Career appointments are established at a fixed or variable percentage of time at fifty percent (50%) or more of full-time and are expected to continue for one (1) year or longer.
A career appointment may also be established by conversion from a limited appointment pursuant to §B.2. of this Article.
B. LIMITED APPOINTMENTS
A limited appointment is established at any percentage of time, fixed or variable, during which the appointee is expected to be on pay status for less than one thousand 1,000 hours in a rolling twelve (12)-month period.
In the event that a limited appointment employee attains 1,000 hours of qualifying service within a rolling 12 months, without a break in service of at least 120 consecutive calendar days, the incumbent’s appointment shall convert to career. The University shall notify the employee of
the eligibility for conversion.
a. Qualifying service includes all time on pay status in one or more limited appointments at the campus/laboratory/hospital. Pay status shall not include on-call or overtime hours.
b. Such career conversion shall be effective on the first day of the month following attainment of 1000 hours of qualifying service.
c. Any break in service of 120 days or longer shall result in a new 12- month period for purposes of calculating the 1000-hour requirement.
The automatic conversion to career status, as provided in §B.2. above, will not occur when:
a. An employee who was hired as a replacement for another person who is on an extended leave that exceeds 1,000 hours; or
b. The position into which the employee is hired is not an “ongoing” position, in that the position is established and funded for less than a year at any percent of time, or
c. The funding for the position is “one time” funding, of eighteen months or less, or the employee was hired specifically to work on a short-term project lasting no more than one year.
Employees in limited appointments may have their appointment terminated or have their time reduced at the sole discretion of the University and without recourse to the grievance and arbitration procedures of this Agreement.
An employee who is appointed to a limited appointment will be automatically terminated as of the last day of the appointment unless there is an earlier separation or a formal extension of the appointment.
C. REASSIGNMENT
The reassignment of an employee in a full-time career appointment to a partial year appointment, to a part-time career appointment, or to a limited appointment, at a fixed or variable percentage of time shall be considered a reduction in time and must be carried out in accordance with the provisions of Article 16, Layoff and Reduction in Time.
Catherine Becker, Chicago, Illinois