Express Rights. Except to the extent expressly abridged by a specific provision of this Agreement, the Company exclusively reserves and retains all of its inherent rights to manage the business; as such rights existed prior to the execution of this Agreement. It is agreed that the Company alone shall have the authority to determine and direct the policies, modes and methods of operating the business, without interference by the Union. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the sole and exclusive rights of management which are not abridged by this Agreement include, but are not limited or confined to, the right to determine, and from time to time re-determine, the number, locations and types of its facilities, including the right to move or close its business or any part thereof; to determine the methods, materials and processes to be employed; to discontinue or automate processes or operations; to subcontract any part of its operations; to determine the qualifications for new employees and to select its employees; to determine the size and composition of its working force; to determine work schedules and methods of operating; to determine the number and types of equipment, machinery, materials, products and supplies to be used, operated, processed, or disposed of; to hire, promote, demote, transfer, assign, lay off and recall employees to work; to reprimand, discharge or otherwise discipline employees; to determine or re- determine job content, establish work standards, and control the amount and type of work to be performed; to determine the assignment of work; to schedule the hours and days to be worked on each job and each shift; to expand, reduce, alter, combine, transfer, assign or cease any job, job title, department or operation; to make or change Company rules, policies and practices; to introduce new, different or improved methods, means and processes of operation and methods of service; and otherwise generally to manage the business and direct the work force.
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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement, Collective Bargaining Agreement, Collective Bargaining Agreement
Express Rights. Except to the extent expressly abridged by a specific provision of this Agreement, the Company exclusively reserves and retains all of its inherent rights to manage the business; as such rights existed prior to the execution of this Agreement. It is agreed that the Company alone shall have the authority to determine and direct the policies, modes and methods of operating the business, without interference by the Union. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the sole and exclusive rights of management which are not abridged by this Agreement include, but are not limited or confined to, the right to determine, and from time to time re-determine, the number, locations and types of its facilities, including the right to move or close its business or any part thereof; to determine the methods, materials and processes to be employed; to discontinue or automate processes or operations; to subcontract any part of its operations; to determine the qualifications for new employees and to select its employees; to determine the size and composition of its working force; to determine work schedules and methods of operating; to determine the number and types of equipment, machinery, materials, products and supplies to be used, operated, processed, or disposed of; to hire, promote, demote, transfer, assign, lay off and recall employees to work; to reprimand, discharge or otherwise discipline employees; to determine or re- determine job content, establish work standards, and control the amount and type of work to be performed; to determine the assignment of work; to schedule the hours and days to be worked on each job and each shift; to expand, reduce, alter, combine, transfer, assign or cease any job, job titleclassification, department or operation; to make or change Company rules, policies and practices; to introduce new, different or improved methods, means and processes of operation and methods of service; and otherwise generally to manage the business and direct the work force.
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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement, Collective Bargaining Agreement
Express Rights. Except to the extent expressly abridged by a specific provision of this Agreement, the Company exclusively reserves and retains all of its inherent rights to manage the business; as such rights existed prior to the execution of this Agreement. It is agreed that the Company alone shall have the authority to determine and direct the policies, modes and methods of operating the business, without interference by the Union. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the sole and exclusive rights of management which are not abridged by this Agreement include, but are not limited or confined to, the right to determine, and from time to time re-determine, the number, locations and types of its facilities, including the right to move or close its business or any part thereof; to determine the methods, materials and processes to be employed; to discontinue or automate processes or operations; to subcontract any part of its operations; to determine the qualifications for new employees and to select its employees; to determine the size and composition of its working force; to determine work schedules and methods of operating; to determine the number and types of equipment, machinery, materials, products and supplies to be used, operated, processed, or disposed of; to hire, promote, demote, transfer, assign, lay off and recall employees to work; to reprimand, discharge or otherwise discipline employees; to determine or re- re-determine job content, establish work standards, and control the amount and type of work to be performed; to determine the assignment of work; to schedule the hours and days to be worked on each job and each shift; to expand, reduce, alter, combine, transfer, assign or cease any job, job title, department or operation; to make or change Company rules, policies and practices; to introduce new, different or improved methods, means and processes of operation and methods of service; and otherwise generally to manage the business and direct the work force.
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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement
Express Rights. Except to the extent expressly abridged by a specific provision of this Agreement, the Company exclusively reserves and retains all of its inherent rights to manage the business; as such rights existed prior to the execution of this Agreement. It is agreed that the Company alone shall have the authority to determine and direct the policies, modes and methods of operating the business, without interference by the Union. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the sole and exclusive rights of management which are not abridged by this Agreement include, but are not limited or confined to, the right to determine, and from time to time re-determine, the number, locations and types of its facilities, including the right to move or close its business or any part thereof; to determine the methods, materials and processes to be employed; to discontinue or automate processes or operations; to subcontract any part of its operations; to determine the qualifications for new employees and to select its employees; to determine the size and composition of its working force; to determine work schedules and methods of operating; to determine the number and types of equipment, machinery, materials, products and supplies to be used, operated, processed, or disposed of; to hire, promote, demote, transfer, assign, lay off and recall employees to work; to reprimand, discharge or otherwise discipline employees; to determine or re- re-determine job content, establish work standards, and control the amount and type of work to be performed; to determine the assignment of work; to schedule the hours and days to be worked on each job and each shift; to expand, reduce, alter, combine, transfer, assign or cease any job, job classification title, department or operation; to make or change Company rules, policies and practices; to introduce new, different or improved methods, means and processes of operation and methods of service; and otherwise generally to manage the business and direct the work force.
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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement
Express Rights. Except to the extent expressly abridged by a specific provision of this Agreement, the Company exclusively reserves and retains all of its inherent rights to manage the business; as such rights existed prior to the execution of this Agreement. It is agreed that the Company alone shall have the authority to determine and direct the policies, modes and methods of operating the business, without interference by the Union. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the sole and exclusive rights of management which are not abridged by this Agreement include, but are not limited or confined to, the right to determine, and from time to time re-determine, the number, locations and types of its facilities, including the right to move or close its business or any part thereof; to determine the methods, materials and processes to be employed; to discontinue or automate processes or operations; to subcontract any part of its operations; to determine the qualifications for new employees and to select its employees; to determine the size and composition of its working force; to determine work schedules and methods of operating; to determine the number and types of equipment, machinery, materials, products and supplies to be used, operated, processed, or disposed of; to hire, promote, demote, transfer, assign, lay off and recall employees to work; to reprimand, discharge or otherwise discipline employees; to determine or re- re-determine job content, establish work standards, and control the amount and type of work to be performed; to determine the assignment of work; to schedule the hours and days to be worked on each job and each shift; to expand, reduce, alter, combine, transfer, assign or cease any job, job titleclassification, department or operation; to make or change Company rules, policies and practices; to introduce new, different or improved methods, means and processes of operation and methods of service; and otherwise generally to manage the business and direct the work force.
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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement
Express Rights. Except to the extent expressly abridged by a specific provision of this Agreement, the Company exclusively reserves and retains all of its inherent rights to manage the business; as such rights existed prior to the execution of this Agreement. It is agreed that the Company alone shall have the authority to determine and direct the policies, modes and methods of operating the business, without interference by the Union. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the sole and exclusive rights of management which are not abridged by this Agreement include, but are not limited or confined to, the right to determine, and from time to time re-determineredetermine, the number, locations and types of its facilities, including the right to move or close its business or any part thereof; to determine the methods, materials and processes to be employed; to discontinue or automate processes or operations; to subcontract any part of its operations; to determine the qualifications for new employees and to select its employees; to determine the size and composition of its working force; to determine work schedules and methods of operating; to determine the number and types of equipment, machinery, materials, products and supplies to be used, operated, processed, or disposed of; to hire, promote, demote, transfer, assign, lay off and recall employees to work; to reprimand, discharge or otherwise discipline employees; to determine or re- determine redetermine job content, establish work standards, and control the amount and type of work to be performed; to determine the assignment of work; to schedule the hours and days to be worked on each job and each shift; to expand, reduce, alter, combine, transfer, assign or cease any job, job titleclassification, department or operation; to make or change Company rules, policies and practices; to introduce new, different or improved methods, means and processes of operation and methods of service; and otherwise generally to manage the business and direct the work force.
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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement