Core Workforce. 7.9.1 The parties recognize the County's interest in promoting competition and inclusion of Local Small Business Enterprise {LSBE), Disabled Veteran Business Enterprise (DVBE) and Social Enterprise (SE), which may not be signatory to a current MLA. In order to promote participation and attract certified LSBEs/DVBEs/SEs to work under this Agreement, any Employer that has been certified as an LSBE, DBVE or SE may first employ three (3) of its core employees prior to employing an employee through the appropriate Union hiring hall. The next (fourth) employee shall be hired from the appropriate union hiring hall and thereafter, such Employer may employ, as needed, two (2) additional core employees in the alternating manner provided in Section 7.9.2. Thereafter all additional employees in the affected trade or craft shall be requested and referred from the appropriate Union hiring hall. This Section 7.9.1 shall also apply to companies employing Building/Construction Inspectors and/or Field Soils and Material Testers {Inspectors) which are not directly signatory to a current MLA and who are providing Inspectors on a Covered Project through a contract directly with the County, whether or not that company is an LSBE, DBVE and SE.
Core Workforce. 1.15.5 The Parties acknowledge the significant investment and outcomes achieved by the University prior to the Commencement Date of the Agreement (as defined in clause 1.3.1) in the reduction of our reliance on Casual employment. Specifically, the Parties acknowledge that, based on the University’s best available assessment of its workforce data, Casual employment reduced from being around 17.6% of total full-time equivalent (FTE) positions in 2018 to being around 12% of total FTE positions in 2022. The University will continue to apply all reasonable endeavours to reduce the FTE proportion of Casual and Fixed-Term employment.
Core Workforce. In the event that a Contractor has his/her own core workforce, the Contractor may request by name, and the local will honor, referral of persons who have applied to the local union for Project work and who demonstrate the following four qualifications: 1.Possesses any license required by state or federal law for the Project work to be performed; 2.Has worked a total of at least one thousand (1,000) hours in the construction craft during the prior three (3) years; 3.Has been on the Contractor’s active payroll for at least 500 hours in the calendar year immediately prior to the contract award; and 4.Has the ability to perform safely the basic functions of the applicable trade. The Union will refer to such Contractor one journeyman employee from the hiring hall out-of-work list for each affected trade or craft, and will then refer one of such Contractor’s “core” employees as a journeyman and shall repeat the process, one and one, until such Contractor has hired seven (7) “core” employees, whichever occurs first. Thereafter, all additional employees in the affected trade or craft shall be hired exclusively from the hiring hall out-of-work list(s) Joint Administrative Committee (JAC): Constituted by the PLA, the JAC is responsible for monitoring and oversight of progress of the PLA. (See article XVII of the WSIPLA). It is comprised of two Agency representatives and two union representatives. Local Area Hire: The local area for purposes of this program includes all communities, defined by zip code, which are serviced directly or indirectly by Hetch Hetchy water. The Local Area includes part or all of the following counties: Alameda, San Francisco, San Xxxxxxx, San Mateo, Santa Xxxxx, Stanislaus and Tuolumne Counties. Low-Income Resident: A low-income resident is an “economically disadvantaged individual” as defined in San Francisco Administrative Code, Section 83.4(i). Pre-Job Meeting: Mandatory meeting for all prime and subcontractors on a given project, held prior to commencement of construction as required by PLA Section XIV. The purpose of the meeting is for the contractor to make craft assignments and for WSIPLA staff to discuss craft assignments, Letter of Assent, substance abuse testing, local area hire and apprenticeship requirements, prevailing rate enforcement and other matters governed by the PLA. Referral Agencies: Educational, training and construction worker advocacy organizations identified by the parties to the WSIPLA that shall assist the Contra...
