Determination of Work Schedules. A) Work schedules, whenever possible, shall be determined by mutual agreement between the Employer and employees at the local level. B) Mutual Agreement means a common understanding between the Employer and the nurses to the determination of a work schedule. Where mutual agreement cannot be achieved, the Employer may take unilateral action but only after the following six steps: (1) The Employer must give the nurses a clear and detailed outline of what it wishes to do. (2) The Employer must have good reason(s) for making the proposal in the first place, and it must express the reason(s) to the nurses and be prepared to engage in dialogue with respect thereto. (3) The Employer must invite a reply from the nurses and it must give the nurses a reasonable opportunity to formulate a reply and to make their own proposal(s). (4) The Employer must give bona fide consideration to any proposals which the nurses might put forward and be prepared to show that its rejection thereof was reasonable in light of its proper objectives. (5) The Employer’s actions and its proposed schedule of shifts must not be in breach of any other provision. (6) Where the parties have not reached mutual agreement within ninety (90) days at the presentation of the changed work schedule, the Employer shall have the right to implement such schedule.
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