Xxxx/Vice-President Review. Upon receipt of the recommendations of the chair/director and the unit ESS committee, the xxxx/vice-president or his/her designee shall make his/her recommendations. If the xxxx/vice-president approves employment security status, the candidate will be granted employment security status. If the xxxx/vice-president does not approve ESS for an academic-staff member, and it is the academic-staff member's fourth or fifth year of full-time service, the academic-staff member shall be so notified in writing by the xxxx/vice-president. In a unit with fewer than three represented academic-staff members holding ESS or tenure, the xxxx/vice-president shall possess the authority and functions of the unit ESS committee. In such units the xxxx/vice-president shall consult with the academic-staff members holding ESS or tenure when a candidate is being considered for employment security status prior to arriving at a positive or negative decision.
