FACULTY REDUCTIONS Clause Samples

FACULTY REDUCTIONS. A. The first duty of the University is to ensure that its academic priorities remain paramount, particularly in regard to the quality of learning. When faced with financial constraints, the University must ensure the primacy of its educational functions. It is recognized that any Human Resources reductions in the University would be a measure of last resort in solving budget difficulties. B. Should Faculty reduction be necessary for any reason, every effort will be made to assign Tenured Faculty members to other academic duties in the University. In such instances, seniority and ability shall be the sole criteria. Furthermore, consideration will be given to retraining of Faculty members to adapt them to an available position within the University. C. The University will utilize where possible normal retirements, voluntary early retirements, voluntary reduced workloads, and leaves of absence to ameliorate the effects of redundancy. D. Situations and degree of Faculty redundancy shall be identified by the Vice President, Faculty and Staff Affairs or his/her designate in consultation with the Deans. The ▇▇▇▇ of a Faculty/Division, in which a redundancy has been identified, shall notify all Faculty members within his/her Faculty/Division of that situation. A Redundancy Identification and Amelioration Committee (R.I.A.C.) shall be struck immediately, consisting of the ▇▇▇▇ of the Faculty/Division, the Chair of the Department/School affected, and the President of the Association. The R.I.A.C. will seek to establish employment opportunities to offset the effect of Departmental/School redundancy following the principles that Faculty members should be allocated the academic loads that are assigned, or are planned to be assigned, to other than Tenured or Probationary Faculty members, and that Faculty members should be considered for available non-academic positions in the University. The following sequence of priorities shall be followed: 1. seeking academic opportunities elsewhere within the Department/School (day and/or evening), 2. seeking academic opportunities elsewhere within the Faculty/Division (day and/or evening), 3. seeking academic opportunities elsewhere within the University (day and/or evening), 4. seeking non-academic employment opportunities within the University, consistent with normal University hiring procedures. E. 1. If the R.I.A.C. is successful in finding a potential academic opportunity outside the affected Department/School, the DAC of the ...

FACULTY REDUCTIONS. A. Whenever it is necessary to decrease the size of the faculty due to, but not limited to, insufficient funds, substantial decrease of student population, or changes in program, the board, upon the recommendation of the President of the college after consultation with the Federation, may cause the necessary number of instructors in the appropriate discipline(s) to be placed on involuntary leave without pay at the expiration of his/her/ their contract(s). The administration shall have the option of issuing a one-semester contract rather than discontinuance if it is in the best interest of the college as determined by the administration. 1. Before any full-time instructors are laid off, adjunct positions in the affected discipline(s) shall be cancelled and those duties assigned to full-time faculty members to maintain full-time loads, if determined to be qualified by the Chief Academic Officer (CAO), in accordance with the provisions of this agreement. 2. Faculty members who have been placed on involuntary leave in excess of three years shall be excluded from the provisions of this agreement. 3. For a period of three years, no new appointments shall be made in the discipline while there are available instructors who have (a) been placed on involuntary leave and (b) who are determined by the administration to be adequately qualified in that discipline or disciplines. The President of the college or his/her designee will notify such instructor of position availability. The instructor must notify the President of the college or his/her designee, in writing, of their acceptance of employment within twenty-eight (28) calendar days from the date of notification by the President or his/her designee. 4. Such re-employment shall not result in loss of status or credit of previous years of service. B. Whenever possible, notice of discontinuance of service of the possibility of a one semester contract shall be made at least sixty days before discontinuance takes effect. It is recognized, however, that circumstances may dictate a reduction subsequent to such notice period and in such event, the board will make every reasonable effort to give advance notice such as is possible under the circumstances. ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇ set-off/unemployment benefits: it is understood that faculty members who receive unemployment benefits during the summer after layoff will have a reduction in salary by the amount of unemployment received if they are called from layoff for the next school year. D....