Common use of Retention of Employment Clause in Contracts

Retention of Employment. For the purpose of retention of employment in the event of a reduction in size of the faculty or elimination for one academic year of courses which a faculty member is qualified to teach at his College, seniority shall be colleges-wide. Thus, faculty members who cannot be employed in their field of qualification at the College of assignment shall have the right to be employed at any other College where a program they are qualified to teach is available. Colleges-wide seniority shall, under these circumstances, be exercised over the least senior faculty members in their field of qualification. However, retention rights shall not be exercised over other faculty member if it is possible to provide them with a full-time program through the elimination of part- time lectureships or overtime first at their own College and then elsewhere in the Colleges. A faculty member transferring to another College in the above circumstances shall suffer no loss of seniority for any purpose.

Retention of Employment. For the purpose of retention of employment in the event of a reduction in size of the faculty or elimination for one academic year of courses which a faculty member is qualified to teach at his her College, seniority shall be colleges-wide. Thus, faculty members who cannot be employed in their field of qualification at the College of assignment shall have the right to be employed at any other College where a program they are qualified to teach is available. Colleges-wide seniority shall, under these circumstances, be exercised over the least senior faculty members in their field of qualification. However, retention rights shall not be exercised over other faculty member if it is possible to provide them with a full-time program through the elimination of part- time lectureships or overtime first at their own College and then elsewhere in the Colleges. A faculty member transferring to another College in the above circumstances shall suffer no loss of seniority for any purpose.