Common use of Annual Assignments Clause in Contracts

Annual Assignments. Negotiated: 8/1/2016 Negotiated: 8/1/2013 Negotiated: 11/1/2008 Negotiated: 8/1/2006 Negotiated: 9/27/2003 Section 1. Both parties recognize that assignment of employees is an important function in building a successful program. Management will make annual assignments that, first, best serve children and families and secondly, best serve staff requests. Section 2. Management will consider employee needs when making annual assignments and take in to account the distance from the employee’s current work assignment and their homes and also the employee’s child care needs. Employees will be provided an annual assignment request form and after completion, return it to the Agency for any position/location or not to be reassigned in the job classification which they currently hold, and these employees will be considered first for annual assignment placement. Section 3. Annual assignments are effective immediately upon placement by Management. Written verification of annual assignment placements will be delivered via email and U.S.P.S. within three (3) business days of completion by Management. Section 4. Management will only make involuntary annual assignment changes for legitimate business reasons. These may include, but are not limited to: experience factors, language skill factors, employee requests, team needs, and service needs at a specific work location. Any employee involuntarily assigned to a different location than requested shall be notified in writing of the Agency’s rationale in making the assignment change. Section 5. If the employee is unable/unwilling to fulfill their annual assignment they may notify (verbally or in writing) the operations and/or human resources directors regarding reconsideration of their placement. Such a request will detail the employee’s reasons for being unable/unwilling to accept the annual assignment and must be submitted as soon as possible, but no later than the date specified in the placement notification. Management will respond in like manner (in writing) within one (1) calendar week to the concerns outlined and the request for reconsideration. Response time may be extended by mutual agreement between the employee and/or their union representative and Management. If the annual assignment is not changed, employees may fill out a transfer request form in accordance with ARTICLE 12.