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| SPONSOR: | Picraux | DATE TYPED: | 3/04/99 | HB | 215/aHAFC/aHFl#1 | ||
| SHORT TITLE: | Additional Due Process Termination Procedures | SB | |||||
| ANALYST: | Pacheco-Perez | ||||||
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| FY99 | FY2000 | FY99 | FY2000 | ||
| NFI | NFI | NFI | |||
(Parenthesis ( ) Indicate Revenue Decreases)
SOURCES OF INFORMATION
Commission on Higher Education (CHE)
SUMMARY
Synopsis of Floor Amendment
This amendment removes the language "faculty and staff" and replaces it with "employees" and defines employees to be regular, full-time faculty or non-managerial or non-supervisory staff rehired for a second consecutive calendar year or a regular part-time faculty or non-managerial or non-supervisory staff member with two or more years of service. This amendment also defines "discharge" and "terminate" as the act of severing the employment relationship or not rehiring an employee for the ensuing year.
Synopsis of HAFC Amendment
This amendment adds language involving that costs of the arbitrator shall be shared equally between employer and employee.
Synopsis of Bill
This bill guarantees due process rights upon termination to faculty and staff at public post-secondary institutions. This bill gives a just cause standard upon institutions removing employees and lays out the minimum process which must be followed by the institutions when removing an employee.
Significant Issues
According to the CHE, unlike the public schools act which has a three year probationary period, this bills awards a type of "tenure upon hire" to all public post-secondary employees.
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS
There is no higher education funding associated with this bill.
OTHER SUBSTANTIVE ISSUES
According to the CHE, this bill does not differentiate between full-time, part-time or temporary employees.
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