Academic employee Academic employee shall mean an employee in the Professional Services Negotiating Unit with academic or qualified academic rank.
Probationary appointment means an appointment which is without continuing appointment status and which is neither a soft money nor non-renewable fixed length appointment. Probationary appointees may be removed subject to the provisions of this Article; Article 7,
Initial appointment means appointment made otherwise than by promotion or transfer;
Regularly appointed employee means an individual with an exempt, probationary or regular appointment to a position of City employment.
Serviced Appointment has the meaning set forth in Section 1.1.