Restrictions on Performing Bargaining Unit Work. The Employer shall not assign bargaining unit work to any employee outside the Bargaining Unit except to the extent that has been previously assigned as of January 1, 2009.
Restrictions on Performing Bargaining Unit Work. The Employer shall not assign bargaining unit work to any employee outside the Bargaining Unit except to the extent that has been previously assigned as of January 1, 2009. [h] Freelance Except under extraordinary circumstances, the Employer shall not assign or publish editorial content submitted by independent contractors or volunteers that constitutes a substitution for full-time or part-time bargaining unit positions and/or bargaining unit work. The nature of extraordinary circumstances shall include considerations of enterprise, exclusive access, first-person voice, frequency of contribution, proximity, timeliness, specialized knowledge and significant competitive advantage for the newspaper. It is understood that submissions including photos from citizen journalists must satisfy the criteria of infrequent contribution, plus enterprise or first person voice. Bargaining unit members will be notified of and considered for any new or renewed freelance assignments. [i] Notwithstanding the above, the company may assign stories to paid or unpaid students as part of a bona fide educational internship to a maximum of two students at one time. However, no students may be extended beyond the expected term of an internship, and no new students shall be engaged in the event that a bargaining unit member is on lay-off.
Restrictions on Performing Bargaining Unit Work. The employer will be able to assign to any employee outside the bargaining unit covered by this agreement work done by employees within the bargaining unit as long as such assignment would not cause a layoff of a bargaining unit employee. For clarity, in the event of a layoff of an employee, this paragraph shall not prevent an employee of the Employer outside the bargaining unit from continuing to do bargaining unit work to the extent such type work was being performed prior to the layoff. 403
