NYU Reappointment Letter due Dec 15

While it is a very hectic time of the year, NYU members must submit important paperwork by Monday, December 15 to secure their union-won job security.

Job security, covered by Article X of our contract (see below), is one of our most significant gains. It guarantees the right to reappointment, health-care, and termination pay for eligible adjuncts. If you are a NYU member, meet the requirements described in Article X, and file the December 15 request letter, you will be notified by your department no later than May 21 of your appointment for both the following Fall and Spring semesters. This written request can also be sent to your department via e-mail.

In order to be eligible for the May 21 re-appointment letter and/or to receive termination pay, you must notify the chair or head of your department in writing of your request to teach in the Fall 2010 - Spring 2011 academic year by Tuesday December 15, 2009.

If you are in doubt as to whether you qualify, send the letter anyway. Without written notice of your request to teach for the following academic year you forego your rights under this article.

ARTICLE X - RE-APPOINTMENT PROCEDURES AND CONTINUED SERVICE

A. Subject to the provisions of paragraph B:

1. An employee with prior good performance as an eligible adjunct in the same department of a School of the University for not fewer than six (6) consecutive semesters (exclusive of summer sessions) during the three (3) academic year period immediately preceding a re-appointment, shall be notified by that University department no later than May 21 of appointment for both the following Fall and Spring semesters. Such notification of re-appointment shall be subject to cancellation due to insufficiency of registration, course cancellation or changes in curriculum in each semester. If such an employee is not re- appointed to an adjunct position for other reasons, he/she shall receive termination pay equivalent to the monetary compensation he/she received for the most recent Fall and Spring semesters. By mutual agreement between the adjunct and the department, in lieu of any termination pay, the adjunct may accept a terminal teaching assignment for the Fall and Spring semesters.

2. An employee with prior good performance as an eligible adjunct in the same department of a School of the University in either the Fall or Spring semesters for each of the six (6) consecutive academic years immediately preceding a reappointment, shall be notified by that University department no later than May 21 of appointment for one (1) semester in the following academic year. Such notification of re-appointment, shall be subject to cancellation due to insufficiency of registration, course cancellation or changes in curriculum each semester. If such an employee is not re-appointed to an adjunct position for other reasons, he/she shall receive termination pay equivalent to the monetary compensation he/she received for the previous semester's appointment as an adjunct. By mutual agreement between the adjunct and the department, in lieu of any termination pay, the adjunct may accept a terminal teaching assignment for one semester.

B. In order to be eligible and as a condition precedent to receiving re-appointment or termination pay under paragraph A, an adjunct or part-time faculty member must notify the Chair of his/her department, or, in the absence of a Chair, other appropriate University administrator, of his/her request to teach for the following academic year, and of his/her qualification under the provisions of paragraph A. Such notification must be in writing and be received no later than the preceding December 15.