Reduction. (a) No tenured employee shall be laid off if there are non-tenured employees in the layoff unit. (b) No employee in a non-tenured position in the layoff unit with more than five (5) years of continuous University service shall be laid off if there are any such employees with five (5) years or less service. (c) Where employees are equally qualified under (a) or (b), above, those employees will be retained who, in the judgment of the University, will best contribute to the mission and purpose of the institution and the academic needs of the program. The determination of which employees are to be laid off shall be based on the following factors: length of continuous University service; performance evaluation by students, peers, and supervisors; academic training; professional reputation; teaching effectiveness; research record or quality of the creative activity in which the employee may be engaged; service to the profession, community, and public; qualifications to teach courses offered in the unit and relevant standards of accrediting agencies. (d) No employee shall be laid off solely for the purpose of creating a vacancy to be filled by an administrator entering the bargaining unit. (e) The University shall notify the UFF Chapter in writing in advance regarding the proposed use of adjunct and other non-unit faculty in those departments/units where employees have been laid off. Any such use of adjunct or other non-unit faculty in departments/units where employees have been laid off shall be subject to bargaining.
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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement, Collective Bargaining Agreement, Collective Bargaining Agreement
