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Article IV_C:

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(b)

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(g)

In order to proceed beyond Step 13 on the
salary schedule the regular instructor must:
be judged by the panel established under this
Article to be "very good in his appointed
capacity" and be judged "to have made a
contribution to the College" and possess an
instructor's diploma or exemption as outlined
in Article IV A 2(a).

A regular instructor on Step 13 will be advised
by the Principal of the College or his delegate
of the re-classification opportunity at least six
(6) months prior to the increment date on which
he would be otherwise cligible to advance to
Step 14.

The regular instructor must apply to the
Executive Director - Instruction of the Colicge
to proceed beyond Step 13. The application must
be made within a month of the date on which he
was notified.

The panel for each applicant will be formed
forthwith by the Principal. The panel wili be
composed of:

the Principal of the College or his delegate;

the Principal or his delegate;

a Division Chairman;

a faculty member chosen by the Association,
The panel will make its cecision at least one (1)
month prior to the increment date involved and
this decision is not subject to the grievance
procedure. An unsuccessful candidate will be

given the reasons for the decision,

An applicant can make one application for
re-classification in a year. 10

Re-ciassification can only take effect on the
subsequent increment date.

While I have a great deal of sympathy with the position of

the College on this matter and would encourage periodic

review of performance, particularly in the early years of

an instructor's career, I am of the opinion that the proposal

would prove to be cumbersome and extremely time consuming.

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The 39 instructors involved Lave all had considerable
experience in their fields and if they are not performing
effectively and contributing to the College, some other

means ought to be found to encourage better performance,

Recommendation - Access to Steps 1 and 15:

That effective January Ist, 1975, the "bar" to

advancement to Steps 14 and 15 be removed.

Shift

ifferentials:

The Association proposes the introduction of a schedule
of shifts, with an additional allowance to be paid to all
instructors who are assigned to duties outside of the
hours of 8:00 a.ra. to 5:00 p.m, They seck ar allowance
of 10% over monthly salary for an afternoon shift anda
157%, allowance for aight shift. In addition they seck
priority for moving from afternoon or night shift to day

shift, based on length of service with the College.

The payment of shift differentials in industrial and
commercial operations is, oi course, a common occurence,
but I have not been able to find an evample ole ime
educational institution. If the College moves closer to a
24-hour operation in the future, it may be necessary to
move to some form of adjustment, either in salary or in

reduced hours, but Iam not prepared to make a

recommendation on the issue at this time.

Duration of Agreement:
Historically the parties have signed collective agreements

of one-year's duration. As indicated earlier, a one-ycar

agreement would expire on December 31st, 1974, and would

be subject to re-negotiation on the date of signing and that
would not, in my opinion, contribute to improved relations

between the parties.

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Recommendation - Duration of Agreement:

That the parties enter into a collective agreement
for a 15-month period from January Ist, i974, to

March 3lst, 1975.

That as soon as practicable after the sigaing of
the collective agreement, each instructor
currently on contract should receive a lump-
sum payment cqual to 3% of his 1974 earnings.
For the purpose of this recommendation, all
instructors currently on contract will be
presumed to remain in the service of the College
until December 31st, 1974. Instructors who
entered into contracts with the College subsequent
to January Ist, 1974, should have their lump-sum
payment pro-rated, based on months of service in

1974.

The effect of these recommendations is to move the period
of the collective ayreement to coincide with the budget
year of the College and to create an expiry date that
coincides with other collective agreements to which the
College is party. The 3% lump-sum payment is intended

to compensate instructors for the three-month extension

of the collective agreement into 1975.

Retroactivity:

Il recommend that the salary schedule adjustments apply
retroactively to all regular and temporary instructors
employed by the College during 1974, excluding auxillary

instructors.

I recommend that the changes in the group life insurance
provisions should become effective at the beginning of the

month following the signing of the agreement.