Common use of Program Elimination Clause in Contracts

Program Elimination. The Employer will provide six (6) months advance notice in writing of plans to eliminate a program or programs after prior consultation with the Faculty Council. In the event of program eliminations, the Employer is not required to include the program (and classes, if any) in the published schedule. 16.4.1 Within a Department affected by a program elimination, the order of reduction or layoff will be non-bargaining unit personnel, provided there are Employees who are highly qualified for the assignment of the non-bargaining unit personnel, then Employees by reverse order of seniority in the Department, provided the remaining Employees in the Department are highly qualified to fill the positions and assignments remaining in the Department per the job description. 16.4.2 For an Employee teaching in a Department of which he/she is not a full-time member, seniority in the Department shall be calculated by the number of semesters that the Employee has taught a course in the Department, divided by two (2) and rounded up to the nearest whole number. Seniority applies only to the course(s) taught in that Department or those courses of lower content.

Program Elimination. The Employer will provide six (6) months advance notice in writing of plans to eliminate a program or programs after prior consultation with the Faculty Council. In the event of program eliminations, the Employer is not required to include the program (and classescourses, if any) in the published schedule. 16.4.1 a. Within a Department affected by a program elimination, the order of reduction or layoff will be non-bargaining unit personnel, provided there are Employees who are highly qualified for the assignment of the non-bargaining unit personnel, then Employees by reverse order of seniority in the Department, provided the remaining Employees in the Department are highly qualified to fill the positions and assignments remaining in the Department per the job description. 16.4.2 b. For an Employee teaching in a Department of which he/she is not a full-time member, seniority in the Department shall be calculated by the number of semesters that the Employee has taught a course in the Department, divided by two (2) and rounded up to the nearest whole number. Seniority applies only to the course(s) taught in that Department or those courses of lower content.content.‌