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UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS

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the outside agency is willing to continue supporting it. T h e requirement of thirty days notice for renewal will enable the University to deal more effectively in terminating or changing the character of a research project when such steps are deemed advisable. The Board of Trustees is also asked to reconsider the provision in the present regulations that "any special equipment necessary for conducting a cooperative investigation sponsored by an outside agency not available in the University shall be purchased from and charged against the funds provided by the sponsor and furthermore that all such equipment and materials shall be the exclusive property of the University." Sponsors of research projects consider the provision "that all such equipment and materials shall be the exclusive property of the University" unreasonable. It has been pointed out that legal departments and counsel of sponsors will object to this provision on the ground that it is inequitable and would make it possible for the University to purchase any kind of equipment, even to the extent of supplying needs unrelated to but at the expense of the research project in question, since the University would not be under contractual obligation to turn it over to the sponsor. T h e fact that the University is a reputable institution and would not indulge in such practices would not relieve a legal adviser of the responsibility of calling his client's attention to such a potential hazard. It has been the experience of the University that in no case has the sponsor of a research requested that the equipment paid for from funds supplied for a project be turned over to him when it has been completed. T h e University has little to gain from this requirement, but its inclusion in contracts makes it difficult to secure desirable cooperation for research. The Committee recommends that these amendments be adopted.

M. G. LUKEN, Chairman

KARL A. MEYER CHESTER R. D A V I S

O n m o t i o n of D r . M e y e r , t h e s e r e c o m m e n d a t i o n s w e r e a d o p t e d . REPORT OF CIVIL SERVICE COMMITTEE ON DISABILITY LEAVES FOR NON-ACADEMIC EMPLOYEES

Mr. Jensen, for the Committee on Civil Service and Employees, presented the following report of the University Committee to President Willard.

T h e University Committee on Civil Service and Wages recommends the adoption of the following provisions for disability leaves for civil service employees of the University of Illinois. (1) Except as provided in Section 8 of this report, all employees shall be entitled to an annual sick leave of fifteen working days. (2) In addition to the leave provided in paragraph (1) above, each employee shall be entitled to an extended disability leave which shall consist of one week for each full year of service, cumulative to a total of ten weeks, and shall be allowed to reaccumulate to this maximum through additional service after being used in part or in full. No reduction shall be made in accumulations for prior service earned before March I, 1944. (3) Disability benefits available to employees shall be used in the following order: ( a ) the fifteen days sick leave, ( b ) vacation to which entitled, when requested by the employee, (c) extended disability leave, as provided in paragraph ( 2 ) . In the case of disability compensable under the Workmen's Compensation Act, the employee may use the foregoing benefits to supplement payments made under the Workmen's Compensation Act, but in no case during a period of disability shall payments exceed the full salary being paid in any individual case at the time the disability occurred. (4) Employees when disabled shall continue to receive their full pay until the fifteen days sick leave and extended disability leave available are exhausted. If an employee elects to receive disability benefits under the University Retirement System of Illinois before he has exhausted his extended disability leave, he shall receive no payments from the University of Illinois during the period that disability benefits are received from said Retirement System. (5) Any employee who is disabled during his first year of service shall be allowed only the proportionate amount of the fifteen days sick leave according to