JOINT LABOUR MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE A Joint Labour Management Committee shall be established to attend to those matters which are of mutual interest. To ensure its effectiveness the Committee shall be separate and apart from the grievance procedure.
STATEWIDE ACHIEVEMENT TESTING When CONTRACTOR is a NPS, per implementation of Senate Bill 484, CONTRACTOR shall administer all Statewide assessments within the California Assessment of Student Performance and Progress (“CAASPP”), Desired Results Developmental Profile (“DRDP”), California Alternative Assessment (“CAA”), achievement and abilities tests (using LEA-authorized assessment instruments), the Fitness Gram, , the English Language Proficiency Assessments for California (“ELPAC”), and as appropriate to the student, and mandated by LEA pursuant to LEA and state and federal guidelines. CONTRACTOR is subject to the alternative accountability system developed pursuant to Education Code section 52052, in the same manner as public schools. Each LEA student placed with CONTRACTOR by the LEA shall be tested by qualified staff of CONTRACTOR in accordance with that accountability program. ▇▇▇ shall provide test administration training to CONTRACTOR’S qualified staff. CONTRACTOR shall attend LEA test training and comply with completion of all coding requirements as required by ▇▇▇.
Joint Consultation Committee 8.01 On the request of either party, the parties must meet at least once every four (4) months, for the purpose of discussing issues relating to the workplace that affect the parties or any employee bound by the Agreement.
8.02 The purpose of the consultation committee is to promote the cooperative resolution of workplace issues, to ▇▇▇▇▇▇ the development of work related skills and to promote workplace productivity, and to identify opportunities for improved patient care.
8.03 Up to two (2) employees who are members of the joint consultation committee shall be granted leave without loss of pay or receive straight-time regular wages while attending meetings of the committee, up to a maximum of two (2) hours’ pay.
8.04 Pay for such meetings will be limited to two (2) hours and employees attending such meetings will not receive overtime wages.
APPENDIX B – INDEPENDENT ASSESSMENT COMMITTEE CHAIRPERSONS Note: The parties agree to meet to discuss the following Independent Assessment Committee Chairpersons. The parties agree to revise and update the list to ensure that an adequate number of Chairpersons are available. If the parties are unable to reach agreement on the revised list, Arbitrator ▇▇▇▇▇ will remain seized to resolve the dispute.
EMPLOYEE-MANAGEMENT ADVISORY COMMITTEE 10.01 The Parties to this Collective Agreement agree to establish Employee-Management Advisory Committee(s) (EMAC) within the sites. Each Committee will consist of a maximum of six (6) persons with equal representation from the Parties.
10.02 In a site that has an established mechanism(s) that performs the functions of the EMAC as described in Clause 10.08 and where the mechanism(s) provides for the representation from this bargaining unit then the Employer and the Union Representative may mutually agree to waive Clause 10.01.
10.03 The representatives of the Employer on EMAC shall be those persons or alternates employed and designated by the Employer from time-to-time.
10.04 The representatives of the Union on EMAC shall be those Employees or Employee alternates designated by the Local from time-to-time.
10.05 The Parties mutually agree that the representatives of the Employer and the Union on EMAC should be the persons in authority whose membership should be as constant as reasonably possible with a minimum of alteration or substitution.
10.06 The Chair on EMAC shall be the senior representative of the Employer, and the Vice-Chair shall be the senior representative of the Union.
10.07 EMAC shall meet at a mutually acceptable hour and date. Either the Chair or the Vice-Chair may mutually call a special meeting to deal with urgent matters.
10.08 It is the function of EMAC to consider matters of mutual concern affecting the relationship of the Employer to its Employees and to advise and make recommendations to the Employer and the Union with a view to resolving difficulties and promoting harmonious relations between the Employer and its Employees. Zone matters of mutual concern may be referred to the Joint Task Force.
10.09 Either the Employer or the Union may have experts or advisors present at meetings of EMAC to make submissions to or to assist EMAC in the consideration of any specific problem. Each Party shall give the other reasonable advance notice of the anticipated presence of such experts or advisors.
10.10 Where an EMAC has not been established within a site, the Union may request a meeting with the designated Human Resources Department to discuss the formation of EMAC(s).
10.11 Within thirty (30) days of the request, the Parties will meet to discuss membership and subsequent development of Terms of Reference in accordance with Article 10: Employee Management Advisory Committee.
(a) Every effort will be made by the Parties to schedule this Committee meeting during an appointed Employee’s regular working hours; and
(b) In continuous operations, when
(i) an Employee is not scheduled to work; and
(ii) it is not possible to schedule the meetings during a time when the Employee is scheduled to work; and
(iii) no alternate attendee is available or appropriate to attend, an Employee who attends a EMAC meeting shall be paid at the basic hourly rate of pay.
10.13 Time spent in meetings of this Committee (inclusive of travel time) during an Employee’s scheduled working hours shall be considered time worked and the Basic Rate of Pay will be paid to such Employees.
10.14 Where applicable, an Employee shall be entitled to claim travel time expenses in accordance with Article 38: Transportation and Subsistence.