SECTION 1. The Management agrees to seriously consider the views and perspectives of the faculty members to be supervised in the appointment of administrators with faculty status or faculty members with academic assignment load as part of the selection process. It shall be transparent in the qualification requirements and selection procedures. It shall take into account the aspect of respect and confidence that the candidate enjoys from his/her peers in the department/program/ cluster/school/office. However, the Union fully understands and respects that the appointment of administrators is a management prerogative.

SECTION 2. The Management shall first consider from among qualified regular faculty members in the department/program/ school/office in the selection and appointment of administrators with faculty status or faculty members with academic assignment load. Selection criteria shall include but not be limited to academic qualification, competence, growth in formation, and leadership.

SECTION 3. It shall be the policy of the Management that the occupational safety and health of its employees, the protection of work areas, and the prevention of accidents are continuing and integral parts of its everyday operating responsibility. The Management, in collaboration with the Union, is committed to provide a safe and healthful working environment for its employees. The employees shall have the responsibility to use available safety equipment and observe procedures in their daily work and shall cooperate in all safety and accident-prevention programs. The Management agrees to abide by all relevant required local and national safety and health standards, and no Union member shall be disciplined or made to suffer any retaliatory action for, in good faith, exercising legal rights to a safe and healthy workplace.

Furthermore, the Management agrees to provide annual trainings and seminars on health, safety and wellness.

SECTION 4. In the event of accident or any medical emergency during the working hours of the clinic, the school nurse shall accompany the injured or ill faculty member to the hospital or other medical institutions.

SECTION 5. Any Union member who is injured or who incurred an accident or medical emergency during the course of his or her employment, no matter how slight the injury, shall file an accident report to the director of HRMDO prior to the end of the workday or as soon as possible after the occurrence of the injury, accident or medical emergency. The Management agrees to provide a copy of such report to the unit clinic where the faculty member belongs as part of his/ her profile.

SECTION 6. The Management, in collaboration with the Union, agrees to assess any reported unsafe or unhealthy working condition in a timely manner and will take remedial action as appropriate. The Union member who reported the unsafe or unhealthy working condition shall be informed of the result of the assessment and the corresponding action taken by Management.