Milwaukee Graduate Assistants' Association -- University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee / Workload
From CGEU
Section 8. Duties of Employees
It is understood that the employees in this bargaining unit are engaged in professional activities.
A. The Department and supervising staff member shall determine the required duties of the employee. The supervising staff member shall discuss these duties with the employee at the beginning of the semester.
B. In determining the time expected for an employee assignment, consideration shall be given to all factors specific to the course or group of courses. It is understood by the parties, given the professional nature of this employment and individual differences among employees, that fluctuations above and below the expected range of time will occur.
C. The appointment level shall be based on the Department's determination of the range of time it should ordinarily take to perform assigned duties. Each Department will determine the relationship between the 27 percentage of appointment and teaching load. For Teaching Assistants, satisfactory performance of these duties will ordinarily require an effort between 360 - 380 hours per semester for a half-time academic year pay basis appointment and 240 - 254 hours per semester for a third-time academic year pay basis appointment. For Program/Project Assistants, satisfactory performance of these duties will ordinarily require an effort of 1040 hours for a half-time annual pay basis appointment. A proportional number of hours will be calculated for other durations or percentages of appointments.
D. Only those duties required by the Employer shall be included in the calculation of required hours. All duties required by the Employer shall be fairly within the scope of employment.
E. The hours stated are for the full appointment period, but hours needed to carry out required duties will fluctuate over portions of the appointment period. The Department and the supervising staff member shall outline and distribute to the employee the various duties required by his/her appointment, the approximate distribution of hours to be spent on each of them and the anticipated weekly fluctuations of workload during the appointment period. As soon as the Employer becomes aware of substantial unanticipated fluctuations that will occur, the employee will be so notified. An employee who believes that the assigned duties require more time than is allocated must immediately notify and consult with the supervisor or Department chair (designee) who shall review the situation and will work with the employee to resolve the issue. If the employee is not satisfied with the informal resolution above and wishes to pursue it further, he/she may file a grievance under Article IV of this Agreement. No such grievance will be considered unless there has been a prior notification and consultation with the supervisor or the Department chair (designee).
An arbitrator's award under this Agreement
An arbitrator's award under this Agreement is limited to pay for work performed.
F. The employee is encouraged to discuss workload issues with his/her supervising staff member or the Department chair (designee), who shall review the situation and will work with the employee in an attempt to resolve the issue.
