Common use of FACULTY REDUCTIONS Clause in Contracts

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 Department/School with the redundancy situation will meet with the DAC of the Department/School in need of expertise and the President of the Association.

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 President 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 Department/School with the redundancy situation will meet with the DAC of the Department/School in need of expertise and the President of the Association.