Common use of Joint Labor/Management Committees Clause in Contracts

Joint Labor/Management Committees. Section 1. To facilitate communication between the parties and to discuss greater productivity, increased efficiencies, improved quality of work life, and improved quality of services, Joint Labor-Management Committees may be established at the universities by mutual agreement of the Union, and the university. The Committee on each campus may take under discussion such topics as the members mutually agree may improve the quality of work life and services, and/or lead to greater efficiencies and productivity, such as workload prioritization issues. Section 2. The committees shall be on a meet-and-confer basis and shall not be construed as having the authority or entitlement to negotiate. The committees shall have no power to contravene any provision of the Collective Bargaining Agreement or to enter into any agreements binding on the parties to the Agreement or resolve issues or disputes surrounding the implementation of the Agreement. No discussion or review of any matter by the committees shall forfeit or affect the time frames related to the grievance procedure. Matters that should be resolved through the grievance and arbitration procedure shall be handled pursuant to that procedure. Section 3. The committee shall be composed of three (3) employee members appointed by the Union and three (3) members of management unless mutually agreed otherwise. Section 4. A jointly prepared written agenda will be developed in advance of any meetings, and meetings will be held during normal business hours. Section 5. Bargaining unit employees appointed to the committees shall be in pay status during time spent in the committee meetings. Approved time spent in meetings by bargaining unit employees shall neither be charged to leave credit nor considered as overtime worked.

Joint Labor/Management Committees. Section 1. To facilitate communication between the parties and to discuss greater productivity, increased efficiencies, improved quality of work life, and improved quality of services, Joint Labor-Management Committees may be established at the universities by mutual agreement of the Union, and the university. The Committee on each campus may take under discussion such topics as the members mutually agree may improve the quality of work life and services, and/or lead to greater efficiencies and productivity, such as workload prioritization issues. Section 2. The committees shall be on a meet-and-confer basis and shall not be construed as having the authority or entitlement to negotiate. The committees shall have no power to contravene any provision of the Collective Bargaining Agreement or to enter into any agreements binding on the parties to the Agreement or resolve issues or disputes surrounding the implementation of the Agreement. No discussion or review of any matter by the committees shall forfeit or affect the time frames related to the grievance procedure. Matters that should be resolved through the grievance and arbitration procedure shall be handled pursuant to that procedure.committees Section 3. The committee shall be composed of three (3) employee members appointed by the Union and three (3) members of management unless mutually agreed otherwise. Section 4. A jointly prepared written agenda will be developed in advance of any meetings, and meetings will be held during normal business hours. Section 5. Bargaining unit employees appointed to the committees shall be in pay status during time spent in the committee meetings. Approved time spent in meetings by bargaining unit employees shall neither be charged to leave credit nor considered as overtime worked.