Local Labor/Management Committees. A Local Labor/Management Committee shall be established for each State agency and/or principal place of employment. Local Committees shall be composed of no more than seven (7) representatives from each State agency and the Local Union(s). The purpose of such Committees shall be to improve communications between the Appointing Authority and the Local Union and to serve as a forum in which issues of mutual concern can be discussed. The Committees shall have no authority to conduct negotiations on contractual issues nor are they intended to serve as a substitute for the Grievance Procedure of this Agreement. Local Labor/Management Committees in existence on the effective date of this Agreement, may continue as currently constituted; however, such committees shall be governed by the general conditions expressed herein. Local Labor/Management Committees shall meet at least quarterly, or as mutually agreed. Meetings shall be held during normal day shift working hours, and members shall receive no loss of pay for time spent at committee meetings. Travel and subsistence expenses incurred shall not be the responsibility of the Appointing Authority. However, reasonable travel time to and from committee meetings shall be without loss of pay, not to exceed the employee's regularly scheduled workday. Local Labor/Management Committees may review and discuss agency training policies and expenditures, training on the use of new equipment and computer software, notice and training regarding new or revised laws and regulations, training on sexual harassment, issues related to assigned training, employee parking charges and other related subjects. The Committees may also discuss the issuance and administration of work rules, including dress codes, and designation of positions as “weather essential”. Where no uniform committee exists, upon request of the Local Union or policy committee, the Appointing Authority or Agency shall meet and confer on uniform issues. The parties shall include the matter of employee involvement in purchasing decisions on the agenda of at least one (1) meeting of the Labor/Management Committee during the term of this Agreement. (See page 162 of the Agreement for further information.)
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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement, Collective Bargaining Agreement, Collective Bargaining Agreement
Local Labor/Management Committees. A Local Labor/Management Committee shall be established for each State agency and/or principal place of employmentemployment (for example: correctional facilities, regional treatment centers, colleges, Transportation Department districts, Department of Natural Resources regions). Local Committees shall be composed of no more than seven (7) representatives from each State agency and the Local Union(s). The purpose of such Committees shall be to improve communications between the Appointing Authority and the Local Union and to serve as a forum in which issues of mutual concern can be discussed. The Committees shall have no authority to conduct negotiations on contractual issues nor are they intended to serve as a substitute for the Grievance Procedure of this Agreement. Agreement. Local Labor/Management Committees in existence on the effective date of this Agreement, may continue as currently constituted; however, such committees shall be governed by the general conditions expressed herein. Local Labor/Management Committees shall meet at least quarterly, or as mutually agreed. Meetings shall be held during normal day shift working hours, and members shall receive no loss of pay for time spent at committee meetings. Travel and subsistence expenses incurred shall not be the responsibility of the Appointing Authority. However, reasonable travel time to and from committee meetings shall be without loss of pay, not to exceed the employee's regularly scheduled workday. Local Labor/Management Committees may review and discuss agency training policies and expenditures, training on the use of new equipment and computer software, notice and training regarding new or revised laws and regulations, training on sexual harassment, issues related to assigned training, employee parking charges and other related subjects. The Committees may also discuss the issuance and administration of work rules, including dress codes, and designation of positions as “weather essential”. Where no uniform committee exists, upon request of the Local Union or policy committee, the Appointing Authority or Agency shall meet and confer on uniform issues. The parties shall include the matter of employee involvement in purchasing decisions on the agenda of at least one (1) meeting of the Labor/Management Committee during the term of this Agreement. (See page 162 of the Agreement for further information.June 30, 1991, letter in Appendix N.)
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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement, Collective Bargaining Agreement
Local Labor/Management Committees. A Local Labor/Management Committee shall be established for each State agency and/or principal place of employment. Local Committees shall be composed of no more than seven (7) representatives from each State agency principal place of employment and the Local Union(s). The purpose of such Committees shall be to improve communications between the Appointing Authority and the Local Union and to serve as a forum in which issues of mutual concern can be discussed. The Committees shall have no authority to conduct negotiations on contractual issues nor are they intended to serve as a substitute for the Grievance Procedure of this Agreement. Local Labor/Management Committees in existence on the effective date of this Agreement, may continue as currently constituted; however, such committees shall be governed by the general conditions expressed herein. Local Labor/Management Committees shall meet at least quarterly, or as mutually agreed. Meetings shall be held during normal day shift working hours, and members shall receive no loss of pay for time spent at committee meetings. Travel and subsistence subsistences expenses incurred shall not be the responsibility of the Appointing Authority. However, reasonable travel time to and from committee meetings shall be without loss of pay, not to exceed the employee's regularly scheduled workday. Local Labor/Management Committees may review and discuss agency training policies and expenditures, training on the use of new equipment and computer software, notice and training regarding new or revised laws and regulations, training on sexual harassment, issues related to assigned training, employee parking charges and other related subjects. The Committees may also discuss the issuance and administration of work rules, including dress codes, and designation of positions as “weather essential”. Where no uniform committee exists, upon request of the Local Union or policy committee, the Appointing Authority or Agency shall meet and confer on uniform issues. The parties shall include the matter of employee involvement in purchasing decisions on the agenda of at least one (1) meeting of the Labor/Management Committee during the term of this Agreement. (See page 162 of the Agreement for further information.)
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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement, Collective Bargaining Agreement
Local Labor/Management Committees. A Local Labor/Management Committee shall be established for each State agency and/or principal place of employmentemployment (for example: correctional facilities, regional treatment centers, colleges, Transportation Department districts, Department of Natural Resources regions). Local Committees shall be composed of no more than seven (7) representatives from each State agency and the Local Union(s). The purpose of such Committees shall be to improve communications between the Appointing Authority and the Local Union and to serve as a forum in which issues of mutual concern can be discussed. The Committees shall have no authority to conduct negotiations on contractual issues nor are they intended to serve as a substitute for the Grievance Procedure of this Agreement. Local Labor/Management Committees in existence on the effective date of this Agreement, may continue as currently constituted; however, such committees shall be governed by the general conditions expressed herein. Local Labor/Management Committees shall meet at least quarterly, or as mutually agreed. Meetings shall be held during normal day shift working hours, and members shall receive no loss of pay for time spent at committee meetings. Travel and subsistence expenses incurred shall not be the responsibility of the Appointing Authority. However, reasonable travel time to and from committee meetings shall be without loss of pay, not to exceed the employee's regularly scheduled workday. Local Labor/Management Committees may review and discuss agency training policies and expenditures, training on the use of new equipment and computer software, notice and training regarding new or revised laws and regulations, training on sexual harassment, issues related to assigned training, employee parking charges and other related subjects. The Committees may also discuss the issuance and administration of work rules, including dress codes, and designation of positions as “weather essential”. Where no uniform committee exists, upon request of the Local Union or policy committee, the Appointing Authority or Agency shall meet and confer on uniform issues. The parties shall include the matter of employee involvement in purchasing decisions on the agenda of at least one (1) meeting of the Labor/Management Committee during the term of this Agreement. (See page 162 of the Agreement for further information.June 30, 1991, letter in Appendix N.)
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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement