Common use of PUBLICATIONS AND AUTHORSHIP Clause in Contracts

PUBLICATIONS AND AUTHORSHIP. 7.01 The Employer agrees to continue the present practice of ensuring that employees have ready access to all publications considered necessary to their work. 7.02 The Employer agrees that original publications prepared by the employee within the scope of his employment, will be retained on appropriate files for the normal life of such files. The Employer will not refuse without cause authorization to publish them. At the discretion of the Employer, authorship shall be recognized as much as possible in publications. 7.03 When an employee acts as a sole or joint author or editor of an original publication his authorship or editorship shall normally be shown in the publication. 7.04 The Employer may suggest revisions to material and may withhold approval to publish an employee’s publication. 7.05 Where the Employer wishes to make changes in material submitted for publication with which the author does not agree, the employee shall not be credited publicly if he so requests. 7.06 When approval for publication is withheld, the author(s) shall be informed in writing of the reasons, if requested. 7.07 Subject to the employee’s obligation on ethics, nothing in this Article shall be construed as preventing an employee from publishing and owning the registered articles, books, and other materials and inventions provided that the work is done during the employee’s non-work hours and the work or material has not been sponsored or commissioned by the Employer.