Collective Agreement 2003-2005

 

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.


Table of Contents
Article 1
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


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