Common use of Recognition and Definition of Bargaining Unit Clause in Contracts

Recognition and Definition of Bargaining Unit. 1.1 The University recognizes the Association as the exclusive bargaining agent of the Members of the Bargaining Unit. Until the Parties agree otherwise, the Bargaining Unit is defined by the certificates of the Ontario Labour Relations Board, dated November 7, 1995 and May 1, 2003. These certificates and subsequent amendments, if any, shall be deemed to be incorporated into and become part of this Collective Agreement. 1.2 Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, it is the intention of the Parties to only amalgamate the bargaining units defined by the Labour Relations Board certificates referred to in Article 1.1 and to neither expand nor constrict the categories of persons covered by them. 1.3 Subject to Article 1.4, Members in the Bargaining Unit are all persons employed as members of the academic staff of Queen’s University at Kingston, in the province of Ontario, including (a) persons who hold an appointment to the academic staff with Tenure, as defined by Article 25 of this agreement; (b) persons who hold a Renewed Tenure-track, Initial Tenure-track, Non- Renewable, Non-Renewable Replacement, or appointment with academic rank, as defined by Article 25 of this agreement; (c) Special appointees who hold an appointment with academic rank and normally carry responsibility for a full range of academic duties, as defined in Article 25 of this agreement; (d) Term Adjuncts and Continuing Adjuncts as defined in Article 25 of this agreement; (e) persons who hold Initial, Renewed, Continuing or contractually limited Term appointments as Librarians, as defined by Article 25 of this agreement; (f) persons who hold appointments from the Principal as Archivists with the University Archives as defined by Article 25. 1.4 The Bargaining Unit excludes members of the academic staff of Queen’s University who are (a) full voting members of the Board of Trustees; (b) Associate Deans and those persons at or above the level of Associate Xxxx, including the Principal and Vice-Chancellor, Vice-Principals, Associate Vice- Principals, Deans, Vice-Deans, and persons providing confidential assistance in respect of labour relations to persons in one or more of those positions; and anyone who is appointed to act in those positions; (c) the University Librarian and the Associate University Librarian(s); (d) the University Archivist; (e) physicians with or without academic rank to whom the Ontario Medical Association Dues Act, S.O. 1991, c.51 applies; (f) Emeritus Professors who are not Term Adjuncts; (g) persons, including visiting fellows, who are on leave from another university, institution, firm, or government agency, unless (i) they hold an appointment with academic rank at Queen’s University at Kingston, (ii) they carry a full range of academic responsibilities at Queen’s University at Kingston, and (iii) they are on leave without salary from their home university, institution, firm, or government agency; (h) secondees to the Faculty of Education; (i) post-doctoral fellows and research fellows whose remuneration is from an external source; (j) academic and teaching assistants. An “academic assistant” or “teaching assistant” means a person who acts as an assistant to a member of the regular or adjunct academic staff and who performs such duties as tutoring, grading, lab assistance, and research assistance. Academic or teaching assistants will normally work under the direct supervision of a member of the academic staff. (k) persons registered as students at Queen’s University at Kingston who teach in the discipline in which they are registered; (l) persons employed in the Student Counselling Service; (m) persons whose appointments are exclusively for work outside of the province of Ontario, including persons teaching at the International Study Centre at Herstmonceux Castle; (n) the Executive Director and Resident (Academic) Director at the International Study Centre at Herstmonceux Castle; (o) secondees to positions providing confidential assistance to the Principal or a Vice-Principal; (p) secondees for a term of not less than one year to an administrative, non- academic position, so long as it is the secondee’s principal responsibility; (q) those persons who as guest lecturers provide only occasional instruction in a course; and (r) persons engaged in supervision of students unless they are otherwise members of the Bargaining Unit. 1.5 Clarity note: Supervision of students in clinical, professional and other academic programs is not sufficient to justify inclusion of a person in the Bargaining Unit.

Recognition and Definition of Bargaining Unit. 1.1 The University recognizes the Association as the exclusive bargaining agent of the Members of the Bargaining Unit. Until the Parties agree otherwise, the Bargaining Unit is defined by the certificates of the Ontario Labour Relations Board, dated November 7, 1995 and May 1, 2003. These certificates and subsequent amendments, if any, shall be deemed to be incorporated into and become part of this Collective Agreement. 1.2 Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, it is the intention of the Parties to only amalgamate the bargaining units defined by the Labour Relations Board certificates referred to in Article 1.1 and to neither expand nor constrict the categories of persons covered by them. 1.3 Subject to Article 1.4, Members in the Bargaining Unit are all persons employed as members of the academic staff of Queen’s University at Kingston, in the province of Ontario, including (a) persons who hold an appointment to the academic staff with TenureXxxxxx, as defined by Article 25 of this agreement; (b) persons who hold a Renewed Tenure-track, Initial Tenure-track, Non- Renewable, Non-Renewable Replacement, or appointment with academic rank, as defined by Article 25 of this agreement; (c) Special appointees who hold an appointment with academic rank and normally carry responsibility for a full range of academic duties, as defined in Article 25 of this agreement; (d) Term Adjuncts and Continuing Adjuncts as defined in Article 25 of this agreement; (e) persons who hold Initial, Renewed, Continuing or contractually limited Term appointments as Librarians, as defined by Article 25 of this agreement; (f) persons who hold appointments from the Principal as Archivists with the University Archives as defined by Article 25. 1.4 The Bargaining Unit excludes members of the academic staff of Queen’s University who are (a) full voting members of the Board of Trustees; (b) Associate Deans and those persons at or above the level of Associate Xxxx, including the Principal and Vice-Chancellor, Vice-Principals, Associate Vice- Principals, Deans, Vice-Deans, and persons providing confidential assistance in respect of labour relations to persons in one or more of those positions; and anyone who is appointed to act in those positions; (c) the University Librarian and the Associate University Librarian(s); (d) the University Archivist; (e) physicians with or without academic rank to whom the Ontario Medical Association Dues Act, S.O. 1991, c.51 applies; (f) Emeritus Professors who are not Term Adjuncts; (g) persons, including visiting fellows, who are on leave from another university, institution, firm, or government agency, unless (i) they hold an appointment with academic rank at Queen’s University at Kingston, (ii) they carry a full range of academic responsibilities at Queen’s University at Kingston, and (iii) they are on leave without salary from their home university, institution, firm, or government agency; (h) secondees to the Faculty of Education; (i) post-doctoral fellows and research fellows whose remuneration is from an external source; (j) academic and teaching assistants. An “academic assistant” or “teaching assistant” means a person who acts as an assistant to a member of the regular or adjunct academic staff and who performs such duties as tutoring, grading, lab assistance, and research assistance. Academic or teaching assistants will normally work under the direct supervision of a member of the academic staff. (k) persons registered as students at Queen’s University at Kingston who teach in the discipline in which they are registered; (l) persons employed in the Student Counselling Service; (m) persons whose appointments are exclusively for work outside of the province of Ontario, including persons teaching at the International Study Centre at Herstmonceux Castle; (n) the Executive Director and Resident (Academic) Director at the International Study Centre at Herstmonceux Castle; (o) secondees to positions providing confidential assistance to the Principal or a Vice-Principal; (p) secondees for a term of not less than one year to an administrative, non- academic position, so long as it is the secondee’s principal responsibility; (q) those persons who as guest lecturers provide only occasional instruction in a course; and (r) persons engaged in supervision of students unless they are otherwise members of the Bargaining Unit. 1.5 Clarity note: Supervision of students in clinical, professional and other academic programs is not sufficient to justify inclusion of a person in the Bargaining Unit.

Recognition and Definition of Bargaining Unit. 1.1 The University recognizes the Queen’s University Faculty Association as the exclusive bargaining agent of the Members of the Bargaining Unit. Until the Parties agree otherwise, the Bargaining Unit is defined by the certificates certificate of the Ontario Labour Relations Board, dated November 7, 1995 and May 1, 2003. These certificates This certificate and subsequent amendments, if any, shall be deemed to be incorporated into and become part of this Collective Agreement. 1.2 Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, it is the intention of the Parties to only amalgamate the bargaining units defined by the Labour Relations Board certificates referred to in Article 1.1 and to neither expand nor constrict the categories of persons covered by them. 1.3 Subject to Article 1.4, . Members in the Bargaining Unit are all persons employed as members of the academic staff of Queen’s University at Kingston, in the province of Ontario, including (a) who, individually or jointly, are responsible for instruction and evaluation in degree-credit courses, for pay, and who are persons who hold an appointment to coming within the academic staff with Tenure, as defined by Article 25 definition of this agreement; (b) persons who hold a Renewed Tenure-track, Initial Tenure-track, Non- Renewable, Non-Renewable Replacement, or appointment with academic rank, as defined by Article 25 of this agreement; (c) Special appointees who hold an appointment with academic rank and normally carry responsibility for a full range of academic duties, as defined in Article 25 of this agreement; (d) Term Adjuncts and Continuing Adjuncts as defined in Article 25 of this agreement; (e) persons who hold Initial, Renewed, Continuing or contractually limited Term appointments as Librarians, as defined by Article 25 of this agreement; (f) persons who hold appointments from the Principal as Archivists with the University Archives as defined by Article 25. 1.4 The Bargaining Unit excludes members of the adjunct academic staff of Queen’s University who are (a) full staff, Group as set out in the June “Statement on Adjunct Academic Staff and Academic Assistants”, as contained in Appendix A save and except: employees covered by subsisting collective agreements; voting members of the Board of Trustees; (b) ; Associate Deans and those persons at or above the level of Associate Xxxxthat rank, including without limitation the Principal and Vice-Chancellor, Vice-Principals, Associate Vice- Vice-Principals, Deans, Vice-Deans, and persons providing confidential assistance in respect of labour relations to persons in one or more of those positions; and anyone who is appointed to act in those positions; (c) ; the University Librarian and the Associate University Librarian(s); (d) Librarian; the University Archivist; (e) ; physicians with or without academic rank to whom the Ontario Medical Association Dues Act, S.O. 1991, c.51 applies; (f) Emeritus Professors who are not Term Adjuncts; (g) persons, including visiting fellows, who are on leave from employed by another university, institution, firm, firm or government agency, unless (i) they hold an appointment with academic rank and whose duties at Queen’s University are part of their employment at Kingston, (ii) they carry a full range of academic responsibilities at Queen’s University at Kingston, and (iii) they are on leave without salary from their home university, institution, firm, firm or government agency; (h) secondees to the Faculty of Education; (i) ; post-doctoral fellows and research fellows whose remuneration for teaching at Queen’s University is from an external source; (j) academic and ; teaching assistants. An “academic assistant” or “teaching assistant” means a person who acts as an assistant to a member of the regular or adjunct academic staff and who performs such duties as tutoring, grading, lab assistance, and research assistance. Academic or teaching assistants will normally work under the direct supervision of a member of the academic staff. (k) persons registered as students at ; Adjunct Collective Agreement Between Queen’s University at Kingston who teach in the discipline in which they are registered; (l) persons employed in the Student Counselling Service; (m) persons whose appointments are exclusively for work outside of the province of Ontario, including persons teaching at the International Study Centre at Herstmonceux Castle; (n) the Executive Director and Resident (Academic) Director at the International Study Centre at Herstmonceux Castle; (o) secondees to positions providing confidential assistance to the Principal or a Vice-Principal; (p) secondees for a term of not less than one year to an administrative, non- academic position, so long as it is the secondee’s principal responsibility; (q) those persons who as guest lecturers provide only occasional instruction in a course; Faculty Association and (r) persons engaged in supervision of students unless they are otherwise members of the Bargaining Unit. 1.5 Clarity note: Supervision of students in clinical, professional and other academic programs is not sufficient to justify inclusion of a person in the Bargaining Unit.

Recognition and Definition of Bargaining Unit. ‌ 1.1 The University recognizes the Association as the exclusive bargaining agent of the Members of the Bargaining Unit. Until the Parties agree otherwise, the Bargaining Unit is defined by the certificates of the Ontario Labour Relations Board, dated November 7, 1995 and May 1, 2003. These certificates and subsequent amendments, if any, shall be deemed to be incorporated into and become part of this Collective Agreement. 1.2 Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, it is the intention of the Parties to only amalgamate the bargaining units defined by the Labour Relations Board certificates referred to in Article 1.1 and to neither expand nor constrict the categories of persons covered by them. 1.3 Subject to Article 1.4, Members in the Bargaining Unit are all persons employed as members of the academic staff of Queen’s University at Kingston, in the province of Ontario, including (a) persons who hold an appointment to the academic staff with Tenure, as defined by Article 25 of this agreement; (b) persons who hold a Renewed Tenure-track, Initial Tenure-track, Non- Renewable, Non-Renewable Replacement, or appointment with academic rank, as defined by Article 25 of this agreement; (c) Special appointees who hold an appointment with academic rank and normally carry responsibility for a full range of academic duties, as defined in Article 25 of this agreement; (d) Term Adjuncts and Continuing Adjuncts as defined in Article 25 of this agreement; (e) persons who hold Initial, Renewed, Continuing or contractually limited Term appointments as Librarians, as defined by Article 25 of this agreement; (f) persons who hold appointments from the Principal as Archivists with the University Archives as defined by Article 25. 1.4 The Bargaining Unit excludes members of the academic staff of Queen’s University who are (a) full voting members of the Board of Trustees; (b) Associate Deans and those persons at or above the level of Associate Xxxx, including the Principal and Vice-Chancellor, Vice-Principals, Associate Vice- Principals, Deans, Vice-Deans, and persons providing confidential assistance in respect of labour relations to persons in one or more of those positions; and anyone who is appointed to act in those positions; (c) the University Librarian and the Associate University Librarian(s); (d) the University Archivist; (e) physicians with or without academic rank to whom the Ontario Medical Association Dues Act, S.O. 1991, c.51 applies; (f) Emeritus Professors who are not Term Adjuncts; (g) persons, including visiting fellows, who are on leave from another university, institution, firm, or government agency, unless (i) they hold an appointment with academic rank at Queen’s University at Kingston, (ii) they carry a full range of academic responsibilities at Queen’s University at Kingston, and (iii) they are on leave without salary from their home university, institution, firm, or government agency; (h) secondees to the Faculty of Education; (i) post-doctoral fellows and research fellows whose remuneration is from an external source; (j) academic and teaching assistants. An “academic assistant” or “teaching assistant” means a person who acts as an assistant to a member of the regular or adjunct academic staff and who performs such duties as tutoring, grading, lab assistance, and research assistance. Academic or teaching assistants will normally work under the direct supervision of a member of the academic staff. (k) persons registered as students at Queen’s University at Kingston who teach in the discipline in which they are registered; (l) persons employed in the Student Counselling Service; (m) persons whose appointments are exclusively for work outside of the province of Ontario, including persons teaching at the International Study Centre at Herstmonceux Castle; (n) the Executive Director and Resident (Academic) Director at the International Study Centre at Herstmonceux Castle; (o) secondees to positions providing confidential assistance to the Principal or a Vice-Principal; (p) secondees for a term of not less than one year to an administrative, non- academic position, so long as it is the secondee’s principal responsibility; (q) those persons who as guest lecturers provide only occasional instruction in a course; and (r) persons engaged in supervision of students unless they are otherwise members of the Bargaining Unit. 1.5 Clarity note: Supervision of students in clinical, professional and other academic programs is not sufficient to justify inclusion of a person in the Bargaining Unit.