Common use of Order of Retrenchment Clause in Contracts

Order of Retrenchment. After determination by the Board of Regents of the need to retrench and its assessment of institutional needs, the following order of layoffs shall be followed within the Program, Department, Division, or comparable unit to be retrenched: 1. Part-time Faculty, including Lecturers 2. Non-tenured Faculty 3. Tenured Faculty Within each of these groups of Faculty Members, more senior Faculty shall be accorded priority over less senior Faculty. For the purposes of this section, seniority is defined as the total period of full-time continuous service since the date of initial appointment, with the understanding that of two (2) Faculty Members having the same length of service, the one with the higher rank, or placed on the higher step with the same rank, shall be regarded as the more senior. Approved leaves with or without pay do not count as breaks in continuous service. No retrenchment shall be effectuated with respect to full-time personnel in a Department, Division, or comparable unit or program while other persons are teaching overload in the same subject in that unit.

Order of Retrenchment. After determination by the Board of Regents of the need to retrench and its assessment of institutional needs, the following order of layoffs shall be followed within the Programprogram, Departmentdepartment, Divisiondivision, or comparable unit to be retrenched: 1. Part-time Faculty, including Lecturerslecturers 2. Non-tenured Faculty 3. Tenured Faculty Within each of these groups of Faculty Members, more senior Faculty shall be accorded priority over less senior Faculty. For the purposes of this section, seniority is defined as the total period of full-time continuous service since the date of initial appointment, with the understanding that of two (2) Faculty Members having the same length of service, the one with the higher rank, or placed on the higher step with the same rank, shall be regarded as the more senior. Approved leaves with or without pay do not count as breaks in continuous service. No retrenchment shall be effectuated with respect to full-time personnel in a Departmentdepartment, Divisiondivision, or comparable unit or program while other persons are teaching overload in the same subject in that unit.