Common use of Length Clause in Contracts

Length. The total period of probationary service prior to the acquisition of tenure shall not be less than one (1) year in the university and shall not exceed five (5) years of full- time equivalent service. Provided, however, that: 1. A faculty member who serves as a department chair for at least two (2) full years during the faculty member’s probationary period shall, upon completion of the second (2nd) year of service as chair, receive a one-year extension of the probationary period beyond the five (5) year limit. The faculty member may decline this extension by submitting a written declination to their immediate supervisor. 2. The probationary period shall be extended by one (1) year on the occasion of the birth of a probationary faculty member’s child or the adoptive/xxxxxx placement of a child with that faculty member. The birth or adoptive/xxxxxx placement must occur during the probationary period, or within six (6) months prior to the first duty day of the faculty member’s probationary appoinment. The faculty member may decline this extension by submitting a written declination to their immediate supervisor. Such extensions shall not be granted more than two (2) times. 3. The probationary period shall be extended by one (1) year at the written request of a probationary faculty member under the following circumstances: i. if the faculty member is required to give documented, medically necessary care to an immediate family member (as defined by the FMLA), or ii. if the faculty member is required to give documented, medically necessary care to a domestic partner, who has an extended serious illness, injury, or debilitating condition, or iii. when the faculty member has a documented extended serious illness, injury, or debilitating condition. Normally, the request for an extension of the probationary period under this paragraph must be submitted within nine (9) months of the commencement of the medically necessary care by the faculty member or the extended serious illness, injury or debilitating condition of the faculty member. The probationary period shall not be extended more than one (1) time. 4. Extensions of the probationary period will not exceed a total of three (3) years. For those persons who, because of prior part-time service, reach five (5) FTE years of service during the academic year, the probationary period shall end at the completion of that academic year.

Length. The total period of probationary service prior to the acquisition of tenure shall not be less than one (1) year in the university and shall not exceed five (5) years of full- time equivalent service. Provided, however, that: 1. A faculty member who serves as a department chair for at least two (2) full years during the faculty member’s probationary period shall, upon completion of the second (2nd) year of service as chair, receive a one-year extension of the probationary period beyond the five (5) year limit. The faculty member may decline this extension by submitting a written declination to their immediate supervisor. 2. The probationary period shall be extended by one (1) year on the occasion of the birth of a probationary faculty member’s child or the adoptive/xxxxxx placement of a child with that faculty member. The birth or adoptive/xxxxxx placement must occur during the probationary period, or within six (6) months prior to the first duty day of the faculty member’s probationary appoinment. The faculty member may decline this extension by submitting a written declination to their immediate supervisor. Such extensions shall not be granted more than two (2) times. 3. The probationary period shall be extended by one (1) year at the written request of a probationary faculty member under the following circumstances: i. if the faculty member is required to give documented, medically necessary care to an immediate family member (as defined by the FMLA), or ii. if the faculty member is required to give documented, medically necessary care to a domestic partner, who has an extended serious illness, injury, or debilitating condition, or iii. when the faculty member has a documented extended serious illness, injury, or debilitating condition. Normally, the request for an extension of the probationary period under this paragraph must be submitted within nine (9) months of the commencement of the medically necessary care by the faculty member or the extended serious illness, injury or debilitating condition of the faculty member. The probationary period shall not be extended more than one (1) time. 4. Extensions of the probationary period will not exceed a total of three (3) years. For those persons who, because of prior part-time service, reach five (5) FTE years of service during the academic year, the probationary period shall end at the completion of that academic year.

Length. The total period of probationary service prior to the acquisition of tenure shall not be less than one (1) year in the university and shall not exceed five (5) years of full- full-time equivalent service. Provided, however, that: 1. A faculty member who serves as a department chair for at least two (2) full years during the faculty member’s probationary period shall, upon completion of the second (2nd) year of service as chair, receive a one-year extension of the probationary period beyond the five (5) year limit. The faculty member may decline this extension by submitting a written declination to their immediate supervisor. 2. The probationary period shall be extended by one (1) year on the occasion of the birth of a probationary faculty member’s child or the adoptive/xxxxxx placement of a child with that faculty member. The birth or adoptive/xxxxxx placement must occur during the probationary period, or within six (6) months prior to the first duty day of the faculty member’s probationary appoinmentappointment. The faculty member may decline this extension by submitting a written declination to their immediate supervisor. Such extensions shall not be granted more than two (2) times. 3. The probationary period shall be extended by one (1) year at the written request of a probationary faculty member under the following circumstances: i. if the faculty member is required to give documented, medically necessary care to an immediate family member (as defined by the FMLA), or ii. if the faculty member is required to give documented, medically necessary care to a domestic partner, who has an extended serious illness, injury, or debilitating condition, or iii. when the faculty member has a documented extended serious illness, injury, or debilitating condition. Normally, the request for an extension of the probationary period under this paragraph must be submitted within nine (9) months of the commencement of the medically necessary care by the faculty member or the extended serious illness, injury or debilitating condition of the faculty member. The probationary period shall not be extended more than one (1) time. 4. Extensions of the probationary period will not exceed a total of three (3) years. For those persons who, because of prior part-time service, reach five (5) FTE years of service during the academic year, the probationary period shall end at the completion of that academic year.

Length. The total period of probationary service prior to the acquisition of tenure shall not be less than one (1) year in the university and shall not exceed five (5) years of full- full-time equivalent service. Provided, however, that: 1. A faculty member who serves as a department chair for at least two (2) full years during the faculty member’s probationary period shall, upon completion of the second (2nd) year of service as chair, receive a one-year extension of the probationary period beyond the five (5) year limit. The faculty member may decline this extension by submitting a written declination to their immediate supervisor. 2. The probationary period shall be extended by one (1) year on the occasion of the birth of a probationary faculty member’s child or the adoptive/xxxxxx placement of a child with that faculty member. The birth or adoptive/xxxxxx placement must occur during the probationary period, or within six (6) 6 months prior to the first duty day of the faculty member’s probationary appoinmentappointment. The faculty member may decline this extension by submitting a written declination to their immediate supervisor. Such extensions shall not be granted more than two (2) times. 3. The probationary period shall be extended by one (1) year at the written request of a probationary faculty member under the following circumstances: i. if the faculty member is required to give documented, medically necessary care to an immediate family member (as defined by the FMLA), or ii. if the faculty member is required to give documented, medically necessary care to a domestic partner, who has an extended serious illness, injury, or debilitating condition, or iii. when the faculty member has a documented extended serious illness, injury, or debilitating condition. Normally, the request for an extension of the probationary period under this paragraph must be submitted within nine (9) months of the commencement of the medically necessary care by the faculty member or the extended serious illness, injury or debilitating condition of the faculty member. The probationary period shall not be extended more than one (1) time. 4. Extensions of the probationary period will not exceed a total of three (3) years. For those persons who, because of prior part-time service, reach five (5) FTE years of service during the academic year, the probationary period shall end at the completion of that academic year.