COLLECTIVE AGREEMENT
between
MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND
and
MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND
FACULTY ASSOCIATION
July 25, 2003 – August 31, 2005
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.
FRAMEWORK AND IMPLEMENTATION
- 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
- Formation of Search Committees
- 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
- Maternity, Adoption, Spousal and Parental Leave
- Maternity Leave with Supplement Payment
- Adoption Leave with Supplemental Payment
- Spousal Leave with Supplemental Payment
- Parental Leave without Pay Following a Supplemented Maternity, Adoption, or Spousal Leave
- Maternity, Adoption or Spousal Leave for ASMs Ineligible for Supplemented Maternity, Adoption, or Spousal Leave
- Compassionate Leave
- Leave for Court Appearance
- Political Leave
- Special Leave without Pay
- General Benefits while on Leave
Article 23
TERM, SUBSIDIZED, ADJUNCT, JOINT AND CROSS, SPECIAL VISITING AND SPOUSAL APPOINTMENTS
- Term Appointments
- Subsidized Appointments
- Adjunct Appointments
- Appointments Where the Academic Unit is not Known at the Outset of the Search
- Joint Appointments and Cross Appointments
- Spousal 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
- Making Appointments
Article 30
CO-OPERATIVE EDUCATION CO-ORDINATORS
- Car Allowance
- Employment Equity
- Intellectual Property
- Layoff
- Exemptions
- Transitional Provisions
Article 31
SALARIES AND BENEFITS
- Setting Basic Annual Salaries for ASMs at the Time of Hiring
- Faculty Members
- Librarians
- Cooperative Education Coordinators
- Faculty Members, Librarians and Cooperative Education Coordinators
- Treatment of Basic Annual Salary for Faculty Members Following Initial Appointment
- Treatment of Basic Annual Salary for Librarians Following Initial Appointment
- Treatment of Basic Annual Salary for Cooperative Education Coordinators 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.1: Labour Relations Board Order – Faculty Members and Librarians
Appendix A.2: Labour Relations Board Order – Cooperative Education Coordinators
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 D.4: Salary Scale for CECs
Appendix E: Academic Unit Teaching Norms (See Clause 3.09)
Appendix F: Protocol in Connection with Clause 25.32
Appendix G: Memorandum of Understanding – Disciplines Constituting each Programme Unit at Grenfell College
Appendix H: Academic Units Where Course Equivalencies had not been Determined as of 7 February 2003
Appendix I: Letter from Administration regarding treatment of the salary of Librarians holding a doctorate as of the date of signing of this Collective Agreement
