Common use of Requests for Review of a Position’s Placement Clause in Contracts

Requests for Review of a Position’s Placement. (a) Supervisors of Academic Professionals may request a review of a position’s placement in a job family and/or level by submitting a written request to the Office of Human Resources. (b) An Academic Professional may request a review of his/her job family and/or level in which his/her position is placed. The Academic Professional shall first meet with his/her supervisor regarding the request for review. Following this meeting, an Academic Professional may submit a written request for review of his/her position to the Office of Human Resources. An employee may submit such a request twelve (12) months after completion of a previous position placement review or twelve (12) months after his/her initial hire date. The Office of Human Resources shall complete the position review within no more than thirty (30) working days from the date the evaluation request is received. (c) An Academic Professional may appeal the results of the review of his/her position placement by submitting a written request to the Office of Human Resources within thirty (30) working days of the date on which the decision was issued. The Academic Professional shall provide a copy of such an appeal to his/her supervisor. Should a decision from the above review and appeal process result in the placement of the position in a job family and/or level with a higher pay range, any resulting salary increase will be effective the first of the month following the date the initial request [pursuant to Section 4(b)] was received by the Office of Human Resources. (d) Appeal of Position Review Decision. A standing Appeals Advisory Committee to the Associate Vice President for Human Resources with cross-campus representation will provide input and recommendations to the appeals. The Appeals Advisory Committee will have at least two members who are represented by the Association. The Association will provide the University with a list of five represented faculty from which the University will select two to be members of the committee to serve for the term of this Agreement. The decision on the appeal made by the Associate Vice President for Human Resources shall be communicated in writing to the Academic Professional, to his/her supervisor, and to the Association within fifteen (15) working days of the date the appeal was filed.

Requests for Review of a Position’s Placement. (a) Supervisors of Academic Professionals may request a review of a position’s 's placement in a job family and/or level by submitting a written request to the Office of Human Resources. (b) An Academic Professional may request a review of his/her job family and/or level in which his/her position is placed. The Academic Professional shall first meet with his/her supervisor regarding the request for review. Following this meeting, an Academic Professional may submit a written request for review of his/her position to the Office of Human Resources. An employee may submit such a request twelve (12) months after completion of a previous position placement review or twelve (12) months after his/her initial hire date. The Office of Human Resources shall complete the position review within no more than thirty (30) working days from the date the evaluation request is received. (c) An Academic Professional may appeal the results of the review of his/her position placement by submitting a written request to the Office of Human Resources within thirty (30) working days of the date on which the decision was issued. The Academic Professional shall provide a copy of such an appeal to his/her supervisor. Should a decision from the above review and appeal process result in the placement of the position in a job family and/or level with a higher pay range, any resulting salary increase will be effective the first of the month following the date the initial request [pursuant to Section 4(b4(6)] was received by the Office of Human Resources. (d) Appeal of Position Review Decision. First Level ofAppeal- Appeals can be made to the Associate Vice President for Human Resources on the basis of job family placement and level placement. The request shall state the basis upon which the employee is requesting a review. A standing Appeals Advisory Committee to the Associate Vice President for Human Resources with cross-campus representation will provide input and recommendations to the appeals. The Appeals Advisory Committee will have at least two members who are represented by the Association. The Association will provide the University with a list of five represented faculty from which the University will select two to be members of the committee to serve for the term of this Agreement. The decision on the appeal made by the Associate Vice President for Human Resources shall be communicated in writing to the Academic Professional, to his/her supervisor, and to the Association within fifteen (15) working days of the date the appeal was filed. Second Level ofAppeal- If the Academic Professional is dissatisfied with the appeal decision of the Associate Vice President for Human Resources, he/she may advance the appeal to the ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, or other relevant vice president, in writing within fifteen (15) working days from the date on which the decision was made. The ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, or other relevant vice president, will provide a written response within fifteen (15) working days. (e) Should a decision from the above review and appeal process result in the placement of the position in a job family and/or level with a lower pay range, the Academic Professional's salary will not decrease.