Merit Recognition Clause Samples

Merit Recognition. The College shall annually deposit into a fund an amount of $4,000.00. Funds shall be administered by the Standing Committee on Professional Excellence (SCOPE) which shall be responsible for the judgment of professional excellence among faculty. The Committee will forward their decision to the College. This Committee will consist of six (6) members elected by the Selkirk College Faculty Association and two (2) members appointed by the President.

Merit Recognition. In each of the three years of the contract (academic years 2017-2018, 2018-2019, and 2019- 2020), a merit recognition program will recognize meritorious achievement by members of the bargaining unit in the areas of teaching, research/scholarship/creative activity, engagement, or contributions to the profession, either singly or in a combination of two areas. The University values meritorious achievement in teaching, research/scholarship/creative activity, engagement, and contributions to the profession equally. A minimum of one-third (33.3%) of the annual awards in each college will be for primary merit in teaching. The available funding for each of the first two year’s merit recognition program will be the unused balance of that year’s special salary pool for outside offers of employment (Article 17.5). For year three (3) the available funding will be the unused balance of that year’s special salary pool plus an amount equivalent to one percent (1.0%) of the total 2019-2020 salaries of bargaining unit faculty rounded to the nearest thousand dollars. Assuming a sufficient number of applications, no fewer than twenty-five percent (25%) of the bargaining unit in each college will receive merit awards in each of the three years of the program. A faculty member who receives an award in the first year will be ineligible for an award in the second year. In the third year, all bargaining unit faculty as defined above will be eligible for a merit award. The Contract Implementation Committee (CIC) will develop a memorandum of understanding (MOU) that determine the number and estimated amounts of the awards for each year in advance of the first merit application deadline, which will occur in the spring semester of 2018. Any member of the bargaining unit shall be eligible to compete for any of these merit awards in any contract year except as otherwise provided in Article 17.5. Merit awards shall become part of the faculty member's base salary at the beginning of the next academic year and are in addition to any other salary increase provided for in this Agreement. A. A faculty member may self-nominate or be nominated by another member of the bargaining unit or by the faculty member’s department Chair or school Director in up to two of the four categories in which merit will be recognized. Nominations and supporting materials shall be submitted by a date in the spring semester to be determined by the Contract Implementation Committee directly to the appropriate ▇▇▇▇ ...

Merit Recognition. Nothing in this Article shall prevent the Board from providing merit recognition to unit members in the form of lump sum payments. (See side letter Re: Merit Pay)

Merit Recognition. 1. The College President will have a fund available from which to recognize employees for meritorious service. 2. A task force will be formed to develop written criteria for eligibility during the first year of this Agreement.

Merit Recognition. 1. The College President will have a fund available from which to recognize employees for meritorious service. Such recognition, the basis therefore and the amount thereof shall be at the sole discretion of the President upon the approval of the Board of Trustees. Neither the amount of the merit recognition nor non- recognition is subject to the Grievance or Arbitration provisions of this Agreement. 2. A task force will be formed to develop written criteria for eligibility during the first year of this contract.