Common use of Workload Assignment Clause in Contracts

Workload Assignment. 12.1 All academic staff members are expected to undertake activities appropriate to the responsibilities of their rank or position as outlined in the Procedures Pertaining to Appointment, Promotion, and Tenure of Academic Staff approved by General Faculties Council and the terms of their appointment. Any specific duties required of an academic staff member shall be assigned in accordance with this Article 12. 12.2 Each ▇▇▇▇ or equivalent shall make available to the academic staff of the faculty or unit the process and factors taken into consideration for workload assignment. Located towards the end of the Collective Agreement, Letters of Understanding, on the Recognition of Graduate Student Supervision and on Independent Study Courses contain more detailed information for workload considerations. 12.3 Department Heads or equivalent have the authority to assign work to academic staff members. Duties are assigned following consultation in good faith, with the academic staff member, subject to the approval of the ▇▇▇▇ or equivalent. Workload shall normally be assigned by April 30. 12.4 The assignment of workload shall be in accordance with the process and factors in Article 12.2 and shall consider the equitable distribution of the overall workload of the Department or Unit and the full range of institutional responsibilities and workload of the academic staff members, as well as their individual preferences. 12.5 While the duties of academic staff members will necessarily vary, such duties shall be assigned in a reasonable and non-arbitrary manner. 12.6 In order to promote scholarship and effective teaching within the University, the duties of an academic staff member may be adjusted by the Department Head or equivalent, with the approval of the ▇▇▇▇ or equivalent in consultation with, or at the request of, the academic staff member. 12.7 Events and circumstances may arise from time to time that would best be handled by the assignment of additional duties to regular academic staff. 12.7.1 Where an academic staff member agrees to the assignment of additional duties and there is a corresponding reduction of the staff member's regular assigned duties in a previous or subsequent period and no extra remuneration, it is agreed that the matter can be addressed under the provision of this Article. 12.7.2 Overload duties shall not be assigned unless voluntarily agreed to by the academic staff member. 12.7.3 Overload duties shall not be assigned to any academic staff member holding a less than full-time appointment. When additional duties are assigned to Continuing, Limited Term or Contingent Term appointees holding less than a full-time appointment, the terms of the appointment shall be amended to reflect the proportion of such additional duties. 12.7.4 The assignment of overload duties requires the written approval in advance by the ▇▇▇▇ or equivalent. 12.7.5 An academic staff member assigned overload duties shall receive extra remuneration in accordance with Schedule "A". 12.7.6 Nothing in this section is intended to diminish in any way or impinge on the authority and role of the Department Head or equivalent or the ▇▇▇▇ or equivalent with respect to the assignment of duties in accordance with this Article of the Collective Agreement. 12.8 Teaching duties in the Spring or Summer Session may be assigned as part of regular assigned duties for academic staff in the Instructor ranks, but not for academic staff in the Professor ranks, unless voluntarily agreed to by the academic staff member. 12.9 An academic staff member who teaches in Spring and Summer Sessions in addition to regular assigned duties shall receive extra compensation for such teaching in accordance with Schedule “A”. 12.10 All Continuing, Contingent Term, and Limited Term academic staff (teaching and research) and (administrative and professional), whether full-time or part-time, are required to perform their duties on a 12-month basis, inclusive of the vacation period. However, if the terms of the appointment specify a shorter period of continuing part- time employment, the vacation period shall be prorated and included within the period of employment. 12.11 An academic staff member shall not be required to teach: a) non-credit courses; or b) credit courses which require the presence of the academic staff member at locations outside the City of Calgary unless the academic staff member's terms of appointment provide for such assignments. When such duties are assumed on a voluntary basis, the academic staff member will normally be paid extra compensation unless the academic staff member has agreed to perform the duties without extra compensation.