Collective Agreement 2001-2002

NOTE: Should any discrepancies occur between the electronic copy and the hard copy of the Collective Agreement, the hard copy is the correct copy to use.

• Preamble
• Definitions
• Recognition of the Faculty Association
• Deduction of Association dues
• Appointment, promotion, tenure and entry of excluded ASMs
• Management rights
• Collegial rights of members
• Office space and university services for the Association
• Release time for, and recognition of, association service
• Joint association/university relations committee
• Pensions and benefits committees
• Assistance for the association
• Correspondence and information
• Transition to the collective agreement
• Duration of collective agreement
• No strike or lockout
• Conflict of interest
• Personal files
• Contents of the file
• Access to the file

Article 2
ACADEMIC RIGHTS AND FREEDOMS

• Non-discrimination
• Ethical conduct for research involving humans

Article 3
DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF FACULTY MEMBERS

• Workload of faculty members
  • St. John’s Campus
  • Grenfell College
• General considerations

Article 4
DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF LIBRARIANS

• Support for research and professional development

Article 5
REDUCTION IN DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

Article 6
RESEARCH APPOINTMENTS

Article 7
APPOINTMENT OF FACULTY MEMBERS

• Initiating appointments
• Formation of Search Committees
• Search procedures
• Appointment criteria
• Recommendation of the Administrative Head
• Notification of appointment
• Cancellation of a search

Article 8
PROCEDURES FOR THE FORMATION OF PROMOTION AND TENURE COMMITTEES FOR FACULTY MEMBERS

Article 9
THE ASSESSMENT FILE FOR NON-DECISION YEAR REVIEW, EXTENSION OF TENURE-TRACK APPOINTMENT, TENURE AND PROMOTION FOR FACULTY MEMBERS

Article 10
PROCEDURES FOR PROMOTION AND TENURE COMMITTEES FOR FACULTY MEMBERS

Article 11
TENURE-TRACK APPOINTMENT AND TENURE FOR FACULTY MEMBERS

• Non-decision year reviews
• Timing of tenure consideration
• Extension of tenure-track appointment
• Consideration for tenure
• Part-time tenure-track appointments
• Informing the committee and the candidate
• Criteria for tenure

Article 12
PROCEDURES AND CRITERIA FOR PROMOTION OF FACULTY MEMBERS

• General procedures
• Procedures for obtaining external appraisals of candidates for promotion to the rank of Professor
• Criteria for promotion
• Promotion to the rank of Associate Professor
• Promotion to the rank of Professor

Article 13
APPOINTMENT OF LIBRARIANS

• Initiating appointments
• Search procedures
• Appointment criteria
• Recommendation of the University Librarian
• Recommendation of the Vice-President (Academic)
• Notification of appointment
• Cancellation of a search

Article 14
PROCEDURES FOR THE FORMATION OF PROMOTION AND TENURE COMMITTEES FOR LIBRARIANS

Article 15
THE ASSESSMENT FILE FOR NON-DECISION YEAR REVIEW, EXTENSION OF TENURE-TRACK APPOINTMENT, TENURE AND PROMOTION FOR LIBRARIANS

Article 16
PROCEDURES FOR PROMOTION AND TENURE COMMITTEES FOR LIBRARIANS

Article 17
TENURE-TRACK APPOINTMENT AND TENURE FOR LIBRARIANS

• Tenure-track appointments
• Timing of tenure consideration
• Extension of tenure-track appointment and granting tenure
• Part-time tenure-track appointments
• Informing the committee and the candidate
• Criteria for tenure

Article 18
PROCEDURES AND CRITERIA FOR PROMOTION OF LIBRARIANS

• General procedures
• Criteria for promotion
• Promotion to the rank of Librarian II
• Promotion to the rank of Librarian III
• Promotion to the rank of Librarian IV

Article 19
DISCIPLINARY MEASURES AND NON-DISCIPLINARY RELIEF FROM DUTIES

• Introduction
• Suspension
• Dismissal for Cause, Part A
• Dismissal for Cause, Part B
• Non-disciplinary relief from duties
• Criminal charges and conviction
• Sexual harassment
• Gross misconduct in academic research

Article 20
COMPLAINTS, GRIEVANCE AND ARBITRATION

• Complaints and grievance procedure
• Arbitration
• Sole arbitrator

Article 21
OUTSIDE PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

Article 22
LEAVES

• Vacations
• University holidays
• Sabbatical leave
  • Option A
  • Option B
• Assisted educational leave
• Other leave with pay
• Leave in special circumstances
• Sick leave
• Special assignment of duties in relation to parental responsibilities
• Compassionate leave
• Leave for court appearance
• Political leave
• Special leave without pay
• General benefits while on leave

Article 23
TERM APPOINTMENTS, JOINT AND CROSS APPOINTMENTS

• Term appointments
• Regular Term appointments
• Teaching Term appointments
• General
• Appointments where the Academic Unit is not known at the outset of the search
• Joint appointments and Cross appointments

Article 24
COUNSELLING FACULTY MEMBERS

Article 25
RESIGNATION, RETIREMENT, TRANSFER AND LAYOFF

• Resignation
• Retirement
• Transfer
• Layoff of ASMs for reasons of financial exigency
• Recall
• Layoff of ASMs for reasons of academic programme redundancy

Article 26
MISCELLANEOUS WORKING CONDITIONS

• Travel funds
• Health, safety and security
• Insurance
• Office, teaching and research space
• Support services
• Parking
• Recording of lectures
• Childcare
• Payment of portion of salary as research grant
• Storms
• Strikes and lockouts

Article 27
PATENTS AND COPYRIGHTS

• Preamble
• Patents
• Copyrights

Article 28
ACADEMIC STAFF MEMBERS WITH DELEGATED ADMINISTRATIVE RESPONSIBILITIES

• Appointment and duties of faculty members with delegated administrative responsibilities at the St. John’s campus
  • Appointment
  • Duties
• Appointment and duties of programme chairs at Grenfell College
  • Appointment
  • Duties
• Librarians appointed to administrative positions in the Library

Article 29
EMPLOYMENT EQUITY

• Preamble
• University Employment Equity Officer
• Joint Association/University Employment Equity Committee
  Equity in the appointment of target groups

Article 30
CO-OPERATIVE EDUCATION CO-ORDINATORS

Article 31
SALARIES AND BENEFITS

• Setting basic annual salaries for ASMs at the time of hiring
• Faculty Members
• Librarians
• Faculty Members and Librarians
• Treatment of Basic Annual Salary for Faculty Members following initial appointment
• Academic Staff Members
• Payment for extra duties
• Stipends for Overload Teaching
• On-Site Courses
• Distance Education
• Stipends for Administrative Duties
• Benefits
• Professional Development Expense Reimbursement
• Credit Courses
• Moving Expenses
• Insured Employee Benefit Plans

Appendices

Appendix A: Certification Order issued on March 24, 1988, by the Newfoundland Labour Relations Board

Appendix B: CAUT Teaching Dossier

Appendix C: University-Wide Procedures on Sexual Harassment Complaints

Appendix D.1: Salary Scale for Lecturers

Appendix D.2: Salary Scale for other Faculty Member Ranks

Appendix D.3: Salary Scale for Librarians

Appendix E: Academic Unit Teaching Norms

Appendix F: Protocol in Connection with Clause 25.32

Appendix G: Distribution of Disciplines in Programme Units at Grenfell College