Sessional Adjunct Bargaining Unit Certificate

Ontario Labour Relations Board Certificate
May 2^nd, 2003

All academic staff employed by the employer in the Province of Ontario who, individually or jointly, are responsible for instruction and evaluation in degree-credit courses, for pay, and who are persons coming within the definition of members of the adjunct academic staff, Group 1, as set out in the June 23, 1994 "Statement on Adjunct Academic Staff and Academic Assistants", save and except

a)    employees covered by subsisting collective agreements;

b)    voting members of the Board of Trustees;

c)    Associate Deans and persons above that rank, including without limitation the Principal and Vice-Chancellor, Vice-Principals, Associate Vice-Principals, Deans, Vice-Deans; and persons providing confidential assistance in respect of labour relations to persons in one or more of those positions; and anyone who is appointed to act in those positions;

d)    the University Librarian and the Associate University Librarian;

e)    the University Archivist;

f)    physicians with or without academic rank to whom the Ontario Medical Association Dues Act, applies;

g)    persons, including visiting fellows, employed by another university, institution, firm or government agency, and whose duties at Queen's University are part of their employment at their home university, institution, firm or government agency.

h)    post-doctoral fellows and research fellows whose remuneration for teaching at Queen's University is from an external source;

i)    teaching assistants;

j)    academic assistants as defined in the June 23, 1994 "Statement of Adjunct Academic Staff and Academic Assistants;

k)    persons registered as students at Queen's University at Kingston who teach in the discipline in which they are registered;

l)    persons whose appointments are exclusively for work outside of the Province of Ontario, including persons teaching at the International Study Centre at Herstmonceux Castle;

m)    the Executive Director and Resident (Academic) Director at the International Study Centre at Herstmonceux Castle;

n)    those persons who as guest lecturers provide only occasional instruction in a course;

o)    persons engaged in supervision of students unless they are otherwise members of the bargaining unit.

Clarity Note:  Supervision of students in clinical, professional and other academic programs is not sufficient to justify inclusion of a person in the bargaining unit.