(A)
A full-time faculty member at Cleveland state
university with at least ten years of service who retires under the regulations
of the state teachers retirement system or under an approved alternative
retirement plan (ARP) may elect at the faculty member's sole option to continue
part-time employment at CSU for a period of three years following
retirement.For full-time faculty members who
retire with at least ten years of service, the university shall automatically
continue to provide the following services: e-mail, internet access, library
privileges, use of a Viking card, parking, and recreation. Those services shall
be offered under the same terms and conditions as they are offered to regular
faculty. Each year by April first, a notice shall be sent via e-mail to which
the faculty member shall respond affirmatively for services to be continued for
the next year. A second e-mail shall be sent notifying retired faculty of the
imminent termination of these services in the event that no affirmative
response is received. After this second notice, services shall be terminated if
the faculty member fails to respond affirmatively.
(B)
A full-time
faculty member at Cleveland state university with at least ten years of service
who retires under the regulations of the state teachers retirement system or
under an approved alternative retirement plan (ARP) may elect at the faculty
member's sole option to continue part-time employment at CSU for a period of
three years following retirement.
(B)(C)
A faculty member who chooses this option will be
assigned up to nine credit hours of teaching, or its equivalent in
administrative service, in each of the three academic years (not including
summer). Employment may consist of, per academic year
(not including summer):
(1) A maximum of nine semester credit hours
of teaching;
(2) A maximum of the
equivalent of nine semester credit hours of teaching performed as
administrative service; or
(3) Any combination of
teaching or administrative service
paragraphs (B)(1) and (B)(2) of this rule
up to the equivalent of nine semester credit hours of teaching.
When choosing post-retirement part-time
employment, the faculty member must specify at that time how many credit hours
of work (teaching or its service equivalent) are being claimed. The extent to
which the faculty member's post-retirement work will be composed of the
teaching or service will depend upon CSU needs. The combination of
administrative service and teaching may vary over the three-year
period.
(C)(D) Faculty
who choose this option
may elect to engage in post-retirement employment for up to
three years after retirement and shall be compensated at the summer
salary rate specified in the relevant section of the current collective
bargaining agreement. Retiring faculty who wish to
teach in the fall semester, shall, by April first of the previous spring
semester, notify their chair or director in writing of their intent to retire
and to exercise post-retirement employment. Retiring faculty who wish to teach
in the spring semester, shall, by May first of the previous spring semester,
notify their chair or director in writing of their intent to retire and to
exercise post-retirement employment.
(D)(E) Administrative
service may be performed at the discretion of the provost and/or dean in
consultation with the department chair or school director and with the
concurrence of the retiring faculty member. The
combination of administrative service and teaching may be allowed to vary over
the three-year period
(E)(F) The courses to be
taught and/or the type of administrative service, and the semester(s) of
employment service, shall be determined annually by the department chairperson
or school director and the dean in consultation with the faculty
member.
(F)(G) A full-time faculty
member at Cleveland state university with at least ten years of service who
retires under the regulations of the state teachers retirement system or an
approved alternative retirement plan
(ARP) and
who elects to continue part-time employment at CSU
for a period of three years following retirement may
only
must cash out their sick leave at
the time of retirement
or forfeit their sick
leave. Sick leave
, which is not cashed
out, may not be used during the post-retirement employment period
pursuant to this article.
(G) For full-time faculty members
who retire with at least ten years of service, the university shall
automatically continue the following services: e-mail, internet access, library
privileges, use of a Viking card, parking and recreation. Those services shall
be offered under the same terms and conditions as to regular faculty. Each year
by April first, a notice shall be sent via e-mail to which the faculty member
shall respond affirmatively for services to be continued for the next year. A
second e-mail shall be sent notifying retired faculty of the imminent
termination of these services in the event that no affirmative response is
received. After this second notice, services shall be terminated if the faculty
member fails to respond affirmatively.
(H) A faculty member may discontinue
part-time post-retirement employment
participation by appropriate and timely notification of the department
chairperson or school director. The provost or dean
may discontinue participation in the administrative services by appropriate and
timely notification to the retired faculty member. The faculty member
shall retain the option of increasing the teaching credit hours to remain
within the limits as specified in paragraph (B)
(C) of this
rule.
(I) Regulations, rules, and
policies of the state teachers retirement system or approved
(ARP)alternative
retirement plan are beyond the scope of Cleveland state university's
personnel policies and shall not, under any circumstances, be subject to the
grievance provisions of those policies.
