N.Y. Comp. Codes R. & Regs. tit. 8 § 335.9

Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 45, November 2, 2024

Section 335.9 - Change in professional title

(a) A professional employee holding a term appointment or permanent appointment in professional title who is appointed to a different professional title at the same college, shall be given a probationary appointment in the different professional title.

(1) A professional employee holding permanent appointment in professional title who completes a probationary appointment in a different professional title shall be granted a permanent appointment in the different professional title only and shall not retain the permanent appointment in the former professional title.

(2) A professional employee who is serving on a term appointment in professional title and completes a probationary appointment in a different professional title shall be granted a new term appointment as appropriate in the new professional title and shall not retain a term appointment in the former professional title. The new term appointment shall be for a duration not less that the unexpired time of the previous term appointment. Service in the probationary appointment shall count towards satisfaction of the eligibility requirements for permanent appointment.

(b) At any time during the probationary appointment, the appointing authority may require the employee to return to his or her former professional title and such action shall be accomplished as soon as practicable.

(1) A professional employee holding a permanent appointment in a professional title and serving a probationary appointment in a different professional title who so returns to the employee's former professional title resumes permanent appointment in the former professional title.

(2) A professional employee holding a term appointment in a professional title and serving a probationary appointment in a different professional title who so returns to the employee's former professional title shall have service in the probationary appointment counted towards the satisfaction of the eligibility requirements for permanent appointment, except as provided in this section. Should such employee so return, he or she shall be granted a new term appointment in the employee's former professional title until expiration of that term appointment at the earliest. Notice that a term appointment in this circumstance will be allowed to expire shall be given at the appropriate time prior to the expiration of that new term appointment.

(3) Basic annual salary protected. Upon returning to the employee's former professional title pursuant to this section, a professional employee shall receive his or her former basic annual salary and, in addition, any improvements thereof which would have been earned had the employee remained in that professional title.

N.Y. Comp. Codes R. & Regs. Tit. 8 § 335.9