Common use of Load Balancing Clause in Contracts

Load Balancing. The normal expectation is that in any academic year full-time contractual workloads will be split evenly between fall and spring semesters (15.00 contractual LHE each semester). However, faculty whose contractual workload in the fall semester exceeds 15.00 LHE may credit any portion of the excess amount to his or her spring workload obligation, but any such credit shall not exceed 3.00 LHE. Faculty may be assigned fewer than 15.00 contractual LHE in the fall semester only with the permission of the appropriate Vice President.

Load Balancing. The normal expectation is that in any academic year full-time contractual workloads will be split evenly between fall and spring semesters (15.00 contractual LHE each semester). However, faculty whose contractual workload in the fall semester exceeds 15.00 LHE may credit any portion of the excess amount to his or her spring workload obligation, but any such credit shall not exceed 3.00 LHE. Faculty may be assigned fewer than 15.00 contractual LHE in the fall semester only with the permission of the appropriate Vice Presidentvice president. See also Article D.3.0 on load banking and unbanking.