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Reports from the Contract Implementation Committee January 22, 1999 QUESTION: A question has been raised about the appropriate target teaching assignment for a year in which a faculty member takes a one-semester professional leave. INTERPRETATION: The CIC has determined that an appropriate instructional assignment in that circumstance is one-half of the target teaching load for the academic year in which the professional leave is taken. The stipulations in Section 31.1 F and G of the Collective Bargaining Agreement (blue cover version) will apply for either banking or debiting those instructional credit hours that are either over or under one-half of the target teaching load for the academic year. <<top January 22, 1999 Subject: 4th Year Review QUESTION: With regard to the time limits stipulated in Section 12.9A A of the Collective Bargaining Agreement (blue cover version), a question has been raised about the inclusion of years of post-terminal degree service when a faculty candidate serves only one semester. Similarly, if a new faculty member comes to CSU in the second semester, how is that year counted on the probation clock? INTERPRETATION: The CIC has determined that one-semester service within an academic year should not be counted in either of the circumstances cited above. <<top January 22, 1999 Subject: 4th Year Review QUESTION: Section 12.10 of the Collective Bargaining Agreement (blue cover version) calls for a 4th year review of all probationary faculty. Does this mean that faculty who join CSU with 3 years of prior service need to submit a dossier immediately? INTERPRETATION: The CIC has determined that it would be unreasonable to expect a new faculty member in this circumstance to submit a dossier for review immediately. A 5th year review of such faculty members, however, should be mandatory. <<top |
May 17, 1999 As you may already be aware, Cleveland State University is replacing its current payroll system with PeopleSoft's Human Resources/Payroll System, because our current payroll system is not Y2K compliant. As part of this conversion, there are slight changes in how our current payroll system calculates the bi-monthly pay for 9-month faculty who choose to take their pay over 9-months (in 18 installments). Under our current system, a faculty member's 9-month salary is divided into 18 equal payments (bi-monthly). Under our new system, PeopleSoft calculates a daily rate of pay, multiplies this rate times the number of days in the first and last period, and the remaining pays are evenly divided among the "16 middle pay periods." Because the first and last pays are less than two weeks each, the effect is that the first and last pays are smaller, and the middle 16 are larger. We have attached an example of a faculty member earning $36,000 over nine months for the 1997-98 academic year. <<top 9/9 Proration Example Pay Pay Date Current Amount Prorated Amount |