Common use of NEW OR CHANGED JOBS Clause in Contracts

NEW OR CHANGED JOBS. COMPANY INITIATED Section 6.1 Whenever the Company determines it is appropriate to create a new job title and/or a new wage scale or to restructure or redefine an existing job, the Company Bargaining Agent shall notify the Union Bargaining Agent and the following procedures shall take place: (a) The Company shall notify the CWA District Representative prior to a job content review taking place. (b) The Company Bargaining Agent shall notify the Union Bargaining Agent in writing of the job title and wage scale and shall furnish a job description of the duties. The Union will have the right, within thirty (30) calendar days from the receipt of notice from the Company, to initiate negotiations concerning the wage scale or title established by the Company. The Company may implement the results once the thirty (30) calendar days have passed. (c) If negotiations are not initiated within thirty (30) calendar days or if agreement is reached between the parties within sixty (60) calendar days following receipt of notice from the Company concerning the wage scale and title, the title and wage scale shall become final and binding on both parties and shall not be subject to grievance, mediation, and/or arbitration. (d) If negotiations are initiated and the parties are unable to reach agreement as to the appropriate wage scale within sixty (60) calendar days following receipt of notice from the Company, the issue of an appropriate wage scale shall be submitted to a neutral third party. The guidelines for selection of the neutral third party and the wage scale dispute process are mutually agreed to by the Company and the Union and will be used for all neutral third party cases falling within this Contract unless modified and agreed to by the Company and the Union.