WIU/UPI Agreement 2007-2011

Article 36: Transfer
Unit B

36.1. The University may transfer an employee from one department/unit to another within Unit B 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 B, an employee’s faculty rank, eligibility for consideration for promotion, eligibility for leave without salary, and eligibility for the compensable fringe benefits specified in Article 41 shall not be affected by the transfer.

36.2. An employee may, through her or his supervisor or department chair, dean or director, and appropriate vice president, submit a request to the University President for transfer within Unit B. Within 90 days of submission of her or his request to the supervisor or department chair, the employee shall receive notification in writing from the University President of the University President’s decision. If the University President grants the request, the employee shall be transferred. An employee’s faculty rank, eligibility for consideration for promotion, eligibility for leave without salary, and eligibility for the compensable fringe benefits specified in Article 41 shall not be affected by transfer.

36.3. With the consent of the employee, the University may reassign an employee from Unit B to a position outside the bargaining unit. If the employee is subsequently reassigned to a position in a bargaining unit 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.).

36.4. In the event that a transfer is anticipated, the probable receiving department(s)/unit(s) and dean shall be notified by the University President and asked to determine department/unit 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.

36.5. The University may transfer an employee from one WIU campus to another. Faculty and Academic Support Professionals whose transfer is initiated by the University shall receive advance notice of one complete academic year of the intent to transfer. An 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 employees temporarily reassigned.

Faculty and Academic Support Professionals affiliated with academic programs that are moved from one campus to another may seek transfer under Article 36.