Common use of Placement Committee Clause in Contracts

Placement Committee. The Company and the Union agree that the organization of work in the plant which will accommodate the reduction of cycle times, the increase of inventory turns, and, generally, the flexibility required to reach and maintain world class performance will at times require the absorption of standard work from one occupational group into another. Where the standard work to be performed consists of work traditionally performed by the support group 27 and consumes a significant portion of the takt time, the senior employee in the support group will be offered the opportunity to perform the standard work. The parties understand that such absorption can neither be accomplished on a plant-wide basis nor as a complete combination of job families due to differences in product flows through the manufacturing process. This letter is to memorialize the agreements on how absorption will be accomplished on a case by case basis and eliminate the job erosion from one occupational group to another. The parties mutually agree to the establishment of a placement committee consisting of 6 members, 2 Union, 2 management and at least one (1) member of the bargaining unit employed in the standard work of the occupation group will be added to the committee for these discussions.