Common use of New or Changed Classifications Clause in Contracts

New or Changed Classifications. The Hospital shall notify Union in the event the Hospital hereafter establishes within the bargaining unit a new or changed classification with new job content substantially and materially different from existing job content in a facility the Hospital owns and operates. Operates shall mean the Hospital is directly responsible for the management control function of the facility on a day-to-day basis. 1. Upon written request made by Union, within fifteen (15) calendar days after the receipt of such notice, the Hospital shall meet and confer with Union to study the matter for thirty (30) days or such longer period as the Hospital and the Union agree in writing is appropriate. 2. Any unresolved dispute concerning the appropriateness of the rate assigned by the Hospital may be made the subject of a grievance which shall be presented directly to the arbitration step of the grievance procedure within ten (10) days of the conclusion of the meeting period of this Article. 3. The arbitrator’s authority shall be limited to determining the proper rate relative to existing rates set forth within the attached wage rate exhibits of this Agreement. The wage rates set by the arbitrator shall be effective from the date of arbitration.

New or Changed Classifications. The Hospital shall notify Union in the event the Hospital hereafter establishes within the bargaining unit a new or changed classification with new job content substantially and materially different from existing job content in a facility the Hospital owns and operates. Operates shall mean the Hospital is directly responsible for the management control function of the facility on a day-to-day basis. 1. a. Upon written request made by Union, within fifteen (15) calendar days after the receipt of such notice, the Hospital shall meet and confer with Union to study the matter for thirty (30) days or such longer period as the Hospital and the Union agree in writing is appropriate. 2. b. Any unresolved dispute concerning the appropriateness of the rate assigned by the Hospital may be made the subject of a grievance which shall be presented directly to the arbitration step of the grievance procedure within ten (10) days of the conclusion of the meeting period of this Article. 3. c. The arbitrator’s authority shall be limited to determining the proper rate relative to existing rates set forth within the attached wage rate exhibits of this Agreement. The wage rates set by the arbitrator shall be effective from the date of arbitration.