserved exclusively for support of non-tenure-track faculty and librarians. All awards from the research support fund are subject to the qualifications and limitations described in Section 26.6.2 of the current collective bargaining agreement; provided that, if the total applications described in this paragraph exceed the respective pool, the Union and the University shall determine how the pool(s) shall be apportioned among those faculty members who had applied for funds in accordance with this paragraph. The funds referred to in this paragraph must be expended during this fiscal year. 2. In Fiscal Year 2024, an additional $45,000 pool of funding shall be allocated to and distributed by the Xxxxxxx’x office in consultation with the FSU to support anti- racism activities for faculty and librarians. The consultation referenced here will consist of the following: Upon request by the Union, the parties will meet no later than May 31st of each calendar year, unless agreed otherwise by the parties, to review and discuss options for the expenditure in the current fiscal year of the $45,000 allocated to racial justice initiatives for that fiscal year. These options will be designed to support the racial justice priorities of the University within the allocated $45,000 budget. Additionally, both the union and the administration may propose initiatives and programs consistent with this guidance. Upon the conclusion of consultation among the parties as to how the $45,000 racial justice initiative funding will be spe...

Funds to Support Bargaining-Unit Members. 26.6.1 In each year of the Agreement (fiscal years 2015, 2016, and 2017), the Administration shall make available funds to support research and teaching on the Amherst campus. Awards from the following funds shall be made by the University Administration in response to applications from bargaining unit members that indicate the proposed use of the requested funding: An annual research support fund of $500,000 to provide individual awards of up to $1,000 to bargaining-unit members who are active in research and who do not have access to significant alternative funding, such as external research grants. Bargaining-unit members who are active in research and who do have access to significant alternative funding may also apply for such awards for reimbursement of eligible expenses that are expressly disallowed by their alternative funding sources. All awards from the research support fund are subject to the qualifications and limitations described in Section 26.6.3 below. An annual teaching support fund of $250,000 to provide $500 awards to bargaining unit members for whom teaching is a significant component of assigned responsibilities. An annual computer replacement fund of $100,000 for the purchase of computers for use by bargaining unit members. The criteria and procedures for allocation of these funds and the purchase of computers in effect for the predecessor Agreement shall continue to be applied for the life of this Agreement. All computers

Funds to Support Bargaining-Unit Members. 26.6.1 In each year of the Agreement, the Administration shall make available the following funds to support the success of bargaining-unit members whose appointments are 50% FTE or greater. These funds are not intended to supplant existing discretionary funds being distributed by the colleges for similar purposes. Awards from these funds shall be made by the University Administration in response to applications from bargaining-unit members that indicate the proposed use of the requested funding and are subject to the qualifications and limitations described below.

Funds to Support Bargaining-Unit Members. In each year of the Agreement, the Administration shall make available the following funds to support the success of bargaining-unit members whose appointments are 50% FTE or greater. These funds are not intended to supplant existing discretionary funds being distributed by the colleges for similar purposes. Awards from these funds shall be made by the University Administration in response to applications from bargaining-unit members that indicate the proposed use of the requested funding and are subject to the qualifications and limitations described below. For the period July 1, 2020, to June 30, 2021, a Research and Educational Support fund of $200,000 will be allocated to the Xxxxxxx’x Office and expended for the purposes of professional development, to include:

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Bargaining Unit Information The Employer agrees to provide the Union such information relating to Employees in the bargaining unit as may be required by the Union for the purpose of collective bargaining.
Performance of Bargaining Unit Work No person whose regular job is not in the bargaining unit will work on any job for which rates are established by this Agreement, except for the purposes of instruction, experimentation, or management training, in which case trainees shall not displace or replace any employee in the aforesaid classifications except in cases of emergency when regular employees are not available.
Bargaining Unit The term "bargaining unit" as used in this Agreement refers to the bargaining unit defined in Article 1, Recognition.
Bargaining Unit Work The City agrees that it will not assign work currently performed by employees under this Agreement to City employees in other bargaining units.
Work of the Bargaining Unit (a) In order to protect the standard of nursing care, the Employer shall not contract out the work normally performed by members of this bargaining unit except: i) For purposes of instruction, ii) In the event of an emergency situation, iii) When performing developmental or experimental work, or iv) When employees are not available due to an employee not reporting for work as scheduled or not being available for work. (b) Reassignment to other employees of work normally performed by members of the bargaining unit shall not result in the termination, layoff or reduction in hours of any member of the bargaining unit. (c) When it is decided to not fill a position following an employee’s resignation, the Home will provide the rationale in writing for this decision to the Union. The Union may request a meeting to make representations on this matter.