Common use of Location of Assignment Clause in Contracts

Location of Assignment. Unit members may be assigned work hours or courses at the main campus or at any of the extended or off-campus sites as part of contract load, with the following restrictions: 1. If an off-campus site is to be the primary work location, accounting for greater than 50% of the unit member’s load, this must be clearly identified in the original job description, advertisement, and original notice of employment; otherwise the primary work location will be assumed to be the main campus site. If the primary work location should change due to changing District needs during the tenure of a unit member’s employment, then the policies and procedures governing transfer and reassignment described in Article 8 of this agreement apply. 2. If a unit member is assigned two consecutive courses on the same day at different sites, the courses must be scheduled with a passing period that is at least equal to twice the average travel time, or one (1) hour, whichever is greater. Insufficient passing time between dual site assignments is considered an unsafe working condition. 3. If a unit member is assigned two or more consecutive courses on the same day at two or more different sites with less than three hours between the courses, s/he is entitled to reimbursement for travel expenses for the mileage between campus sites, charged at the shortest distance between the sites. No mileage expenses are allowed for travel from the unit member’s home to a campus work site, regardless of the distance. 4. No assignment shall be made that includes service at more than two different campus sites in one day, or at two different campus sites if the assignment requires more than one trip between sites in a single day. The District will, at all times, attempt to work collegially with unit members in scheduling work hours or courses away from the unit member’s primary work location. No unit member will be forced to work with a schedule that is split between locations, unless all attempts to locate volunteers or part-time instructors have failed, or when that is the only way to provide the unit member with a full contract load, or when such assignment was an original condition of employment for the unit member’s position.