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1. Role of Union 1
2.1 Membership Policies Coverage 2
2.2 Assistance to Non-Members 2
2.2.1
Preamble 2
2.2.2
Assistance from the
2.2.3 Exceptions
may be made
3.1 Motion on Training Package 3
3.2 UNION Training and Women 3
4.1 Branch Recruitment 4
4.2. Recruitment Coverage 4
4.3 Aims of Recruitment 4
4.4.
Specific Recruitment Targets 4
4.5 Implementation of Recruitment Aims 5
4.6 Motion on Recruitment
Funding 5
5. Legal Actions 7
5.1.
Industrial Defence
Fund 7
5.2.
Protection against Legal Action
5.3. Legal consultation 8
5.3.2 Realities that arise in the experience of Branches 8
5.3.3 Principles for legal consultation 9
5.3.4 Funding limitations 10
6.1 Role of Higher Education in society 11
6.2.Public Tertiary Education
6.2.1 Funding from Government 11
6.2.2
Public Accountability of higher
education institutions 12
6.2.3
Public interest in Academic Matters 12
6.2.4
Participatory institutional decision-making 12
6.3 Bargaining: Collective and Individual
Agreements 12
6.4 Union Recognition 12
6.5.Non-Union Ballots and Elections 13
6.6.Staff-Student Alliances 13
7. Information Flow 13
7.1 Information Technology 13
7.1.1.Webpage on Collective bargaining 13
7.1.2. NTESU
Information Technology plan 13
7.2
Telephone conferencing 13
7.3.
Use of Cell Phones 14
7.4.
Minutes of Meetings 14
7.5.
Records of correspondence 14
7.6
Media Coverage 14
7.7.
Whistleblowers 15
8.1.Institutional Mergers and
Incorporations 16
8.2. Outsourcing, Transmission of
business, private providers 17
8.2.1
Preamble on privatization 17
8.2.2
Membership and Recruitment in para-University
organizations 17
8.2.3
Award Regulation in para-University organizations 17
8.2.4
Collective bargaining with para-University
organizations 18
8.2.5 NEC report on para-University
employment 18
8.2.6 Opposing Contracting Out / Outsourcing 18
8.2.6.1 Preamble on contracting out 18
8.2.6.2 Policy on contracting out 19
8.2.7 Labour-Hire 19
8.3.Commercialization 20
8.3.1. Privatisation in Higher Education 20
8.3.2 Marketization 20
8.4 Corporate
Sponsorship of Universities 20
8.5 Cross-sectorial Co-operation 20
SECTION 2 EMPLOYEE RIGHTS
9.
Workplace Change 21
9.1.Preamble
on workplace changes 21
9.2
The NTESU has no
“in-principle” opposition 21
9.3
organisational change should be negotiated 21
9.4 Flexible Teaching and learning 21-23
9.5 Access and Participation 23
9.6 Credit transfer 23
9.7 Recognition of Prior Learning 24
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Workload and Hours of Work 24
11.1 Pre-employment medicals 26
11.2.HIV/AIDS
policy and strategy 26
11.3
Disability policy and strategy 26
11.4 Occupational Health and Safety 26
11.5 Safety in Laboratories 27
11.6 Safety in Libraries 28
11.7 Thermal Comfort 29
11.8 Working Alone 29
11.9 Sex-based Harassment 30-32
11.10 Bullying 32
12
Career Progression 33
12.1. Inclusive Language 33
12.2 Equity at Work 33
12.3 Equal Opportunity and Discrimination 34
12.4. Equal Opportunity within NTESU 34
12.5. Institutional commitment to Equal
Opportunities 35
12.6. Gender Equity 36
12.6. Staff Development 36
12.7. Attendance at conferences 37
12.8. Academic Study Leave 37
12.9
Intellectual Property 37
13
EMPLOYMENT SECURITY 38
13.1.Continuing
Employment 38
13.2.Academic Probation 39
13.3 Assistance for members facing
redundancy 39
13.4 Pension 39
13.5 Casuals and Contract Workers 40
13.6 Home-based Work 40
13.7.Rules on Assistance Support 41
13.7.1 Grievances 41
13.7.2.Discipline 42
13.7.3.Enquiry and Information 42
13.8 Academic Freedom 42
14 Quality Assurance 43
14.1 Academic Staff Appraisal 43
14.2 Student Evaluation of Teaching 44
14.3.Performance Indicators 45
15 Research 46
15.1 Research and the
15.2 The teaching/research scholarship nexus 47
15.2 Research Consultancies 47
15.3 Research, Evaluation of 48
15.4 Industry-funded research 48
15.5. Research-only staff 49
15.6 Research Education 49
16 Examinations 50
16.1 Postgraduate Theses 50