The University remains engaged in a five-year cyclical review of faculty salary anomalies to identify individual and systemic salary anomalies, as agreed to in a joint Provostial-FAUW Memorandum of Understanding signed on February 26, 2015. For the review, which will begin in 2025, the university will add the bold addition to the initial mandate of the Wage Anomalies Task Force: On February 5, 2021, members of the Renison Association of Academic Staff (RAAS) voted by an overwhelming majority (97%) to ratify the preliminary agreement reached on December 16, 2020. The provisional agreement was reached after nearly two and a half years of negotiations and more than 45 negotiating meetings. The Board of Governors of Renison University College, which is affiliated with the University of Waterloo, ratified the interim agreement in a unanimous vote in camera on January 27, 2021. The collective agreement is published on the RAAS website. The University is currently developing a strategy to collect equity data from all students, faculty and staff to strengthen its commitment to addressing systemic racism within the University. The development of this strategy includes consultations with stakeholders providing information on the appropriate use of data and possible restrictions on use. The university agrees on a target date of late 2021 for the launch of a collection of disaggregated data on the race and Indigenous affiliation of faculty members. If you are a librarian or a member of another faculty member (e.B at one of the colleges), please download a special membership form (PDF) authorizing payroll deductions and email your completed form to Laura McDonald. Please note that fauw is the official representative only of the regular faculty members employed at the University of Waterloo and we cannot officially represent other staff members to the university or university administration, regardless of your status as a FAUW member.
Establish a standardized, university-wide process to identify and resolve any faculty salary anomaly that may arise in the future, wherever they occur. 5. If no agreement has been reached before March 1, an arbitrator will be appointed. In Canada, membership in a union or association is not mandatory ? no one can be forced to join against their will, and there are various religious, ideological and political reasons why someone might oppose it. However, this has the potential to create “freeride” problems where only a fraction of employees pay dues to negotiate better wages and working conditions that benefit everyone. Legal compromise is a concept in Canadian labour law called the Rand formula (named after the Supreme Court justice who developed it) that requires workers covered by collective agreements to pay union dues, whether they are members or not. Even if fauw is not unionized, this aspect of labour law still applies to us as we are recognised as the only official negotiator of the faculty in terms of wages and working conditions. All faculty members represented by FAUW pay dues as a condition of their employment, whether they joined FAUW as a voting member or not. FAUW contributions amount to 0.525% of your base salary, calculated monthly and rounded up to the next five cents. CAUT and OCUFA membership fees are included. Part-time members will only be charged a CAUT and OCUFA x 1.5 part-time fee.
The Memorandum of Understanding between FAUW and the University provides a framework that governs all aspects of the relationship between the University and faculty members. The Memorandum of Understanding takes precedence over all policies and guidelines. 4. If the parties have until 1. An external mediator is appointed. (If both parties agree, mediation can be lifted.) fauW approval is required to create or modify university policies classified as “F” (faculty), “FS” (faculty and staff), or “A” (administration). Any policy that affects the faculty`s working conditions must be classified as F or FS. That`s not all. Visit the University of Waterloo Secretariat website to view all University policies and policies. Although all regular speakers pay a fee and are represented by the FAUW as members of the bargaining unit, it is optional to become a voting member of the association and you will need to complete a form to register. Membership gives you the right to vote in our elections and general meetings and allows you to increase the diversity of votes within our Board of Directors, The Board of Representatives and committees. “Investigate all cases where wage inequalities between faculty, including but not limited to gender, racialized and Indigenous inequalities, may exist, and recommend how such cases should be resolved with existing faculty anomaly funds; Review the processes by which salary anomalies are currently identified and resolved in each faculty; Membership is also open to other faculty members and professional librarians at the University of Waterloo and affiliated university colleges.
To become a member, you must complete a special membership form (PDF) that allows monthly payroll deductions. About 72% of regular speakers joined FAUW as voting members. You do not need to register to access FAUW services or participate in our events. If you are already represented by FAUW, you can register without changing your deductions. (We represent all those who have a regular appointment with the faculty, as well as some part-time faculties. For more details, see the Memorandum of Understanding.) In the Memorandum of Understanding, “member” refers to a member of the bargaining unit – all ordinary faculties that pay fees. If you have any questions, please contact Human Resources at payroll@uwaterloo.ca or ext. 35935. The University, as previously agreed to by the Faculty Relations Committee (CRF), will form a policy drafting committee in accordance with Policy 1 to create a new MSDS policy for compassionate care and bereavement leave. 1. Until 15.
In June of the year preceding the end of the current settlement, the President of the FAUW and the President of the University must agree on a list of possible mediators and arbitrators. FAUW members are entitled to 4 weeks of bereavement leave with 100% of salary in the event of the death of their spouse/partner, child or son-in-law and 1 week of bereavement leave with 100% of salary in the event of the death of another immediate family member, such as . B a parent or sibling. If a member wishes to take a longer leave, he or she may contact his or her faculty dean in writing, who will decide whether or not to grant an extension of the agreement and will respond to the member in writing. The RAAS was created and its constitution adopted by a large majority on 12 February 2018. He received the 23rd. March 2020 certification under Ontario`s Labour Relations Act, making him the official negotiator for all academic staff who hold “tenure-track or tenure-track positions, who continue to hold faculty positions, professional librarians and those on fixed-term contracts, with the exception of academic staff employed in a session or course, library assistants, insolvent academic staff and administrators with the rank of academic deans, vice-presidents or above. 6. The arbitration proceedings shall commence before 15 March. One week before the hearing, each party submits a proposed settlement protocol.
The arbitrator is required to choose one of the two proposals, and that will be the new agreement. The University will ask the Pension and Benefits Committee (CBP) to provide FAUW members and their eligible parents (members) with a basic vision support plan (the plan). The plan provides for a reimbursement of $85 per participant every two years for eye exams. This plan is paid for by the university, which increases its annual contributions to the health benefits plan accordingly. The plan is retroactive to May 1, 2021, so reimbursements for eye exams performed on or after that date can be claimed after the plan is activated. The terms and conditions of the above plan may be amended or replaced by the terms of a new MSDS policy on compassionate care and bereavement sheets approved in accordance with Policy 1, provided that access to and amount of these benefits are not affected. 2. Until 15.
In November of the same year, each party must communicate to the other party the names of its chief negotiator and the other two members of its negotiating team. 3. Negotiations must start by 1 December at the latest. A new supplementary benefit plan for compassionate care leave (CLC) will come into effect no later than May 1, 2022. Details of CCL`s supplementary benefit plan are as follows: For fine print, please refer to the Memorandum of Understanding. Salary Settlement Protocol between the University of Waterloo (the University) and the University of Waterloo Faculty Association (FAUW) You may also contact our Communications Officer, Laura McDonald, for more information. You`ll receive a notification in Workday (and an email from the university) informing you of the availability of your T4. To find it later, go to the “Pay” section of Workday, then to “Tax Documents.” All other matters relating to the working conditions of our members are negotiated by the Faculty Relations Committee on the instructions of the Board of Directors. Vacation Exchange Program: The one-time salary adjustment of 2% in exchange for one week (5 days) of vacation for each year of participation will be extended as follows.
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