Common use of Primary Appointment Clause in Contracts

Primary Appointment. a. Each faculty member shall have a primary appointment in an academic unit, as listed in paragraph 41a (7). Faculty may also formally have a non-primary unit assignment, e.g., a joint appointment. A faculty member shall participate in governance only in the unit of the member’s primary appointment unless Oakland and the non-primary unit agree. Oakland shall notify the Association of any such agreement, in writing. Subject to the following, the primary academic unit shall be responsible for decisions or recommendations regarding salary, reappointment, tenure, promotion, leaves, and other perquisites and shall be responsible for securing agreement among the departments or units involved on the sharing of salary and support funds. b. When a faculty member is engaged with appointments in more than one academic unit (i.e. joint appointments), the letter of joint appointment (the “Letter”) will specify the member’s primary and secondary appointments and how teaching, research and service expectations will be apportioned between each unit. These terms must be approved by the applicable ▇▇▇▇(s) and both the primary and secondary academic units, and will be considered by the primary unit in its deliberations. c. The primary appointment may be transferred subject to the following: (1) The receiving academic unit shall have an opportunity to make a recommendation on the proposed transfer. If the academic unit recommends against the transfer, Oakland may accept this recommendation or, with the approval of the faculty member, refer the matter to FRPC for its review and recommendation. Oakland shall then determine to make or not make the transfer. (2) A tenured faculty member will maintain the member’s tenure status. (3) The faculty member's salary shall be maintained unless the faculty member and Oakland agree to a different salary. (4) Accrued leave eligibility will be retained. d. For faculty members with joint or similar appointments, the re-employment, tenure and promotion procedures of paragraph 41 shall apply with the following exceptions: (1) For a faculty member on a joint appointment who holds tenure-eligible faculty rank, reappointment, tenure and promotion matters are to be addressed pursuant to the primary department’s or unit’s review process with advice from the non-primary unit(s). Subject to the terms of Paragraph 41.c, the faculty member shall be evaluated for reappointment, tenure and promotion according to the same criteria, by the same committees, and on the same schedule as apply to faculty members in the faculty member's primary unit. The chair/director from the secondary unit, as may be applicable, shall be invited to and may attend, as a non-voting participant, all deliberations regarding the faculty member’s review by the primary unit’s committee. (2) Subject to the terms of the Letter, the review criteria for the faculty member’s primary department or unit shall apply; however, a report from the secondary unit evaluating the candidate’s work in areas that are apportioned to the secondary unit and described in the Letter will become part of the faculty member’s review dossier, along with the Letter, and will be considered by the primary department in making its tenure and promotion recommendations. e. An individual who accepts a joint appointment with the OUWBSOM and a unit covered by this Agreement will be subject to the following: (1) If the primary appointment is to a unit covered by this Agreement, then the faculty member will be regarded as a bargaining unit member; and (2) If the primary appointment is with OUWBSOM, then the individual will be excluded from the bargaining unit pursuant to Appendix H.