Pay Installments. Payday shall generally be every other Friday; and teachers may annually elect, in advance of the first pay period of each school year, one of the following payment options:
a. Twenty-one (21) bi-weekly installments; or
b. Twenty-six (26) bi-weekly installments (except for certain years when it will be 27). The payment option elected shall be irrevocable for the balance of the school year. Paychecks shall be distributed to teachers in sealed envelopes.
Pay Installments. Section 20.1 Faculty shall be paid on the tenth (10th) and the twenty-fifth (25th) of each month consistent with the following:
A. To receive a payment on the 10th faculty must have performed contracted work from the 16th to the 31st of the preceding month.
B. To receive a payment on the 25th faculty must have performed contracted work from the 1st to the 15th of the month.
C. If the designated pay date falls on a Sunday, the pay date shall be the following Monday.
D. If the designated pay date falls on a Saturday or on a holiday, the pay date will be on the preceding day.
Section 20.2 Full time faculty may select from the following payment options:
A. Academic year contract salary is divided into equal payments and paid semi-monthly on the pay dates associated with the academic year contract period.
B. Academic year contract salary is divided into twenty-four (24) equal payments and paid 1/ 24 each pay date within the academic year contract period. A balloon payment shall be made on the last pay date for any salary not paid during the term of the contract.
C. Contracted salary for full time faculty selected to teach summer quarter shall be divided by the number of pay dates within the dates of their contract and paid consistent with dates identified in Section 20.1 of this Agreement.
Section 20.3 Faculty given additional work shall be paid for the work on the next designated pay date.
Section 20.4 In the event an error is made in the processing of payroll which results in the underpayment to a full-or part time faculty member, the College shall advance to the faculty the amount of the underpayment within two (2) working days of notification to Payroll Services. Pay may be paid by the following pay date if the postponement of payment is attributable to the faculty member's not making a timely or accurate report of the facts which are the basis for the payment, or the College's lack of reasonable opportunity to verify the claim.
