2012-2014 CSU-CFA Unit 3 Collective Bargaining Agreement Overview The California State University Penelope Jennings, William Whiting, and Michelle Kilmnick Office of Faculty Affairs Fall, 2012

Agenda Article by Article Review of Key Changes Questions Overview – Bargaining in Context Article by Article Review of Key Changes Questions

Appointments and Evaluations http://www.csun.edu/facultyaffairs/ Appointments and Evaluations Article 12 – Appointments Three year appointments (12.12 and 12.13) Cumulative periodic evaluation of the entire qualifying period prior to the award of an initial or renewal of a 3-year contract is required. Standard for appointment is satisfactory performance, as determined by appropriate administrator (replaces old negative standard) Also must be “absent serious conduct problems”

Appointments and Evaluations CFA Agreer Article 12 – Appointments Preference for Available Temporary Work (12.29) No change to top paragraph and sections 12.29.a. 1-7 or 12.29.b.1-7. Amendment to 12.29.a.8.i, 12.29.b.8.i Normally, if work still available it must be offered to qualified 3-year part-time lecturers, but Based on department need, may be offered to 1-year lecturers who are demonstrably better qualified

Appointments and Evaluations CFA s Article 12 – Appointments Preference for Available Temporary Work (12.29) 12.29.a.8.ii, 12.29.b.8.ii now specifies “part time temporary faculty unit employees holding a one-year appointment” Visiting Faculty classification is retained TAs retain priority over lecturers and TA quota language has been removed

Appointments and Evaluations Article 15 – Evaluations Evaluation for 3-year Lecturers (15.20, 15.28, 15.29) Evaluation covers entire qualifying period Applies to first 3-year appointment and renewals Requires peer review committee evaluation as well as evaluation by appropriate administrator “Pass/fail” standard: satisfactory or unsatisfactory Administrator’s evaluation determines outcome

Appointments and Evaluations Article 15 – Evaluations Student Evaluations of Teaching (15.15) Permits all campuses to administer online student evaluations Results may be stored electronically and incorporated by extension into the PAF (provided secure access is provided)

Appointments and Evaluations Article 15 – Evaluations Student Evaluations of Teaching (15.15) Default standard is that all classes are evaluated (Replaces 2007-10 CBA standard of a minimum of two classes) Campuses may agree through shared governance to review fewer classes; if so, consultative process to determine which classes will be evaluated CSUN Faculty Senate has voted to maintain current requirements of Section 612.5.2.c.(2).(b).(ii)

Appointments and Evaluations Article 15 – Evaluations Post-tenure Review (15.34) Participants in FERP no longer required to undergo post-tenure review unless either the FERP participant or the appropriate administrator requests a review

Article 14 – Promotion Promotion A faculty member may be considered for early promotion (prior to six years) without requirement of positive department recommendation.

Reprimands Article 18 – Reprimands For a document to be considered a reprimand it must be clearly identified or labeled as such in the Personnel Action File When a reprimand is removed from the PAF, any rebuttal to the reprimand is also removed When there are two reprimands on the same subject, once 3 years have passed since issuance of the most recent reprimand, it can be removed along with the earlier reprimand

Article 20 – Workload Workload Status quo on workload for instructional faculty but Parties to form a joint committee tasked with studying workload and analyzing data

Summer Term Employment Article 21 – Summer No change to order of work assignment or campus tenure-track quotas Campuses receive relief on faculty compensation payable for low enrolled summer courses. Relief applies to both state-supported and self-supported summer

Summer Term Employment Article 21 – Summer Old rule: Relief when enrollment dropped below 15 students Reduction of 5% per student to minimum of 85% of full salary New rule: Relief when enrollment drops below 20 students Reduction of 5% per student to a minimum of 65% of full salary

Low Enrollment Relief: Comparison Number of students Percent of full pay (old) Percent of full pay (new) 20 100 19 95 18 90 17 85 16 80 15 75 14 70 13 65 12 Title of Presentation

Article 31 – Salary Salary No salary increases in FY 2011-12, with re-openers for 2012-13 and 2013-14. Notice of intent to re-open for 12/13 to be given after October 1, 2012 and before November 30, 2012. Notice of intent to reopen for 13/14 after January 1, 2013 and before February 28, 2013

Article 31 – Salary Salary Campus based equity: At the President’s discretion, campuses may institute a campus-funded equity program to address discipline- specific salary inversion and compaction issues. If campus offers an equity program, priority given to those individuals who would have received an award under the partially-implemented Equity II program (Full and Associate Professors). “Presumptive award” is difference between award received in 2010 distribution of Equity I residual and full award

Article 31 – Salary Salary Campus based equity: Presumptive awards may be reduced by amount of: Increases for market PPI awards Promotion increases in excess of 7.5% If insufficient funds are available to fully fund all presumptive awards, funds shall be distributed pro-rata After all presumptive awards made, campus may address other campus equity issues CFA to be consulted in developing guidelines for such a program

Article 35 – Outside Employment Full time faculty must now report outside employment in writing each semester (every 3 months for 12-month faculty) Employment need only be reported when it exceeds a threshold Nature of outside employment and amount to be reported Campuses to use negotiated form (on Faculty Affairs website)

Outside Employment

Article 22 - Leaves of Absence Without Pay Leaves Without Pay Article 22 - Leaves of Absence Without Pay Right to up to one year of unpaid parental leave extended to probationary faculty

Article 23 – Leaves of Absence With Pay Leaves With Pay Article 23 – Leaves of Absence With Pay Parental leave may be taken on non-consecutive days with mutual agreement Additional flexibility for parental leave Allows for a reduction in workload for a term (40% at semester and 60% at quarter campus) in lieu of 30-day leave Limited to faculty with AY appointments and 12-month chairs who teach Requires approval of appropriate administrator

Article 23 – Leaves of Absence With Pay Leaves With Pay Article 23 – Leaves of Absence With Pay Additional flexibility for parental leave Allows for leave sharing between spouses/partners Requires approval of appropriate administrator(s) For parental leave, increased ability to use sick leave from 10 to 15 days to supplement parental leave

Article 26 – Fee Waiver Fee Waiver Fee waiver extended to dependents up to age 25 Limits fee waived for doctoral programs to the part-time graduate tuition fee. Faculty member pays the difference between the part-time graduate tuition fee and the doctorate tuition fee

Article 27 – Sabbatical Leaves – (continued) Twelve-month instructional faculty Twelve-month faculty can remain in 12-month status during sabbatical but are subject to 12-month rules (e.g. 4 months at full pay or 8 months at half pay on a semester campus) Twelve month chairs would not receive chair stipend while on sabbatical, just 12-month instructional rate

Office of Faculty Affairs: http://www.csun.edu/facultyaffairs/ Unit 3 Collective Bargaining Agreement: http://www.calstate.edu/LaborRel/Contracts_HTML/CFA_CONTRACT/2012-2014/