YUFA
Grievances
Grievance
Settled – Atkinson Technical-Training Support for Internet Courses
23
Mar 04 - On December 5, 2003, YUFA filed a grievance regarding technical-training
support for Internet courses in the Atkinson Faculty of Liberal and
professional Studies. At
issue was the payment to TAs and Tutors for technical training they might
require in order to undertake their duties.
The Employer took the position that such payment would have to come
out of the number of hours allocated to YUFA members for marker/grader
and/or tutor support. YUFA argued that this training is extraordinary and
not within the realm of the normal “training”/ orientation that one
might have to provide to a new tutor or marker/grader.
YUFA is pleased to inform you that this grievance has been satisfactorily
resolved. The Employer has
undertaken to provide technical training sessions at least annually for
teaching assistants and contract faculty hired to provide marker-grader
and/or teaching assistant/tutor support for Atkinson Internet courses. Compensation for time spent in such training sessions will not
impact of the number of hours allocated to YUFA members for teaching
assistance support.