Dear Faculty members, We have had a number of emails expressing dismay that parking fees continue to be charged while the campus is closed and faculty are working at home. We raised this issue with the employer when we were negotiating the COVID Letter of Understanding early in the spring. However, the employer’s response was […]
Read More »The USFA Administrative Practices Committee has received a strong response to the survey mailed out June 23, 2020. Thanks to all who responded. Your comments have given us much to discuss in the future. If you have not completed the survey, please take a few moments to answer the questions and provide us with your […]
Read More »Dear colleagues, We are writing to encourage faculty to consider reallocating unneeded funds from your Accountable Professional Expense Funds (APEF) to support students during COVID-19. Faculty and staff who have either an Accountable Professional Expense Fund (APEF) or a Department and Senior Administrator Expense (DSAE) account can allocate funds for Emergency Student Support grants or […]
Read More »Information provided in the June 9 edition of the YouSask Faculty and Staff Newsletter regarding office access has created some confusion. The use of “one-time access” in conjunction with a different protocol, in the Newsletter led many to believe that the previous protocol for access to offices was discontinued. That is not the case. While […]
Read More »We have had a few inquiries about the ownership of materials faculty develop for teaching remotely. The copyright article, which has remained almost unchanged since the first Collective Agreement (1977–79), stipulates that faculty own the copyright to their lectures but do not own copyright in recorded works if such works are created in the course […]
Read More »This survey is from the USFA Administrative Practices Committee. Would you please take a few minutes to evaluate the University’s performance with regards to P-cards, Concur, UNIVRS, ConnectionPoint, your office, COVID, and other relevant issues. The survey takes on average 12 minutes to complete. There are text boxes to include additional topics or comments. https://www.surveymonkey.ca/r/YVPW5KG […]
Read More »Front line workers have been crucial in the province’s effort to flatten the curve of COVID-19. Among this group of essential workers are those working in the health care sector. Sadly, the joint federal-provincial wage supplement announced in late April has left most health care workers ineligible to receive it. The criteria for workers to […]
Read More »We received many responses to the Caregiving Demands e-Letter circulated to members last week. Faculty members have written about their concerns about equity for caregivers in various collegial processes in the future, such as tenure, promotion, and salary review, the lack of acknowledgement from the University of the stress on faculty, the additional stress of homeschooling […]
Read More »Dear USFA members, Please find attached a letter concerning the circumstances of faculty parents and caregivers under the ongoing pandemic conditions. USFA has been asked to initiate informed discussions with the university administration to find equitable, realistic solutions to the unmanageable demands faculty face in carrying full workloads while also providing part- to full-time care […]
Read More »In light of COVID-19, the USFA negotiated a Letter of Understanding with the employer that includes provisions for probationary employees. Even though this Letter of Understanding is in place, collegial processes – renewal of probation, tenure, promotion – will still happen this year. All employees who currently hold a probationary appointment or who are appointed […]
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