GENERAL PRINCIPLES AND POLICIES Sample Clauses

GENERAL PRINCIPLES AND POLICIES. Section 1 The Parties enter into this Agreement with the mutual intent of preserving and protecting work and job opportunities for the Employees covered by this Agreement. Section 2 It is the intent of the Parties to promote and improve the efficient administration of Boulder offices of OCAO, AGO/WAD, and OAR/ESRL/Boulder Labs Library, Boulder, Colorado and to establish a basic understanding in accordance with Employer, Employee, and Union Rights and Responsibilities. Section 3 Definitions of terms used in this Agreement shall be as defined in the Statute (Title V, Civil Service Reform Act of 1978). Section 4 The Union as the exclusive representative of the Employees within the bargaining unit, as specified in Article 2 (Recognition and Unit Designation) shall have the right and responsibility to present its views to the Employer, either orally or in writing in accordance with Article 5 (Employee Rights). Section 5 The Parties recognize that the efficient and effective operation of the Employer is in the public interest, and the provisions of this Agreement will be interpreted in a manner consistent with the requirement of an effective and efficient government. Section 6 The Parties agree to support efforts to eliminate fraud, waste, and abuse, and promote a safe and productive work environment.
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GENERAL PRINCIPLES AND POLICIES. Section 1. This Agreement and all supplemental, impending, subsidiary, and informal agreements between the Employer and the Union, are subject to the following provisions: a. Section 7106 of Chapter 71 of Title 5, United States Code, which states: “7106. Management Rights a) Subject to subsection (b) of this section, nothing in this chapter shall affect the authority of any management official of any agency – (1) to determine the mission, budget, organization, number of employees, and internal security practices of the agency; and (2) in accordance with applicable laws- a. to hire, assign, direct, lay off, and retain employees in the agency, or to suspend, remove, reduce in grade or pay, or take other disciplinary actions against such employees; b. to assign work, to make determinations with respect to contracting out, and to determine the personnel by which agency operations shall be conducted; c. with respect to filling positions, to make selections for appointments from-- i. among properly ranked and certified candidates for promotion; or ii. any other appropriate source; and iii. to take whatever actions may be necessary to carry out the agency mission during emergencies.” b. Union\Management Partnership, as authorized by Executive Order 12871, shall be implemented for the life of this Agreement. Nothing in this section shall preclude any agency and labor organization from negotiating at the election of the agency, on the numbers, types, and grades of employees or positions assigned to any organizational sub-division, work projects, or tour of duty, or on the technology, methods and means of performing work; c. Involvement in partnership includes: ▪ Pre-decisional involvement ▪ Information sharing ▪ Responsibility ▪ Timeliness ▪ Openness ▪ Trust ▪ Cooperation ▪ Receptiveness and an open attitude ▪ Training and activities to xxxxxx and encourage Partnership d. The Employer and Union agree to form a Management Partnership Council. The purpose of this Council is to xxxxxx an environment of partnership and involvement at all levels and resolve issues as required. The Council will be comprised of six members. There shall be four permanent members, two advisory members and ad hoc members as needed: (1) President AFGE Local 2186 or their designee (2) Designated Union representative from NIST (3) Chief of the Technical Services Division or his designee (4) Designated Management representative (5) Human Resource Specialist for Technical Services Division (Advis...

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