Common use of Agency Operations Clause in Contracts

Agency Operations. Except where limited by an express provision of this Agreement, the Employer reserves the right to manage and operate the Agency at its discretion. Examples of such rights include the right: A. To recruit, hire, assign, transfer, promote, and/or lay off employees; B. To suspend, demote, and/or discharge employees or to take other disciplinary action, except as otherwise expressly limited by this Agreement; C. To adopt rules for the operation of the Agency and the conduct of its employees subject to the rights as outlined in Article 24. D. To determine the methods, processes, means, and personnel necessary for providing fire service, including the increase, or decrease, or change of operations or fire equipment, in whole or in part, the assignment of employees to specific jobs, the determination of job content and/or job duties, and the combination for consolidation of jobs and the setting of standards of performance; E. To determine work schedules and the location of the Agency headquarters and facilities; F. To determine the amount of voluntary job related educational expenses to be reimbursed by the Employer, including tuition and other course or seminar fees, books, and travel beyond the education reimbursement policy currently in effect upon signing of this Agreement; and G. To control the Agency’s budget.