Common use of MANAGEMENT AND UNION Clause in Contracts

MANAGEMENT AND UNION. Except as otherwise provided in the Contract, the Mayor, Board of Public Works and Safety, and Clerk-Treasurer, shall manage and direct, on behalf of the public, the operations and activities of the City to the full extent authorized by law. The Clerk-Treasurer will manage the utility office clerks, as provided by law. Such responsibility shall include, but not be limited to the following: (A) Direct its employees; (B) To hire, promote, transfer, assign and retain, discharge, suspend, discipline or promote for just cause, employees in positions with the Board of Public Works and Safety or Clerk-Treasurer and; (C) To release employees because of lack of work or for other legitimate reasons; (D) To maintain the efficiency of the Governmental operation entrusted to it; (E) To determine the methods, means and personnel by which such operations shall be conducted; (F) To enact rules and regulations for the conduct of employees and safety of the work force as the Board of Public Works and Safety or Clerk-Treasurer deems necessary. The parties agree that policy, work rules and regulations are a serious matter for discussion, except in an emergency, and will meet for this purpose no less than 20 days prior to the enactment of any changes. (G) Abolishing a position is a negotiated settlement between Union and City. Posting a job and hiring new employees is a management right. Board of Public Works and Safety or Clerk-Treasurer powers granted herein shall be exercised by the authorized agents of the Board of Public Works and Safety or Clerk-Treasurer including, but not limited to, department heads, their assistants, foremen, supervisory employees and the Mayor’s private secretary.