Collective Bargaining Agreement

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Collective Bargaining Agreement

• The FSU Board of TrusteesandThe UFF Faculty
  Unit
• 2007-2010

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BOT Bargaining Committee

• Anne Rowe, Dean of the Faculties and Deputy
  Provost - Chair
• Susannah Miller, Director of Faculty Relations,
  DOF-HR Joint Venture - Chief Negotiator
• Joseph McElrath, Associate VP for Academic
  Affairs
• Carolyn Egan, Associate General Counsel
• Drew Meehan, Assistant Director, DOF-HR Joint
  Venture
• Joyce Ingram, Assistant VP and Chief HR Officer
• Ralph Alvarez, Associate VP of Budget/Planning
  and Financial Services

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Overview

• Negotiated 3-year Successor Agreement with UFF
  (2007-2010)
• 13 Articles changed, 1 Appendix
• 3 Memorandums of Understanding

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Summary of Non-economic Issues

• Article 3 UFF Rights release time
• Article 5 Academic Freedom and Responsibility
• Article 7 Access to Documents
• Article 8 Appointments summer assignments
• Article 9 AORs
• Article 10 Performance Evaluations

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Summary of Non-economic, cont.

• Article 16 Disciplinary Action
• Article 18 Inventions and Works
• Article 19 Conflict of Interest/Outside Activity
• Article 20 Grievance Procedure and Arbitration
• Article 22 Sabbatical and Professional
  Development Leave

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Article 23

• Salaries 2 year package (2007-08 2008-09)
• - Promotion Increases of 9 and 12
• - Awards (2 new award categories)
• - One-Time Bonuses (1000 appropriated by
  the 2007 legislature in November 2007)
• - Retention Adjustments of 3
• - Administrative Discretionary Increases
  capped at 1 of the total salary rate

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Article 23

• Administrative Discretionary Increases
• Counter-offers
• Endowed/named chairs
• Extraordinary accomplishments
• Equity adjustments
• Increased duties and responsibilities

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Administrative Discretionary Increases

• Counter-offers
• From comparable educational and research
  institutions
• Copy of the verified written offer

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Administrative Discretionary Increases

• Endowed/Named Chairs
• A copy of the criteria and procedures for the
  award of the chair

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Administrative Discretionary Increases

• Extraordinary Accomplishments
• Recognized by the national or international
  academic community or internal to the University
• Documentation of how the accomplishment exceeds
  the minimum criteria for the top merit category
  of the department/unit

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Administrative Discretionary Increases

• Equity Adjustments
• For TT Market Equity and FSU Faculty Salaries
  Report of the Joint Study Group, dated January
  24, 2007.
• Written criteria and procedures published by the
  dean.
• Provided to the UFF Chapter at least 45 days
  before implementation.
• The salaries and history of annual
  accomplishments of the group(s) relative to which
  the inequity is to be corrected.

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Equity, continued

• Take into account OSU data for specific
  discipline
• Years of Service
• Long-term Merit (for time period in position)
• Fair Market Salary
• Distributed equitably to group, or to worst-case
  scenarios first

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Administrative Discretionary Increases

• Increased Duties Responsibilities
• Substantial increase in duties or
  responsibilities, such as service as a department
  chair or an analogous responsibility
• AORs before and after

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New Memorandums

• Paid Parental Leave
• Winter Break Leave
• Child Care

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Next Steps

• Contract Administration
• 2009-2010 Reopener Negotiations, November 2008

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Contact Information

• Susannah Miller
• Director of Faculty Relations
• BOT Chief Negotiator, UFF Faculty Unit
• scmiller_at_fsu.edu
• http//dof.fsu.edu/bargaining.html