Policy on Appointments and Remuneration
1. The Governing Council reserves to itself the
appointment, suspension or removal of the President.
2. The Governing Council reserves to itself the
appointment of the following University Officers on the recommendation of the
President:
Vice-Presidents (including the
Vice-President and Provost)
Secretary of the Governing Council
University Ombudsperson
3. Appointment of the following University Officers shall
be recommended by the President to the Executive Committee of the Governing
Council for approval and reported for information to the Governing Council:
Deputy Provost, Associate and
Vice-Provosts
Chief Financial Officer
Senior Legal Counsel
Deputy Secretary of the Governing
Council
4. Appointment of the following University Officers shall
be recommended by the President to the Senior Appointments and Compensation
Committee of the Governing Council (defined in Section 13 below) for approval
and reported for information to the Governing Council:
Assistant Vice-Presidents
Assistant Secretaries of the Governing
Council
Associate Vice-Provosts
5. Appointment of the heads of the following units shall
be recommended by the President to the appropriate Board of the Governing
Council for approval and reported for information to the Governing Council:
Internal Audit (Business Board)
Hart House (University Affairs Board)
The appointment of all other
administrative officials at the level of Assistant Vice-President or in the
highest Professionals/Managers category shall be reported by the President to
the appropriate Board for information.
6. Appointment of academic administrators, as defined by
the Policy on the Appointment of Academic Administrators, as amended from time
to time, and the heads of the University Library and the School of Continuing
Studies shall be recommended by the President to the Agenda Committee of the
Academic Board for approval, confirmed by a committee consisting of the
Chairman of the Governing Council, the President of the University and the
Chair of the Academic Board, and reported to the Governing Council for
information.
Appendix A attached hereto summarizes the authorities for
appointments described in the clauses 1 through 6 above.
7. Academic appointments with tenure, at any rank, shall
be made by the President and reported to the Academic Board for information.
8. All other academic appointments, to any rank and for
any term, shall be made by the President, or by the Vice-President and Provost,
or by the Principals, Deans and Directors, as may be designated by the
President, in accordance with established policies and procedures.
9. All other appointments shall be made by the President
or for him or her by the appropriate administrative official, and in accordance
with establishment policies and procedures.
10. Suspension
and Removal
a. The Ombudsman and the Secretary, Deputy Secretary and
Assistant Secretaries of the Governing Council may not be suspended without the
approval of the President and the concurrence of the Chairman of the Governing
Council, who shall report the reasons therefor to the Governing Council, nor
removed without the approval of the Governing Council on the joint
recommendation of the President and the Chairman of the Governing Council.
b. Otherwise, the suspension or removal of a person
appointed under clauses 2, 3, 4, 5 or 6 shall be authorized by the President,
who shall report the reasons therefor to the Governing Council through the
Executive Committee, in the case of persons appointed under clause 2, 3 or 4 or
to the appropriate Board, in the case of persons appointed under clauses 5 or
6.
c. The suspension or removal of other appointees shall be
authorized by the President or, if so designated by the President, the
appropriate Vice-President or other appropriate administrative official, except
in the case of members of the teaching staff for which approval of the
President shall be required.
11. Policies
and Procedures for Specific Classes of Appointments
The Governing Council may establish
detailed policies and procedures with respect to specific classes of
appointments (e.g., the Policy and Procedures on Academic Appointments, the
Policies for Librarians, the Policy on Appointment of Academic Administrators,
Policies for Confidentials, Policies for Professionals/Managers). The Business
Board may also establish such policies on behalf of Governing Council within
its terms of reference. Where not provided for in a specific manner by the
Governing Council or the Business Board, or herein, procedures with respect to
appointments, suspension and removals shall be established by the President or
by the Vice-President designated by the President, consistent with existing
policy and/or contractual obligations.
12. Determination
of Duties
The President, or any other officer or
employee of the University designated by the President, shall determine the
duties of appointees.
13. Remuneration
a. There shall be a Senior Appointments and Compensation
Committee, consisting of: the Chairman and the Vice-Chairman of the Governing
Council: the Chair of the Business Board; the President;
plus an alumni member of the Governing Council and a member of the Business
Board selected by the Chairman of the Governing Council after consultation with
the alumni governors and the Chair of the Business Board. If the Vice-Chairman
of the Governing Council or the Chair of the Business Board is not available to
serve during a particular year, a replacement(s) shall be appointed by the
Chairman of the Governing Council from among the members of Governing Council
in the Lieutenant Governor-in-Council or alumni constituencies.
The Vice-President and Provost and the
Vice-President, Human Resources and Equity serve as non-voting assessors and
are excluded from the Committee’s deliberations as appropriate.
b. The Senior Appointments and Compensation Committee is
responsible for approving, on the recommendation of the President, the
appointment of
Assistant Vice-Presidents
Assistant Secretaries of the Governing
Council
c. The Senior Appointments and Compensation Committee is
responsible for attesting to the Governing Council, through the Business Board,
that compensation policies and programs for employees appointed under clauses 1
through 6 above are appropriate, and that decisions about the compensation of
individuals have been made in accordance with established policy and practice.
d. The Committee fulfills its responsibility for
compensation matters in two principal ways, through review and, where required,
approval of the principles of compensation programs/procedures and through the
approval of individual compensation packages and adjustments, as needed.
Programs
i. The Committee will give the President its advice on
the implications of compensation programs which are negotiated in a collective
fashion with employee groups. The President will take such advice into
consideration as he exercises his responsibilities for the conduct of
negotiations.
ii. The Committee will review and make recommendations to
the Business Board on the structure of compensation programs and compensation
increase procedures for - staff whose compensation is not determined through
collective negotiations.
Individuals
iii. The Committee may approve regulations under which it
delegates responsibility for individual senior compensation decisions to the
President and, through the President, to others. The approval of all such
regulations shall be reported to the Business Board as part of the Committee’s
Annual Report. All regulations shall include a requirement for regular
reporting of individual decisions to the Senior Appointments and Compensation
Committee. The Committee may revise previously approved regulations following
consultation with the President.
iv. The Committee may not delegate compensation decisions
concerning the President, Vice-Presidents, Deputy and Vice-Provosts, nor any
senior salary individuals directly accountable to the Governing Council.
v. The Committee may also issue regulations or require
individual approval of compensation arrangements for individuals where such
individuals occupy academic administrative positions at the level of division
head or above or administrative positions that have a special reporting
relationship to the President or to the Governing Council.
e. Where the University of Toronto has established
corporations and where a majority of the members of the boards of such
corporations are appointed by the Governing Council and/or the President, such
corporations shall seek, through the President, guidance from the Senior
Appointments and Compensation Committee on establishment of and changes to
their senior executive compensation policies and practices prior to approval by
the corporation’s board.
f. The Senior Appointments and Compensation Committee
shall make an annual report on its activities to the Business Board.
g. Except as provided in sections (a) through (d) above,
the compensation of all other appointees shall be determined by the President
or any other appropriate administrative official of the University designated
by the President, within policies on remuneration established from time to time
by the Governing Council.
Section 11 amended by Governing Council on February 27, 1995
Sections 11(b, c) revised and sections 11 (d-f) added by
Governing Council, May 13, 1999
January 23,
2006, revisions to take into account the revised process for approval of
academic administrative appointments.
February 9, 2006, addition of reference to Senior Legal
Counsel
May 30, 2007, replacing the Policy approved on February 9,
2006