Sabbatical Allowance Clause Samples

Sabbatical Allowance. (a) For a Lecturer, Assistant, Associate or Full Professor, when the first sabbatical is for a period of twelve (12) or six (6) continuous months and, is taken within the first fifteen (15) years of a preliminary or tenured faculty member's initial appointment at Carleton University or another University, the rate of sabbatical allowance shall be 100% of nominal salary. (b) With the exception of (a) above, the amount of the allowance that a sabbaticand is entitled to receive shall be based on the following calculations: (i) The rate of sabbatical allowance for a full-year sabbatical shall be 80% of nominal salary. (ii) The rate of sabbatical allowance for a six-month sabbatical under Article 21.1(b) shall be 70% of nominal salary. (iii) Employees who have been required by the employer to delay a full-year sabbatical shall be entitled to remuneration of 85% of nominal salary. Alternatively, such employees may elect to be credited with the period of service arising from the delay, to be applied toward their next sabbatical. (iv) Employees who have been required by the employer to delay a six-month sabbatical to the next academic year shall be credited with one (1) year of service, commencing on the July 1 following completion of the sabbatical, such service to be applied toward their next sabbatical. (c) A portion of the sabbatical allowance to which an employee is entitled may be paid as a research grant. The award of a research grant shall be made in accordance with University policy for awarding research grants which provides that the employee shall receive as a research grant that portion of his/her sabbatical allowance required to cover his/her approved research and travel expenses. (d) Subject to Article 41.5(b), employees on sabbatical are eligible for career development increments and research/teaching/professional achievement awards, and entitled to other increments to nominal salary and improvements to fringe benefits which may become effective during their absence. (i) All Health Benefits specified in Article 40.1 shall be maintained on behalf of any employee taking a sabbatical, in accordance with the cost-sharing arrangements specified in Article 40.2. (ii) The Long Term Disability Plan shall be maintained in relation to the employee's nominal salary. (iii) An employee on a sabbatical will contribute to the Carleton University Retirement Plan in accordance with the provisions of Article 13.6(a). (iv) An employee on a sabbatical retains the right...