Common use of Equitable Opportunity Clause in Contracts

Equitable Opportunity. Each faculty member shall be given assignments that provide equitable opportunities, in relation to other faculty members in the same department, to meet required criteria for promotion, tenure, and merit salary increases. (a) For the purpose of applying this principle to promotion, assignments shall be considered over the entire period since the original appointment or since the last promotion if the faculty member has been promoted, not solely over the period of a single annual assignment. (b) For the purpose of applying this principle to tenure, assignments shall be considered over the entire probationary period. If an arbitrator determines that a faculty member was not provided an equitable opportunity as described in this section, the arbitrator may award an additional period of employment (not to exceed one [1] year) for the purpose of rectifying the inequity requiring the University to provide the equitable opportunity as described herein. (c) If it is determined that a faculty member has not received assignments that provide equitable opportunities described above, then the faculty member must receive a timely appropriate adjustment in the assignment that corrects the inequity.

Equitable Opportunity. Each faculty member shall be given assignments that provide equitable opportunities, in relation to other faculty members in the same department, to meet the required criteria for promotion, tenure, and merit salary increases. (a) For the purpose of applying this principle to promotion, assignments shall be considered over the entire period since the original appointment or since the last promotion if the faculty member has been promoted, not solely over the period of a single annual assignment. (b) For the purpose of applying this principle to tenure, assignments shall be considered over the entire probationary period. If an arbitrator determines that a faculty member was not provided an equitable opportunity as described in this section, the arbitrator may award an additional period of employment (not to exceed one [1] year) for the purpose of rectifying the inequity requiring the University to provide the equitable opportunity as described herein. (c) If it is determined that a faculty member has not received assignments that provide equitable opportunities described above, then the faculty member must receive a timely appropriate adjustment in the assignment that corrects the inequity.