EMPLOYER RIGHTS The union recognizes the Employer’s right to operate and manage its business and facilities. Except where limited by a specific provision of this Agreement, all rights are subject to the Employer’s exclusive control. These rights include but are not limited to the following: to determine the number of employees to be employed in each operation, shift, or department; to establish, change, modify, interpret or abolish the Employer’s policies and procedures; to increase or diminish, change, improve or discontinue operations, programs and jobs, in whole or in part; to increase or diminish, change, improve or discontinue personnel, in whole or in part; to hire, promote, and transfer employees; to suspend, discharge, demote and discipline employees for just cause; to determine the duties of and to direct employees in their duties, including direction as to the location of the work to be performed; to lay off employees; to authorize work to be performed by any outside person or entity as selected by the Employer, including the subcontracting of work; to evaluate the performance and competency of employees in their assigned work; to increase or change the content, substance or methodology of any work assignment; to determine materials and equipment to be used; to reward and pay employees; and to determine working schedules, including allocation of and requirement of overtime. The parties recognize that the above list is for illustrative purposes and does not exclude those rights and responsibilities not mentioned above. The Employer’s failure to exercise any right, prerogative or function hereby reserved to it, or the Employer’s exercise of any such right, prerogative or function in a particular way, shall not be considered a waiver of the Employer’s right to exercise such right, prerogative or function or preclude it from exercising the same in some other way not in conflict with the expressed provisions of this Agreement.
Reemployment Rights Subject to the availability of a vacant position for which he/she is qualified, the laid off employee has the right to reemployment over outside candidates. Any employee who is laid off or retired in lieu of layoff, and is subsequently eligible for reemployment, shall be notified through certified mail by the District as to the date of the opening at his/her last address known to the District. The employee must respond in writing within seven (7) working days of issuance of the letter to be deemed to have declined the offer. Laid off employees are eligible for reemployment in the classification from which laid off for thirty-nine (39) months from the effective date of layoff and shall be employed in the reverse order of seniority. Their reemployment shall have preference over any other method of filling vacancies in classifications incurring layoff. An employee on a reemployment list shall be notified of promotional opportunities and shall be entitled to apply through the regular selection process. Regular employees who take voluntary demotions or voluntary reductions in assigned time in lieu of layoff shall be reemployed in their former classification or to positions in the former classification with increased assigned time as vacancies become available, for a period of thirty-nine (39) months plus twenty-four (24) months. Employees who are demoted in lieu of layoff shall remain on the reemployment list until their rights are exhausted, or until they have regained the assignment from which they were laid off. Regular employees who are eligible and elect to retire under Section 21.4.4 shall then be placed on a thirty-nine (39) month reemployment list in accordance with this regulation. The District agrees that when an offer of employment is made to an eligible person retired under this regulation, and the District receives within ten (10) workdays a written acceptance of this offer, the retired person shall be allowed sufficient time to terminate his or her retired status with Public Employees Retirement System.
Benefit Entitlement When an employee is on a WCB claim all benefits of the Agreement will continue to accrue. However, an employee off work on WCB claim shall receive net wages as defined by (A) above, and benefits equalling but not to exceed their normal entitlement had they not suffered a compensable injury. For the first twenty (20) work days on claim, an employee will accrue paid holidays and vacation credits. Once the claim exceeds twenty (20) work days, paid holidays and vacation credits will not accrue. However, unused vacation credits accrued prior to the claim shall not be lost as a result of this clause.
Agreement with Respect to Continuation of Group Health Plan Coverage for Former Employees of the Failed Bank (a) The Assuming Institution agrees to assist the Receiver, as provided in this Section 4.12, in offering individuals who were employees or former employees of the Failed Bank, or any of its Subsidiaries, and who, immediately prior to Bank Closing, were receiving, or were eligible to receive, health insurance coverage or health insurance continuation coverage from the Failed Bank ("Eligible Individuals"), the opportunity to obtain health insurance coverage in the Corporation's FIA Continuation Coverage Plan which provides for health insurance continuation coverage to such Eligible Individuals who are qualified beneficiaries of the Failed Bank as defined in Section 607 of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended (respectively, "qualified beneficiaries" and "ERISA"). The Assuming Institution shall consult with the Receiver and not later than five (5) Business Days after Bank Closing shall provide written notice to the Receiver of the number (if available), identity (if available) and addresses (if available) of the Eligible Individuals who are qualified beneficiaries of the Failed Bank and for whom a "qualifying event" (as defined in Section 603 of ERISA) has occurred and with respect to whom the Failed Bank's obligations under Part 6 of Subtitle B of Title I of ERISA have not been satisfied in full, and such other information as the Receiver may reasonably require. The Receiver shall cooperate with the Assuming Institution in order to permit it to prepare such notice and shall provide to the Assuming Institution such data in its possession as may be reasonably required for purposes of preparing such notice.
(b) The Assuming Institution shall take such further action to assist the Receiver in offering the Eligible Individuals who are qualified beneficiaries of the Failed Bank the opportunity to obtain health insurance coverage in the Corporation's FIA Continuation Coverage Plan as the Receiver may direct. All expenses incurred and paid by the Assuming Institution (i) in connection with the obligations of the Assuming Institution under this Section 4.12, and (ii) in providing health insurance continuation coverage to any Eligible Individuals who are hired by the Assuming Institution and such employees' qualified beneficiaries shall be borne by the Assuming Institution.
(c) No later than five (5) Business Days after Bank Closing, the Assuming Institution shall provide the Receiver with a list of all Failed Bank employees the Assuming Institution will not hire. Unless otherwise agreed, the Assuming Institution pays all salaries and payroll costs for all Failed Bank Employees until the list is provided to the Receiver. The Assuming Institution shall be responsible for all costs and expenses (i.e. salary, benefits, etc.) associated with all other employees not on that list from and after the date of delivery of the list to the Receiver. The Assuming Institution shall offer to the Failed Bank employees it retains employment benefits comparable to those the Assuming Institution offers its current employees.
(d) This Section 4.12 is for the sole and exclusive benefit of the parties to this Agreement, and for the benefit of no other Person (including any former employee of the Failed Bank or any Subsidiary thereof or qualified beneficiary of such former employee). Nothing in this Section 4.12 is intended by the parties, or shall be construed, to give any Person (including any former employee of the Failed Bank or any Subsidiary thereof or qualified beneficiary of such former employee) other than the Corporation, the Receiver and the Assuming Institution any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under or with respect to the provisions of this Section.
Benefits of Agreement; No Third-Party Rights The provisions of this Agreement are intended solely to benefit the Member and, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, shall not be construed as conferring any benefit upon any creditor of the Company (and no such creditor shall be a third-party beneficiary of this Agreement), and the Member shall have no duty or obligation to any creditor of the Company to make any contributions or payments to the Company.