Workforce Planning Committee. The parties acknowledge a common goal and intent to provide employment and income security to employees. As such, it is the intent of the parties to avoid displacement of employees, but recognize that there are circumstances when avoiding them cannot be achieved. The Health Center and the Union acknowledge a mutual intention to make use of attrition, business growth, aggressive job matching, retraining and/or other mutually agreed upon mechanisms to accomplish this goal. The parties agree that employees faced with displacement from their positions shall be given first consideration for reassignment or floating wherever possible in lieu of involuntary reduction. Furthermore, if an employee is unavoidably displaced, the Center will identify job opportunities in other departments, or at other clinic facilities. The Health Center will make every effort to avoid displacing employees. As a result, the parties will establish a Work Force Planning Committee. The Committee shall consist of three (3) members of the bargaining unit and three (3) from management. The committee shall meet for no more than two hours and shall meet at such times that the possibility of work force reduction is anticipated. Employees shall be compensated at straight-time pay for attendance at Committee meetings. The purpose of this Committee will be to develop procedures to meet the employment and income security commitments and to identify retention and recruitment issues facing the center. Such planning shall include such options as follows:
Workforce Planning Committee. The creation and disposition of RPT positions shall be discussed on an annual basis with the Workforce Planning Committee.
Workforce Planning Committee. The parties acknowledge a common goal and intent to provide employment and income security to employees. As such, it is the intent of the parties to avoid displacement of employees, but recognize that there are circumstances when avoiding them cannot be achieved. The Health Center and the Union acknowledge a mutual intention to make use of attrition, business growth, aggressive job matching, retraining and/or other mutually agreed upon mechanisms to accomplish this goal. The parties agree that employees faced with displacement from their positions shall be given first consideration for reassignment or floating wherever possible in lieu of involuntary reduction. Furthermore, if an employee is unavoidably displaced, the Center will identify job opportunities in other departments, or at other clinic facilities. The Health Center will make every effort to avoid displacing employees. As a result, the parties will establish a Work Force Planning Committee. The Committee shall consist of three (3) members of the bargaining unit and three (3) from management. The committee shall meet for no more than two hours and shall meet at such times that the possibility of work force reduction is anticipated. Employees shall be compensated at straight-time pay for attendance at Committee meetings. The purpose of this Committee will be to develop procedures to meet the employment and income security commitments and to identify retention and recruitment issues facing the center. Such planning shall include such options as follows: Identifying current and anticipated vacancies; Projecting changes in the delivery of healthcare; Identifying retraining opportunities for employees of MNHC; Identifying creative retention programs such as one that contemplates the identification of transferable skills of employees to work in classification other than their own; Identifying cross-training; Identifying systems to support effective reassignment processes such as cross-training programs, employee lists by competencies; Identifying new and creative recruitment sources; Other opportunities to enhance recruitment, retention and retraining; Impact on the workforce such as a result of business changes that would result in closures, consolidations, or shared service entities. In the event either party requests the use of mediation to facilitate this process, the parties agree to utilize the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service.
Workforce Planning Committee. The creation and disposition of Regular Part-time positions shall be discussed on an as required basis with the Workforce Planning Committee.
