Repository: UIHistories Project: Board of Trustees Minutes - 1946 [PAGE 588]

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UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS

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6 . A permanent and continuous employee is ( a ) one employed in a position or in work which the University contemplates continuing for the next six months, or is (b) a person who has completed six months of service. F o r this purpose a month of service shall be no less than twenty work days, excluding approved absences. A person employed regularly but on a part-time basis and fulfilling the above conditions will be considered a permanent and continuous employee. 7 . The words "prevailing rate" when used herein shall be the cash wages paid generally in the locality in which the work is being performed to employees engaged in work of a similar character.

II. NEGOTIATION PROCEDURE

1. All proposals for establishment of, or changes in, rates of compensation, hours, or other subjects dealt with in sections I I I to V inclusive herein shall be submitted to the Office of Nonacademic Personnel. This office will secure all of the relevant facts, and will negotiate the proposals with employees concerned, or, in case of a collective bargaining unit, their duly constituted representatives, and with the University departments involved. 2 . Employees appointed or elected to represent any employee groups in negotiations will be allowed full pay, at straight time rates only, for time required to be so spent during their regular working day or shifts. In no case will payment be made in accordance with the above provisions for any time beyond the close of the regular work day or shift. Other than as set forth in this section and in section X I I I - 6 , payment will not be allowed for time spent in meetings or conferences except as these may be called or requested by recognized departmental authorities or as they may be approved by the Director of Nonacademic Personnel. Lists of all employees whose presence is desired at such meetings or conferences shall be submitted in advance to the Director of Nonacademic Personnel who shall be responsible for determining their representative status as above noted and for arrangements with their supervisors for them to be excused from work in their respective departments. 3 . The Director of Nonacademic Personnel will have the responsibility and authority to reach an understanding on behalf of the University in accordance with the terms of this Policy.