Academy for Academic Personnel Administration

Fall 2003

Round Table Report

 

1.  Institution Information

 

Name of Institution/System:      University of Guelph, Guelph ON, Canada

 

Name of Individual Responding:   Vic Reimer                     

 

Title of Individual Responding:     AVP Human Resources

 

2a. Description of Faculty Bargaining Unit(s) B Size and Composition

 

     750 faculty and librarians.   Special Plan Agreement

 

Bargaining Agent:   University of Guelph Faculty Association UGFA      

 

Date of First Contract: 1982       

 

Number of Succeeding Contracts: 12       

 

3. Activity Report (e.g., status of current agreement or negotiations, details of last contract settlement, etc.):

 

Last settlement resulted in a three year agreement; ending June 30, 2006.

 

Year 1 .... 2.2% base,  2.7 time and performance; total 4.9%

 

Year 2 .... 2.0% base,  2.3 time and performance; total 4.3%

 

Year 3 .... 2.0% base,  2.3 time and performance; total 4.3%          

 

Increased coverage for prescription drugs, and vision care.

 

Annual Professional development allowance increased to $1,400 per faculty/librarian.

 

4. Special or noteworthy happenings (e.g., relevant arbitration or court decisions, organizing campaigns, labor agency decisions, etc.)

 

Dispute over where contractually limited faculty belong. i.e. Faculty Association or TA and Sessional bargaining unit (CUPE).

 

5.  Special happenings related to fiscal issues (e.g., salary reductions, health and dental insurance costs, reductions in force, early retirement programs, program consolidation or elimination, etc.):

 


Double cohort of first year university students as grade 13 (high school)  is eliminated this year.

    

Pending legislation for the abolition of mandatory retirement.