Common use of Reduced Work Load Clause in Contracts

Reduced Work Load. An employee may request to work reduced hours, based on the same definition of contact and non-contact hours in 16.02 (a) above, and be paid a pro-rated salary commensurate with the number of hours worked. An employee on a reduced workload will be responsible for paying the premium for LTD Insurance and Life Insurance, should she/he elect to continue such benefit coverage, and will be required to provide the additional employee and employer share of pension contributions to bring employee and employer pension contributions to an amount based on the employee’s regular salary at 100% of workload, should she/he elect to maintain a level of pension contributions based on regular salary at 100% of workload. Requests for a reduction in workload will, among other factors, be granted based on operational necessities, including but not limited to the ability to match up the requested reduced load with teaching assignments. No more than two (2) Instructors will be permitted to be on reduced workload at the same time. Requests for a reduction in workload should be made at least two (2) months in advance of the desired start of the workload reduction, and reductions in workload will be granted for periods of time no less than two months in duration.