EMPLOYER RIGHTS The union recognizes the Employer’s right to operate and manage its business and facilities. Except where limited by a specific provision of this Agreement, all rights are subject to the Employer’s exclusive control. These rights include but are not limited to the following: to determine the number of employees to be employed in each operation, shift, or department; to establish, change, modify, interpret or abolish the Employer’s policies and procedures; to increase or diminish, change, improve or discontinue operations, programs and jobs, in whole or in part; to increase or diminish, change, improve or discontinue personnel, in whole or in part; to hire, promote, and transfer employees; to suspend, discharge, demote and discipline employees for just cause; to determine the duties of and to direct employees in their duties, including direction as to the location of the work to be performed; to lay off employees; to authorize work to be performed by any outside person or entity as selected by the Employer, including the subcontracting of work; to evaluate the performance and competency of employees in their assigned work; to increase or change the content, substance or methodology of any work assignment; to determine materials and equipment to be used; to reward and pay employees; and to determine working schedules, including allocation of and requirement of overtime. The parties recognize that the above list is for illustrative purposes and does not exclude those rights and responsibilities not mentioned above. The Employer’s failure to exercise any right, prerogative or function hereby reserved to it, or the Employer’s exercise of any such right, prerogative or function in a particular way, shall not be considered a waiver of the Employer’s right to exercise such right, prerogative or function or preclude it from exercising the same in some other way not in conflict with the expressed provisions of this Agreement.
Employer Contribution (a) An Employer contribution for health and dental benefits will only be made for each active employee who has at least eighty (80) paid regular hours in a month and who is eligible for medical insurance coverage, unless otherwise required by law. (b) It is understood that the administrative intent of this Article is that the Employer contribution is made for individuals who are participants in the medical insurance coverages. Participation will mean that eligible less-than-full-time employees who drop out of coverage will be considered to participate. Additionally, employees who elect to opt out of coverage for a cash incentive will be considered to participate.
Employee Claims Without limiting in any way the breadth of this Clause G2, Contractor specifically acknowledges its obligation to indemnify and defend the Covered Parties from and against any claim which may be asserted by or on behalf of any employee of Contractor, Subcontractors and suppliers alleging bodily injury, sickness, disease or death, or injury to or destruction of tangible property sustained by said employee in connection with the Work, unless caused by the sole negligence of the Covered Parties.
Non-Discrimination in Employment All solicitations or advertisements for employees placed 25 by or on behalf of CONTRACTOR shall state that all qualified applicants will 26 receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religious creed, 27 color, national origin, ancestry, physical disability, mental disability, 28 medical condition, genetic information, marital status, sex, gender, gender 1 identity, gender expression, age, sexual orientation, military and veteran 2 status or any other protected group in accordance with the requirements of all 3 applicable Federal or State laws. Notices describing the provisions of the 4 equal opportunity clause shall be posted in a conspicuous place for employees 5 and job applicants.