UNF Collective Bargaining, 2003-04
UFF Proposal #3 Article 9a March 15, 2005—1
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ARTICLE XXX OFFICE SPACE AND SAFE CONDITIONS
__.1 Office Space. The University Administration shall provide each faculty member with enclosed office space with a door lock, office equipment commensurate with assigned responsibilities, and ready access to a telephone, a computer, and an internet connection. (a) Each faculty member shall be provided with Such office space that may be on a shared basis only when appropriate individual office space is unavailable. Each department shall, in its bylaws, develop the process and procedures for addressing how the sharing of offices will be determined. (b) Before a faculty member’s office location is changed, or before there is a substantial alteration to a faculty member’s office to a degree that impedes the faculty member’s work effectiveness, the affected faculty member shall promptly be notified and provided the reason(s) necessitating the change or alteration. If the faculty is on sabbatical or leave with or without pay, a letter notifying the faculty member of the change or alteration shall be sent by U.S. Mail, Return Receipt Requested, to the faculty member’s home address. (c) Each faculty member shall, consistent with building security, have reasonable access to the faculty member’s office space and laboratories, studios, music rooms, and the like used in connection with assigned responsibilities; this provision may require that campus security provide access on an individual basis.
[following section was in UA’s article Other Rights and Responsibilities of Faculty Members]
Safe Conditions. (a) A faculty member who observes a situation that he/she believes represents a violation of safety or health rules and regulations or that poses an unreasonable hazard to persons or property shall report such condition as soon as practicable to the Director of Environmental Health, and Safety, who shall promptly investigate. (b) The Director of Environmental Health and Safety shall reply to the concern within seven (7) days after notification of the faculty member’s concern. The reply shall be in writing, if the faculty member’s concern was communicated in writing. (c) Upon the conclusion of his/her investigation, the Director of Environmental Health and Safety shall provide a report of his/her findings to the faculty member. (d) No faculty member shall suffer retaliation for making a report under this section.
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