COLLECTIVE AGREEMENT
between
MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND
and
MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND
FACULTY ASSOCIATION
January 25, 2001 – August 31, 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.
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 [2]
ACADEMIC RIGHTS AND FREEDOMS
- Non-discrimination
- Ethical conduct for research involving humans
Article 3 [3]
DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF FACULTY MEMBERS
- Workload of faculty members
- St. John’s Campus
- Grenfell College
- General considerations
Article 4 [4]
DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF LIBRARIANS
- Support for research and professional development
Article 5 [5]
REDUCTION IN DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
Article 6 [6]
RESEARCH APPOINTMENTS
Article 7 [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 [8]
PROCEDURES FOR THE FORMATION OF PROMOTION AND TENURE COMMITTEES FOR FACULTY MEMBERS
Article 9 [9]
THE ASSESSMENT FILE FOR NON-DECISION YEAR REVIEW, EXTENSION OF TENURE-TRACK APPOINTMENT, TENURE AND PROMOTION FOR FACULTY MEMBERS
Article 10 [10]
PROCEDURES FOR PROMOTION AND TENURE COMMITTEES FOR FACULTY MEMBERS
Article 11 [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 [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 [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 [14]
PROCEDURES FOR THE FORMATION OF PROMOTION AND TENURE COMMITTEES FOR LIBRARIANS
Article 15 [15]
THE ASSESSMENT FILE FOR NON-DECISION YEAR REVIEW, EXTENSION OF TENURE-TRACK APPOINTMENT, TENURE AND PROMOTION FOR LIBRARIANS
Article 16 [16]
PROCEDURES FOR PROMOTION AND TENURE COMMITTEES FOR LIBRARIANS
Article 17 [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 [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 [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 [20]
COMPLAINTS, GRIEVANCE AND ARBITRATION
- Complaints and grievance procedure
- Arbitration
- Sole arbitrator
Article 21 [21]
OUTSIDE PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
Article 22 [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 [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 [24]
COUNSELLING FACULTY MEMBERS
Article 25 [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 [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 [27]
PATENTS AND COPYRIGHTS
- Preamble
- Patents
- Copyrights
Article 28 [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 [29]
EMPLOYMENT EQUITY
- Preamble
- University Employment Equity Officer
- Joint Association/University Employment Equity Committee
Equity in the appointment of target groups
Article 30 [30]
CO-OPERATIVE EDUCATION CO-ORDINATORS
Article 31 [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 [32]: University-Wide Procedures on Sexual Harassment Complaints
Appendix D.1 [33]: Salary Scale for Lecturers
Appendix D.2 [34]: Salary Scale for other Faculty Member Ranks
Appendix D.3 [35]: Salary Scale for Librarians
Appendix E [36]: Academic Unit Teaching Norms
Appendix F [37]: Protocol in Connection with Clause 25.32
Appendix G: Distribution of Disciplines in Programme Units at Grenfell College