dignity & Respect Proposals

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Salary Schedule and salary match for current staff when outside hire for the same position with commensurate experience and education starts at a higher salary.
Improve transparency and support for reclassification system through revision of job matrix, transparent explanation of evaluation process, introduction of job groupings and clearly defined career pathways.
Increase shift differentials to market rate (increase from $0.35/hr to 10%/hourly rate)
Increase overtime allowances for lunch, dinner & transportation to market rate ($5.50 to $11, $11 to $22).
Institute a bullying and workplace harassment policy (see detailed proposal)
Three days notice prior to internal interview
Eliminate typing/steno retesting when already qualified
Incorporate remote work side agreement into contract

Increased opportunities for professional advancement, tenure and sabbatical for Instructional Aides
Bring the number of sabbaticals back to 5% of the faculty. Modify sabbatical to include option for full-year sabbatical at 75% pay
Incorporate progressive discipline into non-renewals of faculty in their first and second year at the college. See detailed proposal
Promotion process includes a “revise and resubmit” option. See detailed proposal
Payroll. Extended-time payments occur in the semester when work happens. Protection for under and overpayments. See detailed proposal

Pay Parity with FTF
Step movement for VLs (see detailed proposal)
15% Course Cancellation Fee for faculty who lose courses/hours within 1 week of start date
Appointment letters sent electronically to all faculty assigned courses and/or hourly work each semester with seniority pool, pay rate, pay periods, and dates of employment.
New criteria to earn a seniority point: 1 point earned for completion of work in a semester as defined by that semester’s Appointment Letter
VLs lose 1 VL seniority unit per semester (instead of 2) after 4 semesters of not having a VL.
PT/VLs who lost seniority due to COVID-19 Pandemic will have their seniority reinstated immediately. Back pay for work completed and paid at lower seniority/pool rates.
A dedicated space at Main Campus for PT/VLs
Four sections per academic year of Release/Extended time for a dedicated PT/VL resource coordinator (1 section per semester: Fall, Spring, Summer I, Summer II)
Service Award recognition of PT/VLs in Pool VI or higher (20 seniority points or more).