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Reclaiming the University

Reclaiming the University. FASBU Tentative Settlement 2012-2015. Non-Monetary Gains Concessions and Articles Withdrawn Monetary Gains. Tentative Settlement. ARTICLE 8: COPIES OF THE AGREEMENT Article 8.2 – for new and current Members

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Reclaiming the University

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  1. Reclaiming the University FASBU Tentative Settlement 2012-2015

  2. Non-Monetary Gains • Concessions and Articles Withdrawn • Monetary Gains Tentative Settlement

  3. ARTICLE 8: COPIES OF THE AGREEMENT • Article 8.2 – for new and current Members “an electronic link to a secure searchable PDF copy of the Agreement. • Article 8.4 – Signed paper copies of the agreement will be housed with the Employer and the Association Non-Monetary Gains

  4. ARTICLE 14: OFFICIAL FILES AND PERSONAL FILES • 14.1 Official Files • kept in the office of the appropriate Dean and will be clearly marked as confidential • files maintained in the Human Resources Office are not official files Non-Monetary Gains

  5. 14.2Access to Official Files • Identification required • Confidential materials removed • Only authorized representatives, for the purpose of administering the CA or consent of the Member or where required by law Non-Monetary Gains

  6. 14.3Amendmentsto Official Files • Member may supplement or correct • Member may request removal of material believed false, irrelevant, inaccurate or unsubstantiated Non-Monetary Gains

  7. 14.4Anonymous Materials • If introduced as part of any deliberation, action, or proceeding, will invalidate • Non-statistical information from Article 26 may be submitted by Member Non-Monetary Gains

  8. ARTICLE 15: PRIVACY • References to FIPPA and personal files removed • Personal files are documents in any media under a Member’s control and stored on University property, and are not required to support continued student academic needs or ongoing operational requirements and are items that are clearly of a personal nature or are owned by a former member… Non-Monetary Gains

  9. ARTICLE 17: ACADEMIC FREEDOM AND ACADEMIC RESPONSIBILTY • Removed: 17.6 (e) • Academic freedom does not conver legal immunity, nor does it diminish the obligations of Members to abide by the University’s Personal Harassment and Discrimination Policy or other University policies. • Core of our Governance Article has been achieved with Policy grievability and Academic Freedom Non-Monetary Gains

  10. ARTICLE 19: FACULTY APPOINTMENTS • 19.7 Types of Faculty Appointments (c) A Tenure-Track Appointment will be for a period of (6) years • 19.8 Letters of Appointment (a) (xi) inserted normally $5,000 (xiii) for LTA3 appointments that convert to tenure-track appointments, start-up grant application process, where applicable (where not already received) Non-Monetary Gains

  11. ARTICLE 20: LIMITED-TERM APPOINTMENTS • 20.5 Limited-Term Appointments 3 (LTA3) (d) Members on an LTA3 will have a Normal Workload but are eligible to apply for a Research Intensive Workload. Non-Monetary Gains

  12. ARTICLE 23: CROSS-APPOINTMENT OF NEW FACULTY • 23.6 (a) NEW • Where a cross-appointment is made subsequent to the initial appointment, the Member will receive a new letter of appointment outlining the home unit and all items outlined in Articles 19.8 and 19.9. Non-Monetary Gains

  13. ARTICLE 25: TENURE AND PROMOTION (HIGHLIGHTS only ) • moved from Appendix L • For FRC (new TPF) a majority of faculty members must be tenured • Inclusion of Faculty of Applied and Professional Studies • Each faculty having own FRC, where practicable Non-Monetary Gains

  14. ARTICLE 25: TENURE AND PROMOTION • Addition of NUFA observers to FRCs • Quorum is five members, a majority of whom must be tenured • NUFA to be informed of membership of FRCs and any changes Non-Monetary Gains

  15. ARTICLE 25: TENURE AND PROMOTION • On the URC, the role of the Chair is to ensure that the Standards and the procedures in this Article are followed. • NUFA to be informed of URC (new TPU) membership and any changes Non-Monetary Gains

  16. ARTICLE 25: TENURE AND PROMOTION • Joint annual workshop for Members who are planning to apply for tenure and/or promotion • Members are encouraged to be selective of the materials submitted for the dossier but should include peer-reviewed materials • New external letters of reference may be solicited from previous referees Non-Monetary Gains

  17. ARTICLE 25: TENURE AND PROMOTION • For tenure and/or promotion to Associate Professor, all referees must hold the rank of tenuredAssociatProfessor or Professor save one who may be a highly credentialed non-academic within a relevant profession or field of research. Non-Monetary Gains

  18. ARTICLE 25: TENURE AND PROMOTION • If a candidate wishes to seek assistance in identifying potential referees from the Dean, the Dean may suggest potential referees. Any potential referees must be at arm’s-length to both the candidate and the Dean. Non-Monetary Gains

  19. ARTICLE 25: TENURE AND PROMOTION • Candidates may, if they wish, submit the dossier organized in a similar manner in an electronic format. • See specific additions to 25.9 The Dossier Non-Monetary Gains

  20. ARTICLE 25: TENURE AND PROMOTION • Candidates will have the option to include new or updated material in their dossier up to and including the preliminary ballot of the FRC. Once the FRC holds its final ballot no new or updated information may be added. The dossier and the file is considered closed. Non-Monetary Gains

  21. ARTICLE 25: TENURE AND PROMOTION • Evidence of a productive record of research, scholarship,…since the completion of the candidate’s terminal degree and over the course of the period of appointment at Nipissing University. Non-Monetary Gains

  22. ARTICLE 25: TENURE AND PROMOTION • …developed a research program that goes beyond the requirements for the terminal degree. Non-Monetary Gains

  23. ARTICLE 25: TENURE AND PROMOTION • At both the FRC and URC if a motion to be granted tenure is adopted unanimously after a preliminary ballot, that ballot will be deemed to be the final ballot. Non-Monetary Gains

  24. ARTICLE 25: TENURE AND PROMOTION • Clarity in the language of 25.17 on Appeals to the University Review Appeals Committee (URAC) • 25.20 Board’s Consideration of the URAB Decision changed to Implementation of the URAB Decision and Failure of the Board Executive to do so is grievable. Non-Monetary Gains

  25. ARTICLE 25: TENURE AND PROMOTION • NUFA now has access to the files • In 25.29 (g) in cases where Members are denied tenure, Where such a Member appeals to the URAB, the LTA1 appointment may, if required, be extended beyond 12 months until the conclusion of the appeal process. Non-Monetary Gains

  26. ARTICLE 25: TENURE AND PROMOTION • Where there are any delays in decisions The Chair of the committee(s) should communicate to the candidates any delays or agreed to extensions in a timely manner. Non-Monetary Gains

  27. ARTICLE 26: STUDENT EVALUATIONSOPINION SURVEYS OF FACULTY TEACHING (SOS) • Title change • Purpose for the self-development of Members and the improvement of their teaching abilities Non-Monetary Gains

  28. ARTICLE 26: STUDENT EVALUATIONSOPINION SURVEYS OF FACULTY TEACHING (SOS) • Teaching effectiveness for the purposes of tenure and/or promotion may be evaluated in part by SOS, so long as such evaluations are in accordance with this Collective Agreement. • Paper summaries of SOS will be maintained in the office of the relevant Dean for the previous seven (7) years of a Member’s employment. Non-Monetary Gains

  29. ARTICLE 26: STUDENT EVALUATIONSOPINION SURVEYS OF FACULTY TEACHING (SOS) • Where data from SOS are used for the purposes of tenure and/or promotion, these data will include a mean, standard deviation, frequency distribution, the number of student respondents, and the number of students registered in the course. Non-Monetary Gains

  30. ARTICLE 27: ACADEMIC WORKLOAD • Members may request a pattern of teaching in two terms, one of which is spring/summer. Non-Monetary Gains

  31. ARTICLE 27: ACADEMIC WORKLOAD • The annual workload reduction for Directors of academic units will be three (3) three-credit course releases. Non-Monetary Gains

  32. ARTICLE 27: ACADEMIC WORKLOAD • During the Fall and Winter terms, the teaching of an alternative delivery course with a minimum of fifteen (15) students will be counted towards a Member’s workload. Non-Monetary Gains

  33. ARTICLE 27: ACADEMIC WORKLOAD • Members may request a pattern of teaching in two terms, one of which is spring/summer. • Newly-hired tenure-track Members must apply to their Dean for a second year of reduced teaching before November 1 if the course release is to be granted for the following academic year…These requests will not be unreasonably denied. In other circumstances, alternative delivery courses are taught on an overload basis. Non-Monetary Gains

  34. ARTICLE 28: SABBATICALS • Years of service at Nipissing University accumulated in CASBU appointments will be credited for the purposes of sabbatical eligibility… Non-Monetary Gains

  35. ARTICLE 28: SABBATICALS • Reworking of Article 28.6 Salary and Benefits During Sabbaticals to (a) First Sabbaticals and (b) Subsequent Sabbaticals • Option to spread the impact (of reduced pay during sabbatical) equally over twenty-four (24) months (i.e. 92.5% of nominal salary in each of two years) Non-Monetary Gains

  36. ARTICLE 41: ELECTION, REMOVAL, AND RESIGNATION OF CHAIRS • A Chair will be elected in every academic unit, including Graduate Programs in the School of Education. Non-Monetary Gains

  37. ARTICLE 41: ELECTION, REMOVAL, AND RESIGNATION OF CHAIRS • The parties agree that Chairs elected pursuant to and in accordance with Article 41.2…should be removed only in extraordinary circumstances. Non-Monetary Gains

  38. ARTICLE 42: DUTIES OF CHAIRS, GRADUATE PROGRAM COORDINATORS, GRADUATE CHAIR IN EDUCATION, AND DIRECTORS • Work with the Dean and academic unit Members to produce an annual draft course timetable which shall include all courses in the unit’s program area regardless of delivery mode, and attempt to ensure a reasonable equitable workload among Members as per Article 27.6 • Attend a one-day training session Non-Monetary Gains

  39. ARTICLE 42: DUTIES OF CHAIRS, GRADUATE PROGRAM COORDINATORS, GRADUATE CHAIR IN EDUCATION, AND DIRECTORS • New 42.4 Duties of Directors • Includes providing leadership, strategic and academic plans, preparing and administering budget, supervising non-academic staff, maintaining and building relationships with external professional, accreditation and advocacy agencies • Letter of Agreement for a Special Joint Committee regarding the election or appointment of Directors Non-Monetary Gains

  40. ARTICLE 43: SCHEDULING OF COURSES • New process includes: • An annual review, including the Deans, Chairs, Directors and the Registrar, of the previous year’s scheduling process • Chairs and Directors working with academic unit to complete the draft loading sheets which includes space for faculty to identify their delivery pattern and time block preferences…reasonable efforts will be made to reflect the preferences of the Members of the academic unit Non-Monetary Gains

  41. ARTICLE 43: SCHEDULING OF COURSES • New process includes: • Slight change in deadlines with the publishing of the final course timetable by March 31, however, one process only for all facultieswith scheduling for Collaborative Programs remaining a separate process Non-Monetary Gains

  42. ARTICLE 43: SCHEDULING OF COURSES • New process includes: • 43.1 (g) By January of each year, the Dean will review, sign off and submit to the Registrar’s Office the final loading sheets. Reasonable efforts will be made to reflect the preferences as submitted by the respective academic units, but such requests are not guaranteed to be satisfied. The Dean’s decision with regard to such requests shall be final. Non-Monetary Gains

  43. ARTICLE 18 RIGHTS AND RESPONSIBILITIES • Members are expected to seek external funding • If Dean approves substantial outside professional activities or employment, the numbers of hours will be noted in Member’s file • ARTICLE 20 LIMITED TERM APPOINTMENTS • LTA 1 remains a 10 month appointment in year 2 • ARTICLE 27 ACADEMIC WORKLOAD • Restrictions to Overload including Individualized study courses • ARTICLE 31 GROUP BENEFITS • Status quo on Long-Term Disability Concessions and Withdrawals

  44. ARTICLE 32 PENSION PLAN • CPP language remains • ARTICLE 34X CONFERENCE TRAVEL FUND • No Conference Travel Fund • ARTICLE 35 LEAVES • No additional weeks of top up to maternity leave but we did get a Letter of Agreement to change this for the next round • ARTICLE 5X GOVERNANCE • No Governance Article 5x but gains in Article 17 Academic Freedom and Article 15 Privacy, and in Article 7 Correspondence and Information where Association has access to confidential contracts for each senior administrative position Concessions and Withdrawals

  45. ARTICLE 5: RIGHTS AND PRIVILEGES OF THE ASSOCIATION • Elimination of payment for office space • One additional course release for the Association during a non-bargaining year along with the two course releases during a collective bargaining year and in connection with preparing for and/or conducting negotiations for a renewal Collective Agreement • Purchase of up to three additional three-credit course releases Monetary Gains

  46. ARTICLE 29: FINANCIAL COMPENSATION • May 1, 2012 1% • November 1, 2012 1% • May 1, 2013 1% • November 1, 2013 1% • May 1, 2014 1% • November 1, 2014 1% • Non-compounded Monetary Gains

  47. ARTICLE 29: FINANCIAL COMPENSATION • Additional step upon promotion, retroactive to July 1st • Undergraduate overload payments increased by ATB percentage Monetary Gains

  48. ARTICLE 31: GROUP BENEFITS • Increase to Health Care Spending Account (HCSA) for retirees from $880 to $1000 annually Monetary Gains

  49. ARTICLE 32: THE NIPISSING UNIVERSITY PENSION PLAN • Increase to pension plan contributions in 2013 to 9.5% and in 2014 to 10% Monetary Gains

  50. ARTICLE 34: PROFESSIONAL EXPENSES REIMBURSEMENT • Increase to PER from $1,800 to $1,900 in 2013 and $2,000 in 2014 • Unspent amounts carried over for three years Monetary Gains

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