10.07 Temporary Disability Plan:
The University agrees to include staff in this unit in the State of New Jersey Temporary Disability Plan. It is a shared cost plan that provides payments to staff members who are unable to work as the result of non-work connected illness or injury and who have exhausted their accumulated sick leave.
10.08 Parking:
Beginning July 1, 1994 and for every fiscal year until a successor agreement is concluded, the parking fee for all bargaining unit members will be equal to .5% of the base salary of the last pay period of the remainder of the fiscal year based on their salary at time of hire.
10.09 Tuition Refund:
A. Effective January 1, 2000, the University will reimburse all Full and Part-time staff up to nine hundred dollars ($900.00) per semester for tuition costs for courses successfully completed with a grade of a “C” or better. The annual maximum reimbursement will be two thousand seven hundred dollars ($2,700.00). Effective January 1, 2001, reimbursement will be one thousand ($1,000.00) dollars per semester, maximum reimbursement three thousand ($3,000.00) dollars per year.
B. There will be no reimbursement for incidental fees incurred in the courses.
C. The University will reimburse staff within six (6) weeks of submission of tuition receipts and grades by the staff member.
D. Effective January 1, 1997, there shall be no caps on the number of semesters for which a supervisor can receive a tuition refund.
E. Supervisors in the Mental Health and Social Work professions shall be eligible to receive tuition reimbursement for course work at a post-Master degree “institute” or an equivalent program in their fields.
F. Effective September 1, 2000, if a staff member takes a course at a non-UMDNJ school that allows for a deferred tuition reimbursement, the staff member will not be required to pay the school first and then be reimbursed by the University. Provided that the staff member successfully completes the course with a grade of “C” or better and submits an appropriate invoice, the University shall issue a check to the staff member (within the maximum amounts set forth in this section) and the staff member shall submit such check to the non-UMDNJ school. However, it is the responsibility of the staff member to make such payments and the University shall be held harmless from any disputes between the staff member and the non-UMDNJ school regarding tuition payments.
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