WORKFORCE FLEXIBILITY. Representatives of the Employer and the Union, along with representatives of unions representing other construction and maintenance employees of the Employer's Public Works Department, shall together meet and confer in an effort to identify or develop employment practices which may be more responsive to the changing construction and maintenance needs of the Employer.
WORKFORCE FLEXIBILITY. The term "workforce flexibility" refers to the ability of District management to use a range of staffing alternatives to meet policing needs. These include sworn staff, non- sworn staff, cooperative policing agreements, private unarmed security, volunteers, police reserves, seasonal officers, and fee-for-service contracts with city and county agencies. Implicit in the term is that sole reliance upon permanent staffing is neither fiscally sound nor operationally effective.
WORKFORCE FLEXIBILITY. It is agreed between (MSTS), the SNBTU and other Signatory Unions that a stable workforce is mutually beneficial. Therefore, when mutually agreed in advance between MSTS and the affected Union(s), qualified Employees working under the Terms and Conditions of either the NNSS PLA for Construction or for Maintenance and Operations (M&O) may be temporarily transferred from one Agreement to the other. Nothing herein, or in any other portion of this Agreement, shall limit the right of the Employer, upon mutual agreement with the individual Unions, to assign Employees covered by the M&O Agreement to work under the Construction Agreement or vice versa, consistent with craft flexibility and efficiency. The Employer will, to the greatest extent possible, equalize the cross-assigned Employees’ terms and conditions for the time period the Employee is assigned to work in the other bargaining unit. Any Employee working on Xxxxx-Xxxxx work will be paid at the Xxxxx-Xxxxx rates set forth in the Construction Agreement. An Employee dispatched under the Construction Agreement will stay under the Construction Agreement wage package regardless of the type of work being performed by the Employee. All disputes concerning the Employer’s exercise of this authority will be referred to the Alliance Interpretations Committee for review. Upon mutual consent, the Employer agrees to provide reasonable notice to the respective Union of any cross assignment of Employees. The intent is not to permanently move Employees from one Agreement to another Agreement. It will be done on a case-by-case necessity basis, and must come through Labor Relations to the Union, and will be subject to mutual agreement.
WORKFORCE FLEXIBILITY. (a) In the interests of developing a more highly skilled and flexible workforce and removing restrictive demarcation barriers from the workplace, employees shall carry out all directions and duties that are within the scope of their skill and capability, ensuring the safety and quality requirements of the job are maintained.
(b) Staff to assist wages employees where practicable - Engineering, commissioning and supervisory staff may use tools when carrying out inspections, testing equipment or instructing/training employees provided that this action does not attempt to replace the jobs of employees covered by this Agreement.
WORKFORCE FLEXIBILITY a) For the purpose of increasing productivity and flexibility, as well as enhancing career opportunities for employees, multi-skilling may be extended beyond that already provided under this Agreement by genuine consultation between the Company and the employee to allow the employee to perform any work in the Company within the scope of their skills and competence.
b) Notwithstanding the provisions of Clause 10.2 Training of this agreement, employees shall perform a wider range of duties, including work which is incidental or peripheral to their main tasks or functions.
c) Employees shall perform such work as is reasonable and lawfully required of them by the Company, including accepting instruction from authorised personnel.
d) Employees shall comply with all reasonable requests to transfer or to perform any work provided for by this Agreement.
e) Employees shall take all reasonable steps to ensure the quality, accuracy and completion of any job or task assigned to them.
f) Employees shall not impose or continue to enforce existing demarcation barriers between the work covered by this Agreement, provided that it is agreed that the work lies within the scope of the skill and competence of the employee concerned.
g) Employees shall not unreasonably impose any limitation or continue to enforce any limitations on supervisors or technical personnel demonstrating the use of new equipment or machinery, provided that the appropriate consultation in relation to the introduction of new technology has taken place.
h) Employees shall not unreasonably impose any limitation or continue to enforce any limitations on management or staff employees in operating light rail vehicles for the purposes of training, emergencies or to maintain accreditation.
i) Employees shall not impose any restrictions or limitations on the measurement and/or review of work methods or standard work times, provided that appropriate consultation between the Company and the employees has taken place.
WORKFORCE FLEXIBILITY. It is agreed between National Security Technologies LLC (NSTec) and the Southern Nevada Building and Construction Trades Council and other Signatory Unions that a stable workforce is mutually beneficial. Therefore, when mutually agreed in advance between NSTec and the affected Union(s), qualified employees working under the Terms and Conditions of either the NNSS Project Labor Agreement for Construction or for Maintenance and Operations (M&O) may be temporarily transferred from one Agreement to the other. Nothing herein, or in any other portion of this Agreement, shall limit the right of the Employer, upon mutual agreement with the individual unions, to assign employees covered by the M&O Agreement to work under the Construction Agreement or vice versa, consistent with craft flexibility and efficiency. The Employer will, to the greatest extent possible, equalize the cross-assigned employees’ terms and conditions for the time period the employee is assigned to work in the other bargaining unit. Any employee working on Xxxxx-Xxxxx work will be paid at the Xxxxx-Xxxxx rates set forth in the Construction Agreement. An employee dispatched under the Construction Agreement will stay under the Construction Agreement wage package regardless of the type of work being performed by the employee. All disputes concerning the Employer’s exercise of this authority will be referred to the Alliance Interpretations Committee for review. Upon mutual consent, the Employer agrees to provide reasonable notice to the Respective Union of any cross assignment of employees. The intent is not to permanently move employees from one Agreement to another Agreement. It will be done on a case-by-case necessity basis, and must come through Labor Relations to the Union, and will be subject to mutual agreement.
WORKFORCE FLEXIBILITY. The parties acknowledge the mutual benefit of Flexible Working Arrangements to balance work and other (including family) commitments having regard both to the operational needs of the organisation and the employee’s circumstances;
WORKFORCE FLEXIBILITY. To facilitate workforce flexibility the Company agrees that jurisdictional work lines are not dissolved and the Union agrees that jurisdictional work lines will not be an issue or cause for a grievance provided the following conditions are followed:
(1) Union members are performing traditional work across Union craft lines, Union members are performing traditional non-union work, or Union members are performing work traditionally let to contractors.
(2) Local work groups (employees including leaders) will determine what work can be done by employees crossing jurisdictional lines.
(3) Local work groups (employees including leaders) will establish minimum qualifications for work in their group.
(4) Employees crossing jurisdictional lines must successfully demonstrate the established minimum qualifications to a qualified employee of the receiving work group before performing the work.
(5) Non-union employees may do traditional Union work provided that if more than 32 hours are worked in a given month in a traditional Union position, Union service dues will be paid, but the individual(s) will not be required to become initiated member(s) of the Union. Union work performed by non-union employees is intended to be for short-term work assignments of less than six months.
WORKFORCE FLEXIBILITY a) Insert a clause that the Department will establish a dedicated casual pool of staff when backfill is required to fill unanticipated roster gaps, rather than utilising overtime.
b) Insert a clause that the Department will utilise permanent part-time staff when backfill is required to fill unanticipated roster gaps, rather than utilising overtime.
c) Insert a clause that the Department and the Union will work together to introduce alternative employment classifications (such as Escort and Security Officer and Operational Support Officers in prisons) and that the classification structure will reflect the scope of duties to be performed by such roles.
d) Insert a clause that the Department will establish rosters that:
i. Increase flexible deployment of staff during the day with less fixed posts.
ii. Introducing variable staffing allocation to cross deploy available staff.
iii. Provide staff a combination of fixed and flexible shift allocations.
WORKFORCE FLEXIBILITY. The parties recognize that employment security and productivity improvement is inseparably linked to attaining sustained profitability. These issues must be addressed on balance and in relationship to each other. Accordingly, the parties agree to jointly maximize the effective utilization of the workforce and equipment and achieve continuous improvement by implementing new and innovative approaches to the way work is performed. The parties further recognize that one of the major barriers to productivity is the continued application of restrictive and unnecessary past practices, local agreements, and local working conditions ("practices"). Based on the Company's agreement to the Employment Security provisions of this Agreement, the Union commits to eliminate those "practices" which are inconsistent with the parties' desire to redesign and restructure work so that it can be performed in the most efficient and effective manner. Accordingly, the parties commit to eliminate those "practices." The parties further agree that in order to maximize productivity goals and achieve a philosophy of continuous improvement the manner in which work has historically been performed must be changed to adopt new innovative work methods, job responsibilities, and assignments of work. Trade and Craft positions must change into a multicraft approach. Training requirements and programs must be developed and implemented to obtain competitiveness in the maintenance forces. Those employees unable to achieve full Multicraft status will still be expected to perform in a more flexible, expanded role consistent with safety and their qualifications and abilities. Non-craft employees may, consistent with standardized safety practices and the employee's qualifications and abilities, assist Trade and Craft employees in maintenance duties. It is the agreed-upon goal of the parties to achieve a rapid conversion to Maintenance Technician Mechanical ("MTM") and Maintenance Technician Electrician ("MTE") positions during the term of this agreement. In addition, production employees must broaden their skills, become more flexible, and work as assigned to achieve world class competitive status. Training programs will be developed for each identified need. The parties agree to reduce the number of job classifications by the process of elimination and/or combination. The consolidation of job classifications shall take place in the most expeditious manner possible and without putting an undue work bur...
