“The seniority roster shall be used to determine years of service. Administrators who return to the bargaining unit shall have the years served as an administrator included in the years of service for purposes of this Section [Article 11, Section K, Career Steps].”
In implementing this provision, the following guidelines have been agreed upon by the parties:
With respect to NTTs, fixed term faculty, and faculty with athletic appointments all years of continuous service with the state university will be counted on an FTE basis for purposes of career steps eligibility. Any continuous service provided by a faculty member with an NTT, fixed term, or athletic appointment on an adjunct basis will be counted on an FTE basis provided there has been no break in service.
Faculty members who have been retrenched and reassigned to another state university pursuant to Article 23 shall have all years at both universities recognized for purposes of career steps eligibility.
Faculty who have resigned from one state university and been employed by another state university with no break in service will have all years of service at both state universities counted unless they resigned and negotiated a higher salary at the new university. Normal step progressions for returning faculty and promotion steps would not be considered a renegotiated salary placement.
An appointment to another position at their current university following a resignation of the faculty member from their previous position shall be regarded as a break in service if the faculty received a higher salary other than the normal step progressions for returning faculty and promotion steps. In such cases the years of service prior to the resignation shall not be counted for purposes of the career steps.
Aside from the above exceptions, if there has been a break in continuous service as defined in Article 29, section A, subd. 3 the years of service worked before the break shall not be counted for purposes of the career steps.
Article 29, section A, subd. 3 reads:
Subd. 3. Continuous Service. Continuous service shall commence on the first duty day an individual begins employment service with a State university and shall be interrupted only by separation because of resignation, non-renewal or dismissal for just cause. A leave of absence pursuant to Article 17 or 18 shall not interrupt continuous service except where expressly limited in Article 18.
Unusual situations not described above will be considered on a case-by-case basis. Deviations from the understanding set forth in this document will occur only pursuant to a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) between the IFO and MnSCU.
The above calculations for years of service apply only to eligibility for career steps.
Dated: August 26, 2002