Faculty Contract - Ferris State University

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9. Copies offonnally approved University procedures, rules and/or
policies. These documents will be provided within ten (1 0) working days of receipt of a
written request from the FF A.
4 B. Member Responsibilities:
5 Members are responsible for providing the Employer with the address and telephone
6 number at which they are to be contacted. The Employer has no liability if written notices are
7 sent to such addresses or calls are made to such telephone numbers.
8 2.11 Non-Discrimination
9 The Employer and the FF A both recognize their responsibilities under federal, state and
10 local laws pertaining to fair employment practices as well as the moral principles involved in the
1! area of civil rights. Accordingly, both parties reaffirm by this Agreement the commitment not to
12 discriminate against any person or persons because of race, creed, color, religion, national origin,
13 ancestry, age, gender, marital status, sexual preference, handicap, FFA or MEA-NEA affiliation.
14 Any member claiming a violation of this Section must seek relief in the appropriate legal forum
15 and may not use the grievance process unless the nature of the alleged discrimination is not a
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17 Section 3 - TENURE
18 3.1 Definitions and General Conditions
19 A. Tenure is the right to continual employment in a bargaining unit position
20 until voluntary separation from FSU employment, lay-off or tennination for just cause under the
21 contractual process in Section4.
22 B. All employees of the University awarded tenure prior to the ratification of
23 this Agreement shall retain such tenure.
24 3.2 Employer Tenure Policy
25 A. The tenure policy described in this Agreement applies only to non-tenured
26 members. Tenure shall not be acquired automatically by length of service, but rather through the
27 criteria and procedures set forth in this Agreement. There shall be no arbitrary establishment of
28 a fixed proportion of tenured to non-tenured members by the FFA, the Employer or any
29 division(s) thereof. Only continuous appointment as a member shall be counted toward
30 qualification for tenure. However, except in the specific case ofFSU administrators, the
31 following applies:
32 1. One full year's absence, or less, from the bargaining unit but not the
33 University shall not be considered an intenuption of continuous service with respect to
34 qualification for tenure.
35 2. All time in excess of one full year's absence from the bargaining unit
36 but not the University shall, by rounding to the nearest academic semester,
37 correspondingly reduce the time counted toward qualification for tenure previously
38 accumulated in the bargaining unit.
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