Merit Principles Sample Clauses

Merit Principles. If a new jurisdiction that has become subject to this MOU pursuant to former California Government Code §56844.2 fails to adopt or enforce laws which provide, in substance for the employment principles listed below, or those laws do not remain in effect for Transferred Employees during the entire term of this MOU, the following provisions shall apply to Transferred Employees:

Merit Principles. To promote, strengthen and defend the principles of merit system in the public service: to promote and maintain efficiency in the public service and to safeguard and strengthen the public employee retirement systems of Ohio and to bargain collectively on behalf of union members in order to secure, retain and improve these principles and rights. AFSCME and OCSEA in signing this agreement hereby pledge their full cooperation from this day forward in fulfilling the above objectives and AFSCME expressly understands and endorses the objectives, function, aims and goals of the OCSEA particularly as they are spelled out in the Constitution and By-Laws of OCSEA. 1. Upon execution of this Agreement, OCSEA shall be affiliated with AFSCME and AFSCME shall charter OCSEA as Ohio Civil Service Employees Association, Local No. 11, AFSCME, AFL-CIO (hereinafter “OCSEA”). 2. AFSCME recognizes and approves OCSEA’s status as a non-profit corporation, chartered under the laws of the State of Ohio which shall remain in force in perpetuity. AFSCME recognizes and approves of OCSEA as a statewide organization comprised of many intermediate and subsidiary bodies and that all the provisions of this agreement shall remain applicable to all such intermediate and subsidiary bodies as may now or in the future be created and over its existing or future members. 3. OCSEA shall be chartered as an unaffiliated statewide, local union and shall not be required to affiliate with an AFSCME council in the future unless mutually agreed. ARTICLE II An OCSEA legislative district shall be established for OCSEA and one International vice-president shall be elected from such district by OCSEA’s Board of Directors within ninety (90) days from the date of the execution of this agreement. The vice-president so elected shall serve until the next regular AFSCME convention, at which time he/she shall be either re-elected or his/ her successor elected in conformance with the normal election procedure as set forth in AFSCME’s Constitution. The eligibility requirement of three years membership in a local within the legislative district shall be waived until three years from the effective date of this affiliation. ARTICLE III OCSEA’s jurisdiction as an affiliate of AFSCME shall be all members in the jurisdiction within which they are employed. The parties recognize that such jurisdiction may subsequently be restructured following passage of a public employee collective bargaining law in the State of Ohio or, as...

Merit Principles. ‌ Standards for hiring and promoting shall be based on specific, objective qualifications, so that persons best qualified to perform the functions of the State will be employed and that an effective career services will be encouraged, developed, and maintained.

Merit Principles. The parties agree that it is their mutual intent to strengthen the merit principles and shall use all due diligence to maintain merit principles among all Employees to the end that Employees be selected, appointed and promoted from among the most qualified, not on the basis of personal connections.

Merit Principles. SECTION 1 MERIT SYSTEM PRINCIPLES A. Recruitment should be from qualified individuals from appropriate sources in an endeavor to achieve a work force from all segments of society; selection and advancement should be determined solely on the basis of relative ability, knowledge, and skills after fair and open competition which assures that all receive equal opportunity. B. All employees and applicants for employment should receive fair and equitable treatment in all aspects of personnel management without regard to political affiliation, race, color, religion, national origin, sex, marital status, age, or handicapping condition and with proper regard for their privacy and constitutional rights. C. Equal pay should be provided for work of equal value, with appropriate consideration of both national and local rates paid by employers in the private sectors, and appropriate incentives and recognition should be provided for excellence in performance. D. All employees should maintain high standards of integrity, conduct, and concern for the public interest. E. The Federal work force should be used efficiently and effectively. F. Employees should be retained on the basis of the adequacy of their performance; inadequate performance should be corrected; and employees should be separated who cannot or will not improve their performance to meet required standards. G. Employees should be provided effective education and training in cases in which such education and training would result in better organizational and individual performance. H. Employees should be: 1. Protected against arbitrary action, personal favoritism, or coercion for partisan political purposes; and 2. Prohibited from using their official authority or influence for the purpose of interfering with or affecting the result of an election or a nomination for election. I. Employees should be protected against reprisal for the lawful disclosure of information which the employees reasonably believe evidences: 1. A violation of any law, rule, or regulation; or 2. Mismanagement, a gross waste of funds, an abuse of authority, or a substantial and specific danger to public health and safety. J. In administering the provisions of this Chapter: 1. With respect to any agency (as defined in Section 2302(a)(2)(C) of this title), the President shall, pursuant to the authority otherwise available under this title, take any action, including the issuance of rules, regulations, or directives; and 2. With respect to any...

Merit Principles. Actions taken under this Article shall be solely on the basis of merit, without regard to political, religious, or labor organization affiliation or non-affiliation, marital status, race, color, gender, national origin, non-disqualifying physical handicap, or age; and shall not be based on any criteria that are not job-related, including favoritism based on personal relationship or patronage.

Merit Principles. The parties agree that it is their intent to strengthen merit principles in the bargaining unit, to the end that bargaining unit members be selected, appointed and promoted from among the most qualified.

Merit Principles. Unless otherwise specified in this Agreement, reassignments with known promotion potential will be made in accordance with the terms and conditions of Article 10 (Merit Promotion). Article 18‌‌

Merit Principles. Actions taken under this Article shall be solely on the basis of merit, without regard to political, religious, or labor organization affiliation or non-affiliation, marital status, race, color, gender, national origin, non-disqualifying physical handicap, or age; and shall not be based on any criteria that are not job-related, including favoritism based on personal relationship or patronage.