28.1

This Article shall apply only to those Academic Administrators who hold academic rank, who would be members of the bargaining unit were it not for the fact that they hold administrative positions which exclude them from the bargaining unit.

28.2 Promotion and Tenure

No internally selected Academic Administrator shall receive tenure or promotion as a condition of employment in administration. The consideration of promotion and tenure of such Academic Administrators during their term of office shall be in accordance with Articles 12 and 13 of this Agreement.

28.3 Entry and Re-entry into the Bargaining Unit

All such Academic Administrators who were members of the bargaining unit before being excluded by virtue of their administrative position may re-enter the bargaining unit upon completion of their term of office.

28.4

Those Academic Administrators who were not members of the bargaining unit before taking up their administrative positions, shall be admitted to the bargaining unit provided that the Department to which the Academic Administrator will become a member upon entering the bargaining unit will have had an opportunity to meet with the candidates on an individual basis (using similar procedures as for Departmental selections) and shall recommend rank and type of appointment (i.e. tenure) to the Search Committee. Should the Search Committee's recommendation to the Board of Governors be different from that of the Department, it shall state reasons for the difference in its report to the Board of Governors. Such reports shall be copied to the Department, which shall be given an opportunity for rebuttal to the President.

28.5

All such Academic Administrators who have entered or re-entered the bargaining unit according to the terms of Articles 28.3 or 28.4 shall henceforth be governed by this Agreement and enjoy all the rights, privileges and duties of members, subject only to the restriction that they may not grieve on any issue arising from their former administrative position.

28.6 Administrative Leaves

Such Academic Administrators shall not be eligible for sabbatical leave during their terms of office but may be granted administrative leaves on such terms as may be determined by the Board of Governors. If such an administrative leave is taken at the end of the administrative term, no seniority towards a future sabbatical leave shall be carried into the unit on entering or re-entering it. If such an administrative leave is not taken, the service as Academic Administrator shall count as accrual for sabbatical leave. In addition, an Academic Administrator who has accumulated a number of years as a member prior to entering administration will be entitled to accrue those years toward a future sabbatical upon re-entering the bargaining unit. Should an administrator not receive an administrative leave and apply subsequently for a sabbatical leave, the latter may be granted but only in addition to the number of leaves earmarked by the University according to the provision of Article 20.30.

28.7

No tenured or probationary member shall be displaced from the Department/School by the entry or re-entry of former Academic Administrators.

28.8

Employees who are currently excluded from the bargaining unit by virtue of their administrative employment will drop their Administrative stipend when they return to the bargaining unit and shall receive the salary they would have received had they been in the bargaining unit throughout.

28.9

Academic Administrators who teach as part of their workload may participate as full members of their Department, except for when recommendations are being made in the following matters for which the Academic Administrator has decision-making authority or makes separate recommendation by virtue of his/her administrative duties and responsibilities:

1. Appointments
2. Dismissals
3.  Tenure
4. Promotion
5. Workload
6. Budget
7. Sabbaticals, or
8. Any other matter in which the Academic Administrator has decision-making authority or makes separate recommendation by virtue of his/her administrative duties and responsibilities.