Management Rights Generally; Non-Exclusive List of Management Rights. Management of the University is vested exclusively in the University. Except as specifically abridged, modified, or restricted by this Agreement, the Union agrees that all powers, rights, and authority of the University, whether written or unwritten, are reserved by the University and that the University, through its administration and academic units, has the right:
A. To direct and control University operations;
B. To establish, plan, direct, and control the University’s mission, programs, objectives, activities, resources, and priorities;
C. To establish, administer and modify reasonable policies, procedures, rules, and regulations for students, faculty, and staff;
D. To determine and manage campus housing pursuant to University policies;
E. To determine cost and coverage of Employee benefits including health, dental, vision, and other medical insurance and prescription drug policies;
F. To select all insurance carriers and to change carriers;
G. To alter, extend, or discontinue existing equipment, facilities, and location of operations;
H. To determine or modify the number, qualifications, scheduling, responsibilities, classification, work load, and assignments of Employees;
I. To establish, maintain, modify, and enforce standards of performance, conduct, order, and safety;
J. To evaluate, determine the content of evaluations, and determine the processes and criteria by which Employees’ performance is evaluated;
K. To establish and require Employees to observe University policies, procedures, rules and regulations, including any applicable policies, procedures, rules and regulations contained in University handbooks;
L. To discipline or discharge an Employee for just cause;
M. To appoint Employees to positions that are not covered by this Agreement;
N. To determine all matters relating to the recruiting, hiring, appointment, reappointment and non-reappointment, transfer, promotion, demotion and layoff of Employees;
O. To establish, reduce, alter, combine, or discontinue any job classification, department, unit, operation or service, or portion thereof;
P. To open, close in whole or in part, consolidate, reorganize, relocate, and expand any of the University’s facilities, operations, and programs;
Q. To subcontract all or any portion of any operations.
