Common use of Initial Hiring and Track Placement Clause in Contracts

Initial Hiring and Track Placement. When a faculty member is newly hired, the Forum shall be notified no later than the beginning of the semester when employment commences as to salary step and track placement of the individual. The Forum shall have a 30 day period in which to file any objection to said placement. The Forum may proceed to arbitration if mutual agreement cannot be reached. Where advanced degrees are not normally available or customary for an industry, appropriate experience, and receipt of the top certifications for the profession will be substituted for the bachelor’s, master’s, and/or master’s degree plus 30 credits. In those cases, the requirement of a bachelor’s degree for eligibility for payment at the MA + 30 track shall be waived. Salary and/or track placement as a result of training, degrees, licenses, or other professional equivalencies after initial employment. The Forum shall also be notified of any training, retraining, or certification achieved by a faculty member which could result in changes in step and/or track placement. It remains the individual faculty member’s responsibility to apply for such changes and neither contracting party shall make any representations to any faculty member as to exceptions and/or exemptions from existing contract language to the appropriate ground for making such application. The Forum shall have 30 days from the date of notification in which to file an objection to management’s response to the request with provision for arbitration should such an objection not be resolved my mutual agreement. Should the College agree to pay the expenses of a faculty member engaged in an approved course and certification program, said payment will be made only once.

Initial Hiring and Track Placement. When a faculty member is newly hired, the Forum shall be notified no later than the beginning of the semester when employment employ- ment commences as to salary step and track placement of the individual. The Forum shall have a 30 day period in which to file any objection to said placement. The Forum may proceed to arbitration if mutual agreement cannot be reached. Where advanced degrees are not normally available or customary for an industry, appropriate experience, and receipt of the top certifications for the profession will be substituted for the bachelor’s, master’s, and/or master’s degree plus 30 credits. In those cases, the requirement of a bachelor’s degree for eligibility for payment at the MA + 30 track shall be waived. Salary and/or track placement as a result of training, degrees, licenses, or other professional equivalencies after initial employmentem- ployment. The Forum shall also be notified of any training, retraining, or certification achieved by a faculty member which could result in changes in step and/or track placement. It remains the individual faculty member’s responsibility to apply for such changes and neither contracting party shall make any representations to any faculty member as to exceptions and/or exemptions from existing contract language to the appropriate ground for making such application. The Forum shall have 30 days from the date of notification in which to file an objection to managementAdministration’s response to the request with provision for arbitration should such an objection not be resolved my mutual agreement. Should the College agree to pay the expenses of a faculty member engaged in an approved course and certification program, said payment will be made only once.