ROE for faculty with Standing Appointment

Under the FRR/RYMA model of part-time appointments, Records of Employment indicating termination would automatically be sent to Revenue Canada for each part-time faculty member after they had completed a Limited Duties course. Under the new Standing Appointment model we view the faculty member with Standing Appointment as having “continuing appointment” so as to avoid their removal from faculty directories between courses, and to reduce the administrative burdens associated with frequent terminations and rehires. A consequence of the new model is that we do not automatically file Records of Employment for faculty members with Standing Appointment at the end of their assignment. Some faculty, however, still wish to make claims for Employment Insurance and require a Record of Employment to do so. As a result, Human Resources will issue Records of Employment indicating a “end of contract” status for persons with Standing Appointment at their request. Please ensure that you direct such persons to Human Resources should they require a Record of Employment.

Please do not hesitate to contact our office, or Human Resources if you have any questions.

Full-Time Academic Recruitment Form

The Full-Time Academic Recruitment Form has been updated on Faculty Relations website. Thank you,

LIMITED-DUTIES HIRING

Please note that in compliance with the reporting requirements under cl. 15.7 of the Appointments Article and cl. 5 of the Employment Equity Article of the Faculty Collective Agreement, a Search Process Report for all Limited-Duties Hiring must be completed in each Fiscal Year. (summary
of # of applicants, citizenship, gender etc.)

The form is posted on the OFR website.

Please complete the Report and send it back to your respective Faculty Relations Consultant (Jennifer King or Cathy Zackrias) by May 15, 2012.

New Template Available

New Template: Notice (to Member) of (Appointments Committee’s) 2012 Interim Assessment for Probationary Standing Appointment template is now posted on OFR Intranet with Part-time Appointment templates.

2013-2014 Sabbatical Leave Application

The 2013-2014 Sabbatical application is now available on the Faculty Relations website.

Posting as Western University

While all legal appointment and employment documents must be issues in
the legal name “The University of Western Ontario”, postings and advertisements
should use the “Western University” brand. We have adjusted Limited
Duties and Course Authoring posting templates to reflect this. Please
adjust any full-time posting or advertisement templates currently in use.

New revised job positing template for anticipated and unanticipated LD positions

Please know that revised templates for anticipated and
unanticipated Limited Duties have been posted to the OFR Intranet.

Interpretation of FCA Sabbatical Leave cl. 21

Recent information suggests units are interpreting the application of Sabbatical Leave cl. 21 variably in calculating the PAI for Sabbaticants who opt to receive the same assessment as in the year prior.  Following review of the FCA and consultation with UWOFA, it is OFR's advice that in applying this clause, the unit should use the committee/designate's assessment (categorizations under APE clause 11.5, as converted in C&B clause 27.2) and re-weight it according to workload balance in the 3 year period under review - as opposed to simply using the same PAI as the year prior.  This is the preferred approach given that there may have been workload balance changes from the prior assessment which impact PAI.  Please do not hesitate to contact our office if you have any questions.

New Forms

An updated Market Adjustment Notification template and Full-Time Search Report have been posted on the Intranet. Departmental access must be approved through the Dean’s office.

Standing Appointment Templates

Standing Appointment Templates are now available on the Faculty Relations Intranet for the following:

1. Notice of Increase to Standing Appointment Teaching Load Entitlement
2. Notice of Termination/Reduction of Standing Appointment Teaching Load Entitlement
3. Notice of Inability to Fulfill Standing Appointment Teaching Load Entitlement

Access for Departments is approved through the Dean’s Office.