Common use of MANAGEMENT'S RIGHTS AND FUNCTIONS Clause in Contracts

MANAGEMENT'S RIGHTS AND FUNCTIONS. 14.01 The Union recognizes that the Employer retains all the rights, powers and authority in management except those specifically abridged, delegated, granted to others or modified by this Agreement. Without restricting the foregoing, the Employer has the sole and exclusive right to plan, direct and control operations; to determine work and production schedules; to determine the number of personnel required from time to time, services to be performed, and the methods, procedure, and equipment in connection therewith; to maintain order, discipline and efficiency; to direct its work force, to hire, transfer, demote, promote, assign and reassign jobs or duties, lay off or rehire any employee; to discipline, including suspend or discharge any employee for just cause; to reorganize, close or disband any department or section thereof as circumstances may require; to determine the location of its operation and activities; to increase or decrease its working forces, to designate curtailments and cessation of operations; to determine the skills and qualifications necessary to perform the required work; to determine the merchandise and product to be handled; and to make and alter from time to time reasonable rules and regulations not inconsistent with the terms of this Agreement. 14.02 In administering this Agreement, the Employer shall act reasonably, fairly, in good faith and in a manner consistent with the Agreement as a whole. 14.03 The foregoing management rights shall not be deemed to exclude other functions not specifically covered by this Agreement. The Employer, therefore, retains all rights not otherwise specifically covered by this Agreement. 14.04 The exercise of the foregoing rights shall not alter any of the specific provisions of this Agreement.