Sessional instructors (CUPE 4163)

Recruitment

General

  • CUPE 4163 collective agreement article 14: The collective agreement between UVic and the Canadian Union of Public Employees Local 4163 (Component 3). Article 14 refers to the expressions of interest, appointment procedures.
  • Relocation Assistance Policy (HR6405). The purpose of this policy is to assist new employees with the cost of their relocation to enable their work at the University of Victoria.
  • Travel and Business Expenses (FM5610). This policy applies to all travel and business expenditures paid from university administered funds.

Preferential/limited hiring

New sessional instructors

  • Employee onboarding: Reviews the roles and tools available to help all parties support a successful employee orientation.
  • Collective agreement: The collective agreement between UVic and the Canadian Union of Public Employees Local 4163 (Component 3).

Retention

General

Health and wellness

  • Health, dental and life insurance for CUPE 4163: Plan Design 5 reviews the major provisions of the extended health and dental benefit plan for continuing sessional lecturers.
  • Benefits overvew: A quick reference guide to benefits for continuing sessional lecturers.
  • Employee & Family Assistance Program: The program provides information, advice and support to help you navigate many of life's milestones.
  • Work life consultants: The work life consulting team manages the absence and disability management program (short-term illness/injury, return to work and medical accommodations) and coordinates health promotion initiatives for staff and faculty.
  • Workplace wellness resources: Our services promote a healthy campus community that empowers employees to support each other and participate in maintaining their own health and wellbeing. 
  • Illness or injury: Develop a planned approach for supports during your recovery and for your return to work following an injury or illness.
  • Ergonomics: The ergonomics program at UVic actively promotes practices to ensure the health and safety of all of our employees.
  • Hiring Individuals with Disabilities: A website by the President's Group to promote the benefits and successful approaches to hiring and integrating employees with disabilities into workplaces.

Professional development

  • Learning, Teaching and Innovation: LTI is at the heart of UVic’s commitment to cultivate an extraordinary academic environment through supporting faculty, instructors and teaching assistants with professional development as well as fostering undergraduates’ academic success.
  • Learning Innovation for Teaching (LIFT) Program: Combines self-paced learning, interactive workshops, reflective practice, pper discussions, and structured professional development.
  • Learning & Teaching Professional Development Funds: Professional development funds support participation in activities that aim to enhance teaching and learning. They include funds for continuing sessional instructors and term sessional instructors. 

Accommodation

General

  • Employment accommodation policy: This policy clarifies UVic’s responsibilities to provide accommodations to employees and job applicants.
  • Central accommodation fund: The central accommodation fund has been established by the university to help accommodate employees with disabilities and to provide departments with a source of funds to support necessary and reasonable accommodations.
  • Examples of successful faculty accommodation measures: Examples of real accommodations implemented following medical documentation and discussions with the faculty members and/or chair to creatively remove barriers for faculty members with temporary or permanent medical conditions
  • Mental health and well being: UVic is committed to fostering environments for work and study that are safe, supportive, inclusive and healthy, encourage mutual respect and civility, while recognizing that people are our primary strength.
  • Return to work – stay at work: A collaborative process involving departments, unions, staff and faculty members at UVic. The program provides a planned approach to returning or remaining at work following an injury or illness, whether occupational or non-occupational.
  • Work life consultants: The work life consulting team manages the absence and disability management program (short-term illness/injury, return to work and medical accommodations) and coordinates health promotion initiatives for staff and faculty.
  • WorkSafe BC claims: WorkSafeBC is the operating name of the Workers' Compensation Board of British Columbia. It is a no-fault insurance system set up through the Worker Compensation Act to protect workers and employers against the financial impact of work related injuries.