Expected Workload Clause Samples

Expected Workload. The parties recognize that employees in this bargaining unit are engaged in work of such a nature that the output produced, or the result accomplished, often cannot be precisely standardized or measured in relation to a given period of time and that the time necessary to accomplish an assignment may vary. No employee shall be required to perform work covered by this Article for more than twenty (20) hours per week on average. This includes but is not limited to, the following activities when required by their appointment: meetings, trainings, office hours, orientations and conferences, and reasonable classroom preparation for employees with teaching assignments. While the parties recognize that the content of work assigned to an employee may vary from week to week, employees shall not be assigned job duties that cannot be reasonably performed within the workload listed above. Assessment of hours required to do a given task should be in good faith, taking into consideration the relevant surrounding circumstances. The parties recognize that teaching appointments, even when accompanied by course credit and/or required by an employee's academic program, have certain unique features and, as a result, the parties have agreed that teaching activities performed under these appointments are included in the twenty (20) hours of work that may be assigned under this Section. The parties acknowledge that employees will engage in activities contributing to their academic degree including the employee's own academic course work and examinations and the employee's own academic research that are in addition to the twenty (20) hours of work that may be assigned under this Section. Supervisors are expected to consider employees' academic obligations in making appropriate work assignments.