Common use of Change in Work Location/Transfer Clause in Contracts

Change in Work Location/Transfer. A. A change in work location may be designated by the bureau/office head or designee. Such changes in work location shall not be arbitrary. A unit employee may request and be considered for a change in work location. A unit employee seeking a change in work location will request it, in writing, to the bureau/office head or designee. An employee seeking to be reassigned to a vacancy shall request it, in writing, to the appropriate Director, with a copy to his/her supervisor. Employees may request a transfer if they have been in their current work location at least six months, have had no written reprimands (as a result of violations of any School Board Policy, contract provision, departmental regulation or policy) during the six month period prior to transfer request, and have successfully completed their probationary period. Vacancies will be filled on the basis of qualifications, experience, and seniority. Unit employees may be assigned to work locations as workload, staffing, and adminis- trative requirements dictate. Changes in work location may be grievable, but shall not be arbitrable. Transfer/Location Preference Requests will be held active in the Office of Human Resources for a period of six months from the date of request. Unit employees may request and receive one work location transfer per fiscal year. B. A joint Zone Mechanic (ZM) committee, co-chaired and consisting of eight members, four selected by M-DCPS Facilities Operations, Maintenance, and four selected by the Union, will be established. Its mission is to meet and discuss the assignment and reassignment of zone mechanics and make recommendations. An equal number of alternates may be appointed by both parties. The committee will also review suggestions from Zone Mechanics and management and make recommendations to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of Zone Mechanics. The committee shall meet at least quarterly. A written summary of the quarterly meetings shall be maintained. All recommendations shall be forwarded to the Maintenance Officer, with a copy to the Union Business Representative. C. Zone Mechanic (ZM) vacancies will be filled using the following two step procedure. Ties in the bidding and placement process will be resolved by first considering seniority in job classification and secondly by overall District seniority as a permanent employee. Bidding will be scheduled annually unless some other time is agreed to by the Zone Mechanic Committee. 1. District-wide Bidding: - ZM vacancies identified by the Zone Mechanic Committee will first be filled using a single round District-wide bidding process by seniority. ZMs who are unsuccessful in bidding will not be required to relinquish their assigned cluster. Ties will be resolved as discussed above. Announced vacancies that may remain due to lack of bids, and vacancies that result from the single round Step One bidding process, shall be filled by proceeding to Step Two. 2. Within-MSC Bidding: Vacancies remaining after completion of step one shall be announced by the Zone Mechanic Committee. Only those ZMs assigned to the MSC in which the vacancy exists will be afforded an opportunity to bid for the announced vacancy. ZMs who are unsuccessful in bidding will not be required to relinquish their assigned clusters. Ties will be resolved as discussed above. Step two bids shall proceed through as many rounds as necessary until there are no bids submitted on the available ZM vacancies remaining within the MSC.

Change in Work Location/Transfer. A. A change in work location may be designated by the bureau/office head or designee. Such changes in work location shall not be arbitrary. A unit employee may request and be considered for a change in work location. A unit employee seeking a change in work location will request it, in writing, to the bureau/office head or designee. An employee seeking to be reassigned to a vacancy shall request it, in writing, to the appropriate Director, with a copy to his/her supervisor. Employees may request a transfer if they have been in their current work location at least six months, have had no written reprimands (as a result of violations of any School Board Policy, contract provision, departmental regulation or policy) during the six month period prior to transfer request, and have successfully completed their probationary period. Vacancies will be filled on the basis of qualifications, experience, and seniority. Unit employees may be assigned to work locations as workload, staffing, and adminis- trative administrative requirements dictate. Changes in work location may be grievable, but shall not be arbitrable. Transfer/Location Preference Requests will be held active in the Office of Human Resources for a period of six months from the date of request. Unit employees may request and receive one work location transfer per fiscal year. B. A joint Zone Mechanic (ZM) committee, co-chaired and consisting of eight six members, four three selected by M-DCPS Facilities Operations, Maintenance, and four three selected by the Union, will be established. Its mission is to meet and discuss the assignment and reassignment of zone mechanics and make recommendations. An equal number of alternates may be appointed by both parties. The committee will also review suggestions from Zone Mechanics and management and make recommendations to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of Zone Mechanics. The committee shall meet at least quarterly. A written summary of the quarterly meetings shall be maintained. All recommendations shall be forwarded to the Maintenance Officer, with a copy to the Union Business Representative. C. Zone Mechanic (ZM) vacancies will be filled using the following two step procedure. Ties in the bidding and placement process will be resolved by first considering seniority in job classification and secondly by overall District seniority as a permanent employee. Bidding will be scheduled annually unless some other time is agreed to by the Zone Mechanic Committee. 1Agent. District-wide Bidding: Bidding - ZM vacancies identified by the Zone Mechanic Committee will first be filled using a single round District-wide bidding process by seniority. ZMs who are unsuccessful in bidding will not be required to relinquish their assigned cluster. Ties Bidding will be resolved as discussed above. Announced vacancies that may remain due scheduled annually, unless some other time is agreed to lack of bids, and vacancies that result from the single round Step One bidding process, shall be filled by proceeding to Step Two. 2. Within-MSC Bidding: Vacancies remaining after completion of step one shall be announced by the Zone Mechanic Committee. Only those ZMs assigned to the MSC in which the vacancy exists will be afforded an opportunity to bid for the announced vacancy. ZMs who are unsuccessful in bidding will not be required to relinquish their assigned clusters. Ties will be resolved as discussed above. Step two bids shall proceed through as many rounds as necessary until there are no bids submitted on the available ZM vacancies remaining within the MSC.

Change in Work Location/Transfer. A. A change in work location may be designated by the bureau/office head or designee. Such changes in work location shall not be arbitrary. A unit employee may request and be considered for a change in work location. A unit employee seeking a change in work location will request it, in writing, to the bureau/office head or designee. All vacancies which occur in job positions which are part of this bargaining unit shall be posted within the departments with notice sent to DCSMEC. An employee seeking to be reassigned to a vacancy shall request it, in writing, to the appropriate Director, with a copy to his/her supervisor. Employees may request a transfer if they have been in their current work location at least six months, have had no written reprimands (as a result of violations of any School Board PolicyRule, contract provision, departmental regulation or policy) during the six month period prior to transfer request, and have successfully completed their probationary period. Vacancies will be filled on the basis of qualifications, experience, and seniority. Unit employees may be assigned to work locations as workload, staffing, and adminis- trative administrative requirements dictate. Changes in work location may be grievable, but shall not be arbitrable. Transfer/Location Preference Requests will be held active in the Office of Human Resources Resources, Recruitment and Performance Management for a period of six months from the date of request. Unit employees may request and receive one work location transfer per fiscal year. B. A joint Zone Mechanic (ZM) committee, co-chaired and consisting of eight six members, four three selected by M-DCPS Facilities Operations, Maintenance, and four three selected by the Union, will be established. Its mission is to meet and discuss the assignment and reassignment of zone mechanics and make recommendations. An equal number of alternates may be appointed by both parties. The committee will also review suggestions from Zone Mechanics and management and make recommendations to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of Zone Mechanics. The committee shall meet at least quarterly. A written summary of the quarterly meetings shall be maintained. All recommendations shall be forwarded to the Maintenance Officer, with a copy to the Union Business Representative. C. Zone Mechanic (ZM) vacancies will be filled using the following two step procedure. Ties in the bidding and placement process will be resolved by first considering seniority in job classification and secondly by overall District seniority as a permanent employee. Bidding will be scheduled annually unless some other time is agreed to by the Zone Mechanic Committee. 1Agent. District-wide Bidding: Bidding - ZM vacancies identified by the Zone Mechanic Committee will first be filled using a single round District-wide bidding process by seniority. ZMs who are unsuccessful in bidding will not be required to relinquish their assigned cluster. Ties Bidding will be resolved as discussed above. Announced vacancies that may remain due scheduled annually, unless some other time is agreed to lack of bids, and vacancies that result from the single round Step One bidding process, shall be filled by proceeding to Step Two. 2. Within-MSC Bidding: Vacancies remaining after completion of step one shall be announced by the Zone Mechanic Committee. Only those ZMs assigned to the MSC in which the vacancy exists will be afforded an opportunity to bid for the announced vacancy. ZMs who are unsuccessful in bidding will not be required to relinquish their assigned clusters. Ties will be resolved as discussed above. Step two bids shall proceed through as many rounds as necessary until there are no bids submitted on the available ZM vacancies remaining within the MSC.

Change in Work Location/Transfer. A. A change in work location may be designated by the bureau/office head or designee. Such changes in work location shall not be arbitrary. A unit employee may request and be considered for a change in work location. A unit employee seeking a change in work location will request it, in writing, to the bureau/office head or designee. All vacancies which occur in job positions which are part of this bargaining unit shall be posted within the departments with notice sent to DCSMEC. An employee seeking to be reassigned to a vacancy shall request it, in writing, to the appropriate Director, with a copy to his/her supervisor. Employees may request a transfer if they have been in their current work location at least six months, have had no written reprimands (as a result of violations of any School Board PolicyRule, contract provision, departmental regulation or policy) during the six month period prior to transfer request, and have successfully completed their probationary period. Vacancies will be filled on the basis of qualifications, experience, and seniority. Unit employees may be assigned to work locations as workload, staffing, and adminis- trative requirements dictate. Changes in work location may be grievable, but shall not be arbitrable. Transfer/Location Preference Requests will be held active in the Office of Human Resources Personnel Management and Services for a period of six months from the date of request. Unit employees may request and receive one work location transfer per fiscal year. B. A joint Zone Mechanic (ZM) committee, co-chaired and consisting of eight members, four selected by M-DCPS Facilities Operations, Maintenance, and four selected by the Union, will be established. Its mission is to meet and discuss the assignment and reassignment of zone mechanics and make recommendations. An equal number of alternates may be appointed by both parties. The committee will also review suggestions from Zone Mechanics and management and make recommendations to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of Zone Mechanics. The committee shall meet at least quarterly. A written summary of the quarterly meetings shall be maintained. All recommendations shall be forwarded to the Maintenance Officer, with a copy to the Union Business Representative. C. Zone Mechanic (ZM) vacancies will be filled using the following two three-step procedure. Ties in the bidding and placement process will be resolved by first considering seniority in job classification and secondly by overall District seniority as a permanent employee. Bidding will be scheduled annually unless some other time is agreed to by the Zone Mechanic Committee. 1. District-wide Bidding: Bidding - ZM vacancies identified by the Zone Mechanic Committee Maintenance announcement will first be filled using a single round District-wide bidding process by seniorityprocess. ZMs who have been in their currently assigned cluster for not less than six months will be afforded a single opportunity to bid for any announced vacancy. ZMs who are unsuccessful in bidding will not be required to relinquish their assigned cluster. Ties will be resolved as discussed above. Announced vacancies that may remain due to lack of bids, and vacancies that result from the single round Step One bidding process, shall be filled by proceeding to Step Two. 2. Within-MSC Bidding: Satellite Bidding - Vacancies remaining after completion of step one Step One shall be announced by the Zone Mechanic CommitteeMaintenance. Only those ZMs assigned to the MSC Satellite in which the vacancy exists exists, and who have been in their currently assigned cluster for not less than six months, will be afforded an opportunity to bid for the announced vacancy. ZMs who are unsuccessful in bidding will not be required to relinquish their assigned clusterscluster. Ties will be resolved as discussed above. Step two bids Two bidding shall proceed through as many rounds as necessary until there are no bids submitted on the available ZM vacancies remaining within the MSCSatellite. ZM vacancies remaining shall be filled by proceeding to Step Three. 3. If there are floater ZMs, the vacancy shall be filled by the most senior (ties resolved as discussed above) of the floater ZMs. Should Maintenance desire to fill the floater ZM vacancy thus created, a candidate from the ZM placement pool may be selected. If there are no floater ZMs, then Maintenance may fill the ZM vacancy by selecting a candidate from the ZM placement pool.

Change in Work Location/Transfer. A. A change in work location may be designated by the bureau/office head or designee. Such changes in work location shall not be arbitrary. A unit employee may request and be considered for a change in work location. A unit employee seeking a change in work location will request it, in writing, to the bureau/office head or designee. All vacancies which occur in job positions which are part of this bargaining unit shall be posted within the departments with notice sent to DCSMEC. An employee seeking to be reassigned to a vacancy shall request it, in writing, to the appropriate Director, with a copy to his/her supervisor. Employees may request a transfer if they have been in their current work location at least six months, have had no written reprimands (as a result of violations of any School Board Policy, contract provision, departmental regulation or policy) during the six month period prior to transfer request, and have successfully completed their probationary period. Vacancies will be filled on the basis of qualifications, experience, and seniority. Unit employees may be assigned to work locations as workload, staffing, and adminis- trative administrative requirements dictate. Changes in work location may be grievable, but shall not be arbitrable. Transfer/Location Preference Requests will be held active in the Office of Human Resources for a period of six months from the date of request. Unit employees may request and receive one work location transfer per fiscal year. B. A joint Zone Mechanic (ZM) committee, co-chaired and consisting of eight six members, four three selected by M-DCPS Facilities Operations, Maintenance, and four three selected by the Union, will be established. Its mission is to meet and discuss the assignment and reassignment of zone mechanics and make recommendations. An equal number of alternates may be appointed by both parties. The committee will also review suggestions from Zone Mechanics and management and make recommendations to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of Zone Mechanics. The committee shall meet at least quarterly. A written summary of the quarterly meetings shall be maintained. All recommendations shall be forwarded to the Maintenance Officer, with a copy to the Union Business Representative. C. Zone Mechanic (ZM) vacancies will be filled using the following two step procedure. Ties in the bidding and placement process will be resolved by first considering seniority in job classification and secondly by overall District seniority as a permanent employee. Bidding will be scheduled annually unless some other time is agreed to by the Zone Mechanic Committee. 1Agent. District-wide Bidding: Bidding - ZM vacancies identified by the Zone Mechanic Committee will first be filled using a single round District-wide bidding process by seniority. ZMs who are unsuccessful in bidding will not be required to relinquish their assigned cluster. Ties Bidding will be resolved as discussed above. Announced vacancies that may remain due scheduled annually, unless some other time is agreed to lack of bids, and vacancies that result from the single round Step One bidding process, shall be filled by proceeding to Step Two. 2. Within-MSC Bidding: Vacancies remaining after completion of step one shall be announced by the Zone Mechanic Committee. Only those ZMs assigned to the MSC in which the vacancy exists will be afforded an opportunity to bid for the announced vacancy. ZMs who are unsuccessful in bidding will not be required to relinquish their assigned clusters. Ties will be resolved as discussed above. Step two bids shall proceed through as many rounds as necessary until there are no bids submitted on the available ZM vacancies remaining within the MSC.