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ARTICLE VIII - Reduction in Force

Key points are:

Prior to any decision to lay off faculty members, the College will confer with the Faculty Caucus and NCSFA-AAUP to find possible alternatives and to discuss the programs that will be affected by the layoff.
Any reduction in force in an academic program will be accomplished in the following order: through attrition (by retirement or resignation) of full-time faculty, not rehiring part-time faculty, not rehiring temporary or permanent part-time faculty, not renewing contracts of probationary full-time faculty, and finally, not renewing the contract of non-probationary full-time faculty.
Overload assignments in any program where a reduction occurs will be eliminated prior to the layoff of any full-time faculty.
Layoff procedure for full-time faculty is as follows:

a) the College will provide the NCSFA-AAUP with a full-time faculty seniority list ranking faculty by years of service;

b) faculty will be laid off in reverse order of seniority in the affected program;

c) faculty will be individually notified of the date of layoff;

d) if an academic program is discontinued mid-year, the affected faculty will remain employed until the end of the contract year.

Within fifteen calendar days of notification of layoff, that faculty member may exercise the right to displace a less senior faculty member as long as he/she is qualified for the position. Specific details of this procedure are described in Section 8.03 on page 16 of the CBA.
Faculty members will be recalled when a vacancy for which they are qualified becomes available. This will be done using a “last laid off/first recalled” list. A faculty member will remain on this list for two years. In the event that faculty member is recalled, he/she will have fifteen calendar days to respond back affirmatively to the recall. If the faculty member fails to do so, he/she will be removed from the recall list.
While on layoff, the faculty member will not accumulate additional service time. Compensation and benefits will also cease (COBRA will apply), but shall be reinstated when the faculty member is recalled.
Seniority of faculty members will be based on the date of hire. A faculty member who resigns, retires, or is terminated loses all seniority.