Presentation to the General Membership April 23, 2013

Agenda for Todays Meeting 1. Summary of the Process 2. Provincial Template Table Package 3. Local Package 4. Voting Process

Process: Bargaining preparation for this round began over a year ago. Bargaining team met locally with the employer in December, January, February, March, and April. Provincial Template Table met the last week of January.

Categories of Proposals Fair and Reasonable Salary Increase Improvements for Non-Regular Faculty Benefit Improvements Pension Improvements Improvements to Job Security Resources to deal with Local Cost Issues (i.e. Workload issues)

Provincial Template Table Term of the Agreement Article 2 Harassment BC Provincial PharmaCare Formulary Expedited Arbitration Common Faculty Professional Development Fund Respectful Working Environment Salaries Non-Regular Research Project Housekeeping

Term of the Agreement April 1, 2012 March 31, 2014

Article 2 Harassment Article 2.1 Statement of Commitment The final paragraph of the Article speaks to the employer offering education and training programs. This sentence was added: The Unions and Employers agree that attendance is required and will take place during compensated work time.

BC Provincial PharmaCare Formulary While not to be included in the local parties collective agreements, FPSE and PSEA agree to continue discussions and investigation of the BC Provincial PharmaCare Formulary.

Expedited Arbitration Dismissals Suspensions in excess of 5 days grievances requiring substantial interpretation of the agreement presentation of extrinsic evidence where a local party intends to raise a preliminary objection arising from duty to accommodate interpretation of the Common Agreement unless mutually agreed Letter of Understanding After exhausting the steps of the grievance procedure, either party may notify the other of its desire to use expedited arbitration. The following are excluded:

Expedited Arbitration (2) A list of six arbitrators Lawyers not to be retained Agreed Statement of Facts Written submissions no more than 10 pages Arbitrator may assist in mediating a resolution Decision to be completed within 3 days All decisions are without prejudice and have no precedential value Decision is binding and conclusive

Common Faculty PD Plan 16.3.2 Any monies in the Fund not spent at the end of any fiscal year shall be retained by the employer.

Respectful Working Environment Letter of Understanding Jointly develop and offer mandatory educational and training programs at each institution, designed to: Enhance understanding of interpersonal conflict, bullying, and the effects thereof. Ensure all members are aware of resources and responsibilities Actively promote a respectful working environment

Salaries January 1, 2013 1 percent April 1, 20131 percent September 1, 2013 1 percent (or ratification if later) January 1, 2014 1 percent All secondary scales and stipends will be increased at the above rates

Sectoral Non-Regular Research Project PSEA agrees to assist FPSE in the collection of data from the HRDB and PSEA member institutions regarding non-regular faculty.

CORFA Local Agreement PSEA imposed several mandates for local bargaining including: No decrease to faculty workload; No limits on student numbers; No decrease to any Management rights; Anything with a cost had to be paid for by giving up some other existing local agreement benefit.

CORFA Local Agreement Article 5 Working Conditions 5.2.1.1 206 duty days changed to 205 (because of the new stat holiday) 5.2.2.5 A regular employee will normally be provided with 12 consecutive hours off duty following an evening teaching assignment (new) 5.6.1.2 This article talks about which University Studies/Career Tech contact hours are discounted. It still includes labs, practicums, workshops and field activities. Added clinical practice and studios. Deleted intro phrase ending with 1994. 5.62.1 Previously just stated maximum US/CT hours are 480. Added Normal assigned contact hours in University Studies is 450.

CORFA Local Agreement Article 5 Working Conditions cont. 5.6.2.2 Assigned contact hours greater than 450 is overload 5.6.4 Preparation Hours of Work - Just a title change added the words: for University Studies and/or Career Technology Courses 5.6.4.1 Preparation hours per Week a) added to a weekly maximum of 15 contact hours as per 5.6.3.1 b) added the 4 x4 language 5.6.4.2 New language - added calculation of part-time work

CORFA Local Agreement Article 5 Working Conditions cont. 5.7.1 changed duty period to 37 weeks including statutory holidays This was a long discussion. Heres the math: 261 potential work days in a year. 44 of these are vacation 20 of these are PD. 10 of these are NI. 12 are stat holidays. Maximum of 175 work days = 35 weeks. But, the period of the work days may stretch out as long as 37 weeks because stat holidays, PD and/or NI days may be part of this period.

CORFA Local Agreement Article 5 Working Conditions cont. 5.7.3 The restriction of a maximum of 18 lecture hours per week in Vocational workloads was clarified to only apply to Access Education Instructors. New 5.8 moved language from 7.2.2.1 and 7.2.2.2 regarding hours for auxiliary vocational instructors

CORFA Local Agreement What we didnt get in Article 5: Any reductions in contact hours. Any caps on student numbers Any definitions

CORFA Local Agreement Article 6 - Selection and Appointment Housekeeping changes What we didnt get in Article 6: Didnt get to change accrual of work to our proposed seniority and qualifications based system. Employer would not agree to it.

CORFA Local Agreement Article 7 Salaries and Premiums 7.3.1 Increments - Housekeeping 7.7 Instructors Diploma moved from article 5.6 Salary Increments were dealt with a Template Table We werent able to get rid cap on the auxiliary salary scale.

CORFA Local Agreement Article 8 Reimbursable Expenses Article 8.1.2.1 Vehicle Edited paragraph to include rental vehicle and clarify the College will pay all related expenses. Employees must choose most economical transportation and have travel preapproved

CORFA Local Agreement Article 9 Employee Benefits No substantive changes to employee benefits Article 9.3 Statutory Holidays added Family Day Article 9.7 Employee Benefits Housekeeping change - replaced Etc with Dismemberment

CORFA Local Agreement Article 10 Employee Evaluation and Performance Review No changes proposed by either side.

CORFA Local Agreement Article 11 Leaves of Absence Moved Article 6.5 Voluntary Workload Reduction to this Article, to go with other Leaves. It is now Article 11.8

CORFA Local Agreement Article 13 Employee Layoff and Recall and Technological Change. 13.1.5 Housekeeping Functional Area List removed formerly names What we werent able to get: We were not able to eliminate functional areas and implement our new proposed system of seniority and qualifications.

CORFA Local Agreement Article 15 Personnel Files Article 15.1 added official file is maintained in Human Resources Article 15.4.1 Disciplinary documentation to be removed after 24 months if a similar incident has not taken place Article 17 Occupational Health and Safety housekeeping

CORFA Local Agreement Article 20 Discipline Article 20.5 deleted as it was repetition of 15.4.1 Article 23 Professional Development moved from Article 5 Article 24 Respectful Workplace Environment Moved from article 5.12 Harassment changed to respectful workplace environment Change SIO to VP-Education

CORFA Local Agreement Letters of Understanding Renew Early Retirement Incentive Program Role of Contract Employees Evaluation and Performance Review Criteria Regular Sessional and Regular Sessional Part-time Employees Department Heads Compensation Deferred Salary Leave Program

CORFA Local Agreement Letters of Understanding Renew Courses Offered Through Institutes or Community Development Interpretation of Article 5.2.2.1 vis--vis Article 6.6 Flexible Configurations of Work Second Functional Areas Interpretation of Article 13 Local Government Management Courses

CORFA Local Agreement Letters of Understanding Deleted Joint Committee on Workload Application of Article 5.11 Department Heads to Current Incumbents

CORFA Local Agreement Letters of Agreement Amended Distributed Learning Refer to Common Agreement Article 6.6 Education Technology/Distributed Learning The parties agree that the contact hours per week for delivering a course shall be the same regardless of whether it is offered in distributed learning or lecture format. The remainder of the LOU was deleted because Article 6.6 supersedes local agreement language.

CORFA Local Agreement Letters of Understanding amended Post Retirement Faculty housekeeping Workload paragraph second sentence If the workload is an instructional term assignment, the term of employment will include non-instructional days University Studies and Career Technical Preparation Hours per Week Removed pilot from title and reference to 4 x 4 workload. Kept the 5 by 4 language with all its restrictions.

CORFA Local Agreement Letters of Understanding Amended Global Studies Graduate Certificate Program A general advertisement will be posted prior to each academic year. Mutual agreement for assignment deleted because of posting process. Student preference removed from faculty selection criteria. Pilot term and review process deleted.

CORFA Local Agreement Letters of Understanding Amended Workload for BBA Capstone stays at 1.5 contact hours per student per credit. Removed reference to 2011-2012 academic year Removed hours for coordinator to ensure courses are ready Letter of Understanding New Special Projects Faculty assigned to special projects instruction will be assigned 4.5 contact hours per student in an individualized 3-credit course, pro-rata. The contact hours are not distinctly different lecture form contact hours and are not considered prep hours as defined under Article 5.6.4

Almost done!! Questions

Vote: The CORFA Bargaining Committee recommends acceptance of the tentative Provincial Template Table agreement and the tentative local agreement Ballots will be available following the meeting as well as tomorrow from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. at the Cranbrook campus. Campuses each have a volunteer voting captain.

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Presentation to the General Membership April 23, 2013