PRINCIPLES FOR THE ASSIGNMENT OF WORK. 1. The Company and Union recognize that work needs to be assigned in a way that allows the Company to provide the best possible customer service at a highly competitive cost, maximize its operational efficiencies, and consistently outperform its competitors in every facet of the business. Work will be assigned to and performed by all job classifications consistent with employees’ qualifications, experience, training, and personal and public safety considerations, and in a manner that accomplishes the objectives of this Article.
(a) It is recognized that each job classification will continue to have separate job functions in accordance with the principles outlined in Article 20, Section 20.2, and in Article B.
2. Accordingly, when an employee is assigned work within his or her job classification, and it is necessary, in order to complete that entire job or work assignment, for the employee to perform work outside of his or her classification, the employee may perform (or be assigned to perform) any of the associated out-of-classification work, provided the employee has, in the Company’s judgment, the training, experience, qualifications, and/or equipment needed to safely complete the entire job in a single dispatch or work assignment.
(a) Employees are expected to continue the practice of notifying their supervisor if they believe they are unable to safely complete an entire job in a single dispatch or work assignment due to unsafe conditions or due to lack of experience, qualifications and/or equipment.
3. In order to complete a job in a single dispatch and/or work assignment, as provided for in Section 2 above, if an employee needs to perform work that is normally performed by a different classification and/or work group, the employee may complete the job during the scheduled and nonscheduled hours of the classification and/or work group that would normally perform the work in question.
4. The parties’ primary objective in agreeing to this Article G is to utilize all employees in a common sense manner to complete work, wherever possible, in a single dispatch or work assignment, in order to avoid the inconveniences to customers, the operational inefficiencies, and the overall competitive disadvantages associated with dispatching or assigning more employees than are needed to efficiently and safely complete a job.
PRINCIPLES FOR THE ASSIGNMENT OF WORK. 14.1 In assigning work to employees, the primary objective is to utilize all employees in a common sense manner to complete work, wherever possible, in a single dispatch or assignment, and to avoid the inconveniences to customers, operational inefficiencies, and overall competitive disadvantages associated with dispatching or assigning more employees than are needed to efficiently and safely complete a job.
14.1.1 It is recognized, however, that each job classification has its own set of primary job duties and functions (job content) and will continue to be differentiated by their job content. This Article is not intended to change the primary content of the various job classifications.
14.2 When an employee is assigned work normally performed by his/her classification and/or work group, and it is necessary, in order to complete that entire job or work assignment, for the employee to perform work normally performed by a different classification, the employee may perform (or be assigned to perform) any of the associated work, provided the employee has, in the Company’s judgment, the training, experience, qualifications, and/or equipment needed to safely complete the entire job in a single dispatch or work assignment.
14.3 In order to complete a job in a single dispatch and/or work assignment, as provided for in Section 2 above, if an employee needs to perform work that is normally performed by a different classification, the employee may complete the job during the scheduled and nonscheduled hours of the classification that would normally perform the work in question.
14.4 When local management plans to implement the assignment principles contained in this Article in a particular work group or groups, the Local Union President will be notified of such plans within a reasonable time frame in advance. Upon request by either party, local management and the Local Union President (or designee) will meet to discuss the plans for implementation; management will consider any input provided by the Union on those plans. As those plans are put into place, local management and the Local Union President (or designee) will meet periodically to discuss the progress being made and any concerns over the implementation; one (1) additional Local Union representative may also be present at this meeting.
PRINCIPLES FOR THE ASSIGNMENT OF WORK. The Company and Union recognize that work needs to be assigned in a way that allows the Company to provide the best possible customer service at a highly competitive cost, maximize its operational efficiencies, and consistently outperform its competitors in every facet of the business. Work will be assigned to and performed by all job classifications consistent with employees’ qualifications, experience, training, and personal and public safety considerations, and in a manner that accomplishes the objectives of this Article.
