ARTICLE A - Salaries

A.1     Salary minima in dollar amounts for faculty, professional librarian and ancillary academic staff member ranks shall be as in Table A.1. Salaries of faculty, professional librarian and ancillary academic staff members which are below the new minima will be adjusted to the new minima.

A.1     (a)     The parties recognize the expectation that members appointed at the ranks of Lecturer, Assistant Professor, Associate Professor, Librarian I, Librarian II, Librarian III, AAS I, AAS II and AAS III shall use their appointment to commence and progress their professional career and that such ranks shall not be regarded as terminal ranks for members of the bargaining unit.  The initial salary for members appointed at these ranks during the life of this Agreement shall be negotiated within the ranges specified in Table A.1.

        If after six (6) years at the rank of Lecturer, Assistant Professor, Librarian I, Librarian II, AAS I, or AAS II such a member has not progressed to the next higher rank, said member cannot receive a salary that exceeds the upper limit for the member’s rank or the amount received in the sixth year at the rank, whichever is greater.  After the said six (6) years, in calculating Normal Salary of said member, all salary adjustments generated by other Articles of the Collective Agreement are subject to salary ranges. The parties agree that the provisions of this clause are not applicable to any faculty member or librarian member appointed prior to January 1, 1999.
 
        If after ten (10) years at the rank of Associate Professor, Librarian III, or AAS III, such a member has not progressed to the next higher rank, said member cannot receive a salary that exceeds the upper limit for the member’s rank or the amount received in the tenth year at the rank, whichever is greater.  After the said ten (10) years, in calculating Normal Salary of said member, all salary adjustments generated by other Articles of the Collective Agreement are subject to salary ranges. The parties agree that the provisions of this clause are not applicable to any faculty member or librarian member appointed prior to January 1, 2002. 

        A faculty member, librarian, or AAS who receives two (2) consecutive unsatisfactory performance reviews under clause 5:32, which shall be applied to AAS members mutatis mutandis, shall not be eligible to receive the PTR increment in the year following the second consecutive unsatisfactory review.

A.2    (a)    For the purpose of this Article the Normal Salary of each faculty, professional librarian, and ancillary academic staff member for the 2021/2022, 2022/2023, 2023/2024, and 2024/2025 academic years shall be defined in accordance with Article 1 as the salary set forth in writing sent by the University to the said member confirming rank and salary for the  2021/2022, 2022/2023, 2023/2024, and 2024/2025 academic years.

(b)    For the purpose of this Article the Normal Salary for the  2021/2022, 2022/2023, 2023/2024, and 2024/2025 academic years of each faculty and professional librarian member who was on sabbatical leave for the 2021/2022, 2022/2023, 2023/2024, and 2024/2025 academic years shall be deemed to be the member’s Nominal Salary (as defined in Article 1) for that year.

(c)    The Normal Salary of each full-time faculty, professional librarian, ancillary academic staff and sessional lecturer member shall be increased by the Windsor Salary Standard in accordance with Article P.  The amount of the Windsor Salary Standard Adjustment in accordance with Article P shall be determined by the member’s rank for the current academic year.

(d)    The Normal Salary of each full-time faculty, professional librarian, ancillary academic staff member, and sessional lecturer shall be increased by the following percentage amounts for scale, dollar amounts for PTR as indicated in Table A.2.d, except for sessional lecturers hired under Article 55 after July 1, 2011 who shall receive 80.49% of the indicated PTR amount.

Full Professors, Associate Professors, Librarian IV, Librarian III, AAS IV, and AAS III earning 1.75 times the salary minimum for their respective rank shall receive 50% of the PTR increment.  Those earning 2.00 times the salary minimum for their respective rank shall receive 0% of the PTR increment.

Effective July 1, 2024, Full Professors, Associate Professors, Librarian IV, Librarian III, AAS IV, and AAS III earning 1.75 times the salary minimum for their respective rank shall receive 75% of the PTR increment. Those earning 2.00 times the salary minimum for their respective rank shall receive 25% of the PTR increment.

(e)    If a member's Normal Salary for the year in question is less than the applicable salary minimum for the member’s rank, it shall be increased to the said minimum before the application of clauses A.2 (c) and A.2 (d), whichever is applicable. 
    
(f)    Upon promotion the member’s normal salary shall be increased as stipulated in Table A.2 (f). 

A.3    The Nominal Salary for each faculty and professional librarian member on sabbatical leave shall be increased as provided in clauses A.2 (c) and A.2( d), whichever is applicable. 

A.4    On July 1 of each academic year, following the implementation of any salary adjustments under Article C (Anomalies), A.2 (g), or Article P (Windsor Salary Standard), the sequence for calculating Normal Salary increases, where such increases are applicable, shall be as follows:

Increase to new rank minimum
Increase upon promotion
Scale
Progress-through-the-ranks