One of the major gains from this round of bargaining is the Partial Load Registry that serves to prioritize the hiring of partial load employees who have registered their interest in being employed as a partial load employee in the following calendar year, detailed in the following excerpts from our new collective agreement.
26.10 D In addition to maintaining a record of a partial-load employee’s job experience, the college will keep a record of the courses that the employee has taught and the departments/schools where the partial-load employee has taught such courses.
By October 30th in each calendar year, a currently or previously employed partial-load employee must register their interest in being employed as a partial-load employee in the following calendar year. This individual will be considered a registered partial-load employee for the purpose of 26.10 E.
All partial-load employees employed for all or part of the period from September 1 to December 31, 2017 will be deemed to have registered for the 2018-2019 academic year.
26.10 E Subject to the application of Articles 2.02 and 27.06 A, commencing in the 2018-2019 academic year, where the school or department within a college determines that there is a need to hire a partial-load employee to teach a course that has previously been taught by that registered partial-load employee in the department/school, it will give priority in hiring to such partial-load employee if:
(i) They are currently employed, or if they have previously been employed as a partial-load employee for at least eight (8) months of service as defined in 26.10 C within the last four (4) academic years, and
(ii) The assignment of such course will not cause the employee to exceed the maximum teaching contact hours for partial-load employees.
The offer of partial-load employment is conditional on the college subsequently determining there is sufficient enrollment to warrant the assignment being offered. Where two (2) or more partial-load employees would be entitled to be offered the course assignment, the employee with the most service will be offered the first opportunity.
The local has yet to receive a response as to where partial load employees send their email by October of each year to indicate their interest in partial load work for the following calendar year; however, it is recommended that you email your manager at this time with your intentions so that you have a written record of your intentions. Don’t forget to retain a copy of all correspondence.
We also encourage you to contact your manager to determine if partial-load work exists in your area for this spring/summer and see if your receive a response in the spirit of the new wording of the collective agreement,
Pat Kennedy
President, OPSEU Local 415