Management Rights Generally Sample Clauses

Management Rights Generally. Except to the extent expressly abridged by a specific provision of this Agreement, it is recognized that the responsibilities of management are exclusively functions to be exercised by the County recognizing the rights of bargaining unit employees and the Union under Article 22,

Management Rights Generally. Except as otherwise restricted by the language of this Agreement, the Company retains all rights and functions of management that it possessed prior to the execution of this Agreement. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Union and the employees recognize and agree that the Company has the sole authority, jurisdiction, rights and responsibilities to act unilaterally in all matters having to do with the management and operation of its business unless otherwise restricted herein. These unilateral rights include, by way of illustration, and without being limited to, the right to control, determine, establish, discontinue, sell and change the location, operation or use of its business, business services, or facilities; to determine the type of equipment to be used; the right to plan, direct and control all bargaining unit operations, including the right to determine the number of employees and the number of hours employees work; to assign employees to the locations where they must perform work at Thistledown; and the right to establish and change work schedules and assignments, including the starting times and quitting times of the shifts, the hours of work, days of work, including whether to schedule four (4) days or five (5) days or other shifts. These unilateral rights also include: the right to introduce new methods, processes, jobs, classifications or change or combine jobs or job classifications, as well as to eliminate them; allocation of work or workers, including the determination as to when and to what extent any work shall be performed by employees or have work performed by non-bargaining unit employees; and with advance notice to the Union (except for emergencies), the right to subcontract, to sublease or to contract out all or part of bargaining unit work where it does not have the equipment or qualified employees to perform the work (where such employees cannot be trained to perform such work within a reasonable period of time). The Company also has the right to employ, lay-off, discharge, assign, direct, interview, discipline, transfer, and promote employees out of the bargaining unit; and to maintain efficiency in its facilities and operations and all other rights pertaining to the operation and management of the business affairs of the Company. The failure by the Company to exercise any of these rights as provided in this Article shall not be construed as a waiver of these rights nor of the rights of the Company to control, op...