Examples of Rights. Without limitation by way of illustration, the exclusive responsibilities, decision-making functions and authority connected with or in any way incidental to its responsibility to manage the affairs of KVH shall include the following: To operate, direct and manage the Hospital; to set standards of performance; to maintain order and efficiencies; to direct employees; to determine the materials and equipment to be used; to determine the kind and location of facilities; to determine whether the whole, or any part of the operation shall continue to operate for budgetary or other reasons; to select and hire employees and to determine their qualifications; to establish, revise and implement standards for hiring, classification, promotion, quality of work, safety, materials, equipment, uniforms, appearance, methods, and procedures; to hire, promote, transfer, assign and retain employees in positions, and to suspend, demote, discharge or take other disciplinary action against employees for just cause. To discharge any employee deemed incompetent based upon established job criteria. Provided, however, KVH reserves the right to discharge any employee for unsatisfactory performance based upon reasonable related established job criteria, to expect reasonable overtime work of employees; and to unilaterally implement new, revise or terminate wholly or in part, old methods, procedures, policies, rules, materials, equipment, facilities and standards.
Examples of Rights. The Unions recognize the prerogative of the Employer to operate and manage its affairs in all respects in accordance with its responsibilities, powers and authority. Without limitation, but by way of illustration, the exclusive prerogatives, functions, and rights of the Employer shall include the following:
A. To direct and supervise all operations, functions and policies of the Employer in which the employees in the bargaining unit are employed.
B. To close, relocate, reorganize or combine work of an operation or facility for budgetary or other reasons, including reassignment of personnel.
C. To determine the need for a reduction or an increase in the work force and to implement any such decision.
D. To establish, revise and implement standards and rules for hiring, new classifications, promotion, quality of work, safety, materials, equipment, uniforms, appearance, methods and procedures.
E. The right to contract out for any work or services performed by the Employer including work or services performed by covered employees under this Agreement. This right to contract or sub-contract shall not be used by the Employer for the purpose or intention of undermining the bargaining unit or to discriminate against its members. The Unions shall be advised, in writing, in advance, of any intention to contract or sub-contract, and the Unions will be allowed to review any plans to do so. The Employer will make a reasonable attempt to provide training for all classifications for any new forms of transportation or procedures for work the Employer performs in-house. The Employer will also make a reasonable attempt when possible to provide training that will allow in- house warranty repairs.
F. It is jointly recognized that the Employer must retain broad authority to fulfill and implement its responsibilities and may do so by written work rules, existing or future. The Employer agrees to notify the Unions of any changes in the written rules.
G. To assign shifts, workdays, hours of work, and work locations.
H. To designate and to assign all work duties.
I. To determine the need for and the qualifications of new employees, transfers and promotions.
J. To discipline, suspend, demote, or discharge an employee only for just cause.
K. In the event of emergency, to direct such special assignments and activities as circumstances may require, while respecting the contract to the extent possible.
Examples of Rights. The Board, on its own behalf and on behalf of the electors of the District, hereby retains and reserves unto itself, all powers, rights, authority, duties and responsibilities conferred upon and vested in it by the laws and the Constitution of the State of Michigan and of the United States, including but without limiting, the generality of the foregoing, the right:
1. to the executive management and administrative control of the school system and its properties and facilities;
2. to hire all employees and, subject to the provisions of law, to determine their qualifications and the conditions for their continued employment or their dismissal or demotion; and to promote and transfer, for educational purposes only, all such employees;
3. to provide for athletic, recreational and social events for students as deemed necessary or advisable by the District;
4. to establish grades and courses of instruction, including special programs and to decide upon the means and methods of instruction, the selection of textbooks and other teaching materials and the use of teaching materials and the use of teaching aides of every kind and nature.
5. to determine class schedules, laws of instruction and duties, responsibilities and assignments of employees.
Examples of Rights a. Subject only to the express provisions of this Agreement, and irrespective of the impact upon employment, the topics reserved to the Company's sole control of the management and supervision of its business include, without limitation, the right to direct, plan, control, relocate, sell, and cease operations; to determine and redetermine the number and location of its operations, including moving the work or any of its parts to other areas and the types and amount of work to be handled at each and all of its operations; the right to determine and redetermine the work to be performed, the persons or entities to perform it, and the wages to perform it, including the discretion to study and restudy jobs and place such jobs on or remove them from incentive; the right to determine and redetermine the method, hours, location, and manner of performing necessary work; the right to hire, promote, demote, lay off, and recall employees; the right to discipline, suspend, or discharge employees for just cause; the right to assign or transfer persons in its employ to tasks as needed; the right to introduce new, improved, or otherwise changed methods or machinery, including establishment and maintenance of employee involvement groups; the right to relocate facilities and contract out work for business reasons, including labor costs and other legitimate reasons; the right to adopt and modify from time to time and to enforce through discipline reasonable site policies, rules and regulations and enforce applicable federal, state, and local statutes, rules and regulations and enforce all clauses of the commercial contract with the customer to maintain order, safety and/or efficiency of operations including, for example, those in the Company's employee handbook and also rules regarding employee drug and/or alcohol testing, security and property searches, employee attendance, and production standards; the right to determine work schedules and shifts, including group or individual shift starting and ending times, to decide the number of employees needed at any particular time, the functions to be performed, including job content, job descriptions, and job standards, and to be the sole judge of the quality and quantity of work required.
b. Prior to implementing any new or changed policy relating to attendance or substance abuse, the Company will provide the Union with at least fifteen (15) days' advance notice of any new or changed policy, to provide the Union with an opportuni...
Examples of Rights. Without limitation, but by way of illustration, the exclusive prerogatives, functions, and rights of the Employer shall include the following:
3.2.1 To direct and supervise all operations, functions, and policies of the Employer in which the employees in the bargaining unit are employed.
3.2.2 To close or liquidate an office, branch, operation or facility, or combination of facilities, or to relocate, reorganize, or combine the work of division, offices, branches, operations or facilities for budgetary or other reasons.
3.2.3 To determine the need for a reduction or an increase in the work force and the implementation of any decision with regards thereof.
3.2.4 To establish, revise, and implement standards for hiring, classification, promotion, quality of work, safety, materials, equipment, uniforms, appearance, methods, and procedures. It is jointly recognized that the Employer must retain broad authority to fulfill and implement its responsibilities and may do so by oral and written work rule, existing or future.
3.2.5 To implement new, and to revise or discharge, wholly or in part, old methods, procedures, materials, equipment, facilities, and standards.
3.2.6 To assign and distribute work.
3.2.7 To assign shifts, workdays, hours of work, and work locations.
3.2.8 To determine the need for and the qualifications of new employees, transfers, and promotions.
3.2.9 To discipline, suspend, demote, or discharge an employee.
3.2.10 To determine the need for additional educational courses, training programs, on-the-job training, and cross-training, and to assign employees to such duties for periods to be determined by the Employer.
