- [ ] #text-update Clean this up You can protect yourself individually by checking that many critical benefits are included in your offer letter. |Does my offer letter include...| |---| |Minimum stipend levels? <br>($21,329 for 20 hours/week in 2023-2024 Fall & Spring, or $26,059 for three semesters)| | | | |100% tuition coverage for each semester?| | | | |Fees coverage of at least 50% for each semester?| | | | |Specified hours of work? (20 hours weekly for half-time)| | | | |Compensation for being overworked?| | | | |Performance expectations being provided prior to appointment?| | | | |Our grievance procedure in full? (Article VIII of our current contract)| |Right to grieve evaluations of my work?| | | | |Right of me or my union steward to inspect my personnel file?| | | | |Right to request any part of my evaluation in writing?| | | | |Guarantee of training for teaching and/or research?| | | | |Guarantee of a safe work environment?| | | | |Union representation concerning wages and benefits?| | | | |Provisions allowing the release of my employment info to COGS?| | | | |Health insurance plan options? (UI GradCare or SHIP)| | | | |Employer coverage of premiums? (90% for individuals, 70% for dependent coverage)| | | | |Dental insurance with employer contributions? (85% for individuals, 70% for dependent coverage)| | | | |Reimbursement for travel expenses related to employment?| | | | |UI GradCare provisions in full? (there are 39! see the current COGS contract for the list)| | | | |Dental coverage provisions in full? (see the current COGS contract for the list!)| | | | |Paid leave without pay deductions? (5 working days each semester, or 15 for the fiscal year)| | | | |Sick leave without pay deductions? (13.5 days for the academic year, or 18 for the fiscal year)| | | | |Protections for the use of sick leave for an ill family member without loss of pay?| | | | |Protections for the use of sick leave for the death of a family member without loss of pay?| | | | |Protections for performing jury duty without loss of pay?| | | | |All 9 Holidays? <br>(New Year's, MLK day, Memorial day, Independence day, Labor day, Thanksgiving <br>Day and the Friday following that day, Christmas Day and either the day before or after)| |Protection of all benefits for the duration of the appointment?| |Affirmation of the University's human rights policy?| |Deadlines for reappointment letters? <br>(April 15 for summer and/or fall, November 1 for spring)| Also available from [this Google Sheet](https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1DL42oeGgefUAQeNxN23HI8NMZnEcwkaJe2tSn8NFrAc/edit?usp=sharing)