Recognition of Union and Unit. 1. The State by the Office of Employee Relations in the Governor's Office hereby recognizes the Union as the exclusive representative for collective negotiations for wages, hours of work and other terms and conditions of employment for all its employees in the state-wide Higher Level Supervisors Unit. The State will not negotiate with nor grant rights afforded under terms or provisions of this Agreement to any other employee organization in connection with the employees in this unit.
2. a. Included are all full-time permanent, career service, unclassified and provisional employees and all permanent full-time ten (10) month employees (career service, unclassified and provisional) and permanent part-time employees (career service, unclassified and provisional) who are employed a minimum of twenty (20) hours per week for forty (40) hour fixed workweek titles and seventeen and one-half (172 ) hours per week for thirty-five (35) hour fixed workweek titles, and who are included in the classifications listed in Appendix II.
Recognition of Union and Unit. A. The Union, having been certified by the State of New Jersey Public Employment Relations Commission (PERC), on December 8, 2010, under Case Docket No. RO-2010-068 is now the exclusive representative of all Managers listed below for the purposes of collective negotiations with respect to terms and conditions of employment. The representative is responsible for representing the interests of all unit employees without discrimination and without regard to Manager Organization Membership.
Recognition of Union and Unit. 1. The State hereby recognizes the Union as the exclusive representative for the purpose of meeting, conferring, and discussing proposals relative to salaries and other conditions of employment of the bargaining unit employees. Accordingly, the State will not meet and confer with nor grant rights afforded under terms or provisions of this Agreement to any other employee organization in connection with the employees in this bargaining unit.
2. The scope of this unit is described to include all eligible employees of the respective Employer who are employed in the classifications listed in Appendices A1 and A2, but excluding those employees who are managerial, supervisory, confidential, or who are otherwise excluded by law, or who occupy classifications not listed in Appendices A1 and A2. The inclusion of temporary, emergency, provisional and original probationary employees in this unit is not intended to grant such employees the same status or rights as those possessed by regular full-time employees except for as provided in this Agreement and unless otherwise excluded by law.
3. In the future, should new classifications be established by the Personnel Advisory Board and utilized by the Employer, the parties hereto shall meet and confer as to whether such positions are appropriate for the bargaining unit. In the event the parties cannot reach agreement, a party to this agreement may seek such determination by the appropriate state agency responsible for this function, in accordance with Missouri Statute 105.525 RSMo.
a. If the Employer determines that a position currently represented by the Union is performing confidential duties, the Employer will notify the Union and provide the Union with the basis upon which it maintains that the position is confidential.
b. If the Union objects to the designation of a position as confidential prior to the removal of the position from the unit, the State and the Union will meet to review the basis for the confidential designation.
Recognition of Union and Unit