Common use of SANCTIONS, SUSPENSIONS, AND TERMINATIONS Clause in Contracts

SANCTIONS, SUSPENSIONS, AND TERMINATIONS. ‌ 19. 100 SANCTIONS‌ Any employee in the bargaining unit may be subject to disciplinary sanctions. Warning letters and formal reprimands may become part of the faculty member’s personnel file and may be used in conjunction with subsequent personnel considerations for four (4) years following the date of the sanction. After four (4) years, the letters and reprimands and all references thereto shall be removed from the employee’s personnel files unless there are repeated proven and documented violations within the four-year period establishing a pattern. Warning letters and formal reprimands that are applicable to pending legal or quasi- legal proceedings may be retained in the personnel file for longer than four (4) years, but must be removed upon the conclusion of the legal or quasi-legal proceeding if no documented proven pattern exists as described above.