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Reclaiming the University FASBU Tentative Settlement 2012-2015

Tentative Settlement

•Non-Monetary Gains

•Concessions and Articles Withdrawn

•Monetary Gains

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ARTICLE 8: COPIES OF THE AGREEMENT

• Article 8.2 – for new and current Members “an electronic link to a secure searchable PDF

copy of the Agreement.

• Article 8.4 – Signed paper copies of the agreement will be housed with the Employer and the Association

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ARTICLE 14: OFFICIAL FILES AND PERSONAL FILES

• 14.1 Official Files

• kept in the office of the appropriate Dean and will be clearly marked as confidential

• files maintained in the Human Resources Office are not official files

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• 14.2 Access to Official Files

• Identification required

• Confidential materials removed

• Only authorized representatives, for the purpose of administering the CA or consent of the Member or where required by law

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• 14.3 Amendments to Official Files

• Member may supplement or correct

• Member may request removal of material believed false, irrelevant, inaccurate or unsubstantiated

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• 14.4 Anonymous Materials

• If introduced as part of any deliberation, action, or proceeding, will invalidate

• Non-statistical information from Article 26 may be submitted by Member

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• ARTICLE 15: PRIVACY

• References to FIPPA and personal files removed• Personal files are documents in any media

under a Member’s control and stored on University property, and are not required to support continued student academic needs or ongoing operational requirements and are items that are clearly of a personal nature or are owned by a former member…

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• ARTICLE 17: ACADEMIC FREEDOM AND ACADEMIC RESPONSIBILTY

• Removed: 17.6 (e)• Academic freedom does not conver legal immunity, nor

does it diminish the obligations of Members to abide by the University’s Personal Harassment and Discrimination Policy or other University policies.

• Core of our Governance Article has been achieved with Policy grievability and Academic Freedom

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ARTICLE 19: FACULTY APPOINTMENTS

• 19.7 Types of Faculty Appointments(c) A Tenure-Track Appointment will be for a

period of (6) years

• 19.8 Letters of Appointment(a) (xi) inserted normally $5,000(xiii) for LTA3 appointments that convert to

tenure-track appointments, start-up grant application process, where applicable (where not already received)

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ARTICLE 20: LIMITED-TERMAPPOINTMENTS

• 20.5 Limited-Term Appointments 3 (LTA3)

(d) Members on an LTA3 will have a Normal Workload but are eligible to apply for a

Research Intensive Workload.

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• ARTICLE 23: CROSS-APPOINTMENT OF NEW FACULTY

• 23.6 (a) NEW

• Where a cross-appointment is made subsequent to the initial appointment, the Member will receive a new letter of appointment outlining the home unit and all items outlined in Articles 19.8 and 19.9.

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ARTICLE 25: TENURE AND PROMOTION(HIGHLIGHTS only )• moved from Appendix L• For FRC (new TPF) a majority of faculty

members must be tenured• Inclusion of Faculty of Applied and Professional

Studies• Each faculty having own FRC, where

practicable

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ARTICLE 25: TENURE AND PROMOTION

• Addition of NUFA observers to FRCs

• Quorum is five members, a majority of whom must be tenured

• NUFA to be informed of membership of FRCs and any changes

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• On the URC, the role of the Chair is to ensure that the Standards and the procedures in this Article are followed.

• NUFA to be informed of URC (new TPU) membership and any changes

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• Joint annual workshop for Members who are planning to apply for tenure and/or promotion

• Members are encouraged to be selective of the materials submitted for the dossier but should include peer-reviewed materials

• New external letters of reference may be solicited from previous referees

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• For tenure and/or promotion to Associate Professor, all referees must hold the rank of tenured Associat Professor or Professor save one who may be a highly credentialed non-academic within a relevant profession or field of research.

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• If a candidate wishes to seek assistance in identifying potential referees from the Dean, the Dean may suggest potential referees. Any potential referees must be at arm’s-length to both the candidate and the Dean.

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• Candidates may, if they wish, submit the dossier organized in a similar manner in an electronic format.

• See specific additions to 25.9 The Dossier

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• Candidates will have the option to include new or updated material in their dossier up to and including the preliminary ballot of the FRC. Once the FRC holds its final ballot no new or updated information may be added. The dossier and the file is considered closed.

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• Evidence of a productive record of research, scholarship,…since the completion of the candidate’s terminal degree and over the course of the period of appointment at Nipissing University.

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• …developed a research program that goes beyond the requirements for the terminal degree.

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• At both the FRC and URC if a motion to be granted tenure is adopted unanimously after a preliminary ballot, that ballot will be deemed to be the final ballot.

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• Clarity in the language of 25.17 on Appeals to the University Review Appeals Committee (URAC)

• 25.20 Board’s Consideration of the URAB Decision changed to Implementation of the URAB Decision and Failure of the Board Executive to do so is grievable.

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• NUFA now has access to the files

• In 25.29 (g) in cases where Members are denied tenure, Where such a Member appeals to the URAB, the LTA1 appointment may, if required, be extended beyond 12 months until the conclusion of the appeal process.

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• Where there are any delays in decisions The Chair of the committee(s) should communicate to the candidates any delays or agreed to extensions in a timely manner.

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ARTICLE 26: STUDENT EVALUATIONS OPINION SURVEYS OF FACULTY TEACHING (SOS)

• Title change

• Purpose for the self-development of Members and the improvement of their teaching abilities

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• Teaching effectiveness for the purposes of tenure and/or promotion may be evaluated in part by SOS, so long as such evaluations are in accordance with this Collective Agreement.

• Paper summaries of SOS will be maintained in the office of the relevant Dean for the previous seven (7) years of a Member’s employment.

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• Where data from SOS are used for the purposes of tenure and/or promotion, these data will include a mean, standard deviation, frequency distribution, the number of student respondents, and the number of students registered in the course.

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• ARTICLE 27: ACADEMIC WORKLOAD

• Members may request a pattern of teaching in two terms, one of which is spring/summer.

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• The annual workload reduction for Directors of academic units will be three (3) three-credit course releases.

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• During the Fall and Winter terms, the teaching of an alternative delivery course with a minimum of fifteen (15) students will be counted towards a Member’s workload.

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• Members may request a pattern of teaching in two terms, one of which is spring/summer.

• Newly-hired tenure-track Members must apply to their Dean for a second year of reduced teaching before November 1 if the course release is to be granted for the following academic year…These requests will not be unreasonably denied. In other circumstances, alternative delivery courses are taught on an overload basis.

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• ARTICLE 28: SABBATICALS

• Years of service at Nipissing University accumulated in CASBU appointments will be credited for the purposes of sabbatical eligibility…

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• ARTICLE 28: SABBATICALS

• Reworking of Article 28.6 Salary and Benefits During Sabbaticals to (a) First Sabbaticals and (b) Subsequent Sabbaticals

• Option to spread the impact (of reduced pay during sabbatical) equally over twenty-four (24) months (i.e. 92.5% of nominal salary in each of two years)

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• ARTICLE 41: ELECTION, REMOVAL, AND RESIGNATION OF CHAIRS

• A Chair will be elected in every academic unit, including Graduate Programs in the School of Education.

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• ARTICLE 41: ELECTION, REMOVAL, AND RESIGNATION OF CHAIRS

• The parties agree that Chairs elected pursuant to and in accordance with Article 41.2…should be removed only in extraordinary circumstances.

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• ARTICLE 42: DUTIES OF CHAIRS, GRADUATE PROGRAM COORDINATORS, GRADUATE CHAIR IN EDUCATION, AND DIRECTORS

• Work with the Dean and academic unit Members to produce an annual draft course timetable which shall include all courses in the unit’s program area regardless of delivery mode, and attempt to ensure a reasonable equitable workload among Members as per Article 27.6

• Attend a one-day training session

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• ARTICLE 42: DUTIES OF CHAIRS, GRADUATE PROGRAM COORDINATORS, GRADUATE CHAIR IN EDUCATION, AND DIRECTORS

• New 42.4 Duties of Directors• Includes providing leadership, strategic and academic

plans, preparing and administering budget, supervising non-academic staff, maintaining and building relationships with external professional, accreditation and advocacy agencies

• Letter of Agreement for a Special Joint Committee regarding the election or appointment of Directors

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• ARTICLE 43: SCHEDULING OF COURSES

• New process includes:• An annual review, including the Deans, Chairs, Directors

and the Registrar, of the previous year’s scheduling process

• Chairs and Directors working with academic unit to complete the draft loading sheets which includes space for faculty to identify their delivery pattern and time block preferences…reasonable efforts will be made to reflect the preferences of the Members of the academic unit

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• New process includes:

• Slight change in deadlines with the publishing of the final course timetable by March 31, however, one process only for all faculties with scheduling for Collaborative Programs remaining a separate process

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• New process includes:

• 43.1 (g) By January of each year, the Dean will review, sign off and submit to the Registrar’s Office the final loading sheets. Reasonable efforts will be made to reflect the preferences as submitted by the respective academic units, but such requests are not guaranteed to be satisfied. The Dean’s decision with regard to such requests shall be final.

Concessions and Withdrawals

• ARTICLE 18 RIGHTS AND RESPONSIBILITIES• Members are expected to seek external funding • If Dean approves substantial outside professional activities or

employment, the numbers of hours will be noted in Member’s file

• ARTICLE 20 LIMITED TERM APPOINTMENTS• LTA 1 remains a 10 month appointment in year 2

• ARTICLE 27 ACADEMIC WORKLOAD• Restrictions to Overload including Individualized study courses

• ARTICLE 31 GROUP BENEFITS• Status quo on Long-Term Disability

Concessions and Withdrawals

• ARTICLE 32 PENSION PLAN• CPP language remains

• ARTICLE 34X CONFERENCE TRAVEL FUND• No Conference Travel Fund

• ARTICLE 35 LEAVES• No additional weeks of top up to maternity leave but we did get a Letter of

Agreement to change this for the next round

• ARTICLE 5X GOVERNANCE• No Governance Article 5x but gains in Article 17 Academic Freedom and

Article 15 Privacy, and in Article 7 Correspondence and Information where Association has access to confidential contracts for each senior administrative position

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ARTICLE 5: RIGHTS AND PRIVILEGES OF THE ASSOCIATION

• Elimination of payment for office space

• One additional course release for the Association during a non-bargaining year along with the two course releases during a collective bargaining year and in connection with preparing for and/or conducting negotiations for a renewal Collective Agreement

• Purchase of up to three additional three-credit course releases

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• ARTICLE 29: FINANCIAL COMPENSATION

• May 1, 2012 1%• November 1, 20121%• May 1, 2013 1%• November 1, 20131%• May 1, 2014 1%• November 1, 20141%

• Non-compounded

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• ARTICLE 29: FINANCIAL COMPENSATION

• Additional step upon promotion, retroactive to July 1st

• Undergraduate overload payments increased by ATB percentage

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• ARTICLE 31: GROUP BENEFITS

• Increase to Health Care Spending Account (HCSA) for retirees from $880 to $1000 annually

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• ARTICLE 32: THE NIPISSING UNIVERSITY PENSION PLAN

• Increase to pension plan contributions in 2013 to 9.5% and in 2014 to 10%

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• ARTICLE 34: PROFESSIONAL EXPENSES REIMBURSEMENT

• Increase to PER from $1,800 to $1,900 in 2013 and $2,000 in 2014

• Unspent amounts carried over for three years

Summary on Gains

5 One course release for NUFA and 3 more buyouts14 Delineation of files [governance]15 FIPPA out of Privacy17 Removal of university policy restrictions from academic freedom19 Letters of Appointment language20 LTA 3s eligible for Research Intensive Load25 Tenure and Promotion Procedure and Language26 Student Opinion Surveys27 Alternative delivery courses included in Workload if >= 15 students

and flexibility in teaching28 Ability to distribute sabbatical reduction over 2 years and sabbatical

credits for CASBU members31 Additional benefits for retirees32 +0.5% in 2013, +0.5% in 201434 +$100 in 2013, +$100 in 2014, additional year of rollover (up to 3

years)41 Memo of agreement on directors43 Scheduling [governance]

Summary on Concessions and Withdrawals

20 LTA 1 remains 10-month in year 227 Restrictions to overload31 Status quo on LTD32 CPP language remains34x

No conference travel fund

35 No additional weeks of top up to maternity leave

New 5

No governance article (grievability)

Summary on Monetary

• ATB: 2, 2, 2• Additional step on promotion• ATB increase to undergrad overload• Course credit only, no cash for M.Ed MRP and thesis• No specified compensation for individualized study• Status quo for practice teaching• Status quo for PhD assistance• No additional steps on grid• No market adjustment

RATIFICATION VOTE

“Be it resolved that the FASBU Membership ratify the FASBU Collective Bargaining Tentative Settlement, presented to the membership at the Special General Membership Meeting of Wednesday, August 29, 2012.”

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