Common use of Role of Employee Representative and Supervisor Clause in Contracts

Role of Employee Representative and Supervisor. The employee representative recognizes the fact that the supervisor is the key person in the department and, as such, is responsible to higher management for the quality and quantity of the work. As the supervisor is the key person for management, the employee representative is the key person for the Union. They must promote and maintain good morale and friendly relations and must be willing to meet in good faith to settle grievances as they arise, exercising a positive approach. There must be mutual respect on both sides in these relations. The employee representative understands that the employee representative function does not relieve the representative from conforming to all rules of conduct and standards of performance established by law, regulation, County or department policy or Memorandum of Understanding.