Dear USFA members, We are pleased to announce that we have agreed upon a Letter of Understanding with the employer to address certain issues arising from the COVID-19 emergency measures. The terms are as follows, and may be revisited later in the summer depending on how the situation develops. We continue to discuss other issues […]
Read More »The message you recently received from Sun Life about the March 30 deadline to submit 2019 health, dental and flexible spending claims was incorrect. The university has extended the deadline to submit your 2019 health, dental and flexible spending claims for reimbursement to April 30, 2020. Sun Life must receive your unsubmitted claims for the 2019 calendar yearon […]
Read More »It is seldom in the search process that there is a meeting of the Appointments Forum. It has met perhaps a dozen times in the last decade. However, in the last two weeks there have been three Appointments Forum meetings and all were examples of this step in the search process set out in the […]
Read More »Dear USFA members: Two of the more pressing issues included in our proposals to the employer are copyright and sabbaticals. Copyright We are proposing that employees retain copyright to all course materials they develop and deliver online, as per Article 26 of the Collective Agreement, including recorded lectures, unless they have expressly signed over these […]
Read More »Dear USFA members: We are working very hard to make sure that agreements are in place to protect faculty members in this time of crisis. We proposed a Memorandum of Agreement (MoA) to the employer on March 27. We are open to an agreement in whole or in a sequence of parts. Assignment of duties As […]
Read More »Since the state of emergency was declared, USFA has received several appeals from organizations and messages from our members suggesting that that USFA support students and others during the pandemic. At its last meeting, the USFA executive approved two motions to donate to the Saskatoon Community Response to COVID-19 and the Nassar Emergency Student Trust. […]
Read More »The following information has been provided to us by the employer. Extended Health Care – normal coverage will be provided for any instance of coronavirus/COVID-19. The deadline for submitting claims for expenses incurred in 2019 has been extended to April 30, 2020. Out of Country Coverage (OOC) – Coronavirus/COVID-19 will be treated as any other medical emergency with […]
Read More »Online applications for the USFA Scholarship will be accepted until 11:59 p.m. Saturday, June 1, 2020. The USFA Scholarship Program is open to students who are immediate family members of USFA members. Immediate family includes spouse/partner, sons, daughters or children whom USFA members have served as legal guardians. The application form for the 2019-2020 USFA Scholarship Fund Program is now available […]
Read More »Some members may have missed this information in our e-letter of March 24: please note that the new deadline for completion of assignment of duties by Department Heads is April 30, and by Deans is May 31.
Read More »COVID-19 is creating enormous hardship for many workers through job loss or reduced income. The Saskatchewan Federation of Labour, to which USFA belongs, has issued a news release calling upon the provincial government for a sweeping response to compensate workers who are losing wages and benefits as a result of COVID-19.
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