WIU/UPI Agreement 2007-2011

Article 25: Transfer
Unit A

25.1. The University may transfer an employee from one department/unit to another within Unit A as a result of reorganization or program need. At least 45 days prior to such transfer, the employee and the Union Chapter President shall be notified in writing of the intent to transfer. When transfer occurs within Unit A, an employee’s probationary status, tenure, faculty rank, eligibility for consideration for promotion, eligibility for leave without salary, and eligibility for the compensable fringe benefits specified in Article 27 shall not be affected by transfer.

25.2. An employee may, through her or his department chair, dean, and Academic Vice President, submit a request to the University President for transfer within Unit A or from Unit A to Unit B. Within 90 days of submission of her or his request to the department chair, the employee shall receive notification in writing from the University President of her or his decision. If the University President grants the request, the employee shall be transferred. When transfer occurs within Unit A, an employee’s probationary status, tenure, faculty rank, eligibility for consideration for promotion, eligibility for leave without salary, and eligibility for the compensable fringe benefits specified in Article 27 shall not be affected by transfer.

A tenured employee who, as a result of her or his request, is transferred from Unit A to Unit B shall retain her or his tenure appointment only if retention of tenure is recommended by the University President. The employee shall maintain accrued fringe benefits and years of service.

25.3. With the consent of the employee, the University may reassign an employee from Unit A to a position outside the bargaining units (Unit A and Unit B). A tenured employee who is reassigned pursuant to this Article shall retain her or his tenure in the department/unit in which that employee’s appointment is formally located. If the employee is subsequently reassigned to a bargaining unit position in the department in which her or his appointment is formally located, the employee’s salary shall be no less than it would have been as a result of negotiated increases if the employee had remained in the bargaining unit (see Article 1.3.).

25.4. In the event that a transfer is anticipated, the probable receiving department(s) and dean shall be notified by the University President and asked to determine department program needs and the qualifications necessary for any employee to transfer into the department. The University President shall also invite written comments from faculty of the receiving department in sufficient time to allow faculty responses prior to the transfer determination. The department shall be notified in writing of the University President’s final decision. The Union Chapter President shall be kept informed throughout the process.

25.5. The University may transfer an employee from one WIU campus to another. Faculty whose transfer is initiated by the University shall receive advance notice of one complete academic year of the intent to transfer. Any employee whose transfer increases her or his one-way commute from home by 50 or more miles shall be eligible for relocation expenses consistent with existing University policy. This does not apply to faculty on temporary assignment.

Faculty affiliated with academic programs that are moved from one campus to another may seek transfer under Article 25.