Common use of RECOGNITION AND APPLICATION Clause in Contracts

RECOGNITION AND APPLICATION. A. For purposes of this agreement only, and subject to the provisions of Chapter 288 of the Nevada Revised Statutes, the County and the unincorporated town of Jackpot recognize the Association as the bargaining agent for the employees scheduled to work at least 1040 hours or more during the fiscal year (hereinafter referred to as “regular employees”), employed in the classifications set forth in Exhibit “A” to negotiate in respect to those mandatory subjects of bargaining set forth in NRS Section 288.150(2), but excluding District Court and juvenile probation appointees of the Fourth Judicial District, volunteers, department heads, elected officials, supervisory and administrative employees, temporary employees and employees who have decided pursuant to NRS 288.140(2) to act for themselves with respect to any condition of their employment. B. The parties are in disagreement over the interpretation of NRS 288.140(2) as applied to the parties’ negotiations and this labor agreement. The parties agree to seek a declaratory ruling from the Local Government Employee-Management Relations Board if the disagreement regarding this matter becomes an issue. “Temporary Employee is defined as an employee hired to fill a classification covered by this agreement no more than one- thousand and forty (1040) hours in a twelve (12) month period from date of hire.”