Common use of Performance Discussion or Review Clause in Contracts

Performance Discussion or Review. 8 The parties recognize that supervisors are required to periodically discuss and 9 review work performance with employees. Such discussions are not 10 investigations, but are opportunities to evaluate and discuss employee 11 performance and, as such, are the prerogative and responsibility of the 12 Employer. An employee shall not have the right to a Union Representative 13 during such performance discussion or review. Any discussions or 14 documentation related to performance review shall remain confidential within the 15 department unless disclosed by the employee. Only authorized Employer 16 representatives, the employee, and the Union representatives authorized by the 17 employee in writing, shall possess or have access to such records. Authorized 18 Employer representatives within the department shall be limited to the 19 employee's supervisors and Office of Human Resources personnel who are 20 assigned responsibility for the employee in question. This section shall not be 21 construed to expand or diminish a right of access to records as provided by the 22 Michigan Freedom of Information Act, being act 442 of Public Acts of 1976, as 23 amended, or as provided by the ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Employee Right to Know Act, 24 being act 397 of Public Acts of 1978, as amended. 25