Common use of PROMOTIONS WITHIN THE BARGAINING UNIT Clause in Contracts

PROMOTIONS WITHIN THE BARGAINING UNIT. When a job vacancy is frozen and there is a promotional eligible list in effect, the list will be extended for a period of time equivalent to the time period the job vacancy is frozen. Employees interviewed for promotional opportunities shall be notified of their acceptance or rejection within a reasonable time. In cases when there is no examination required for a promotion, County policy shall be to consider present employees, provided the employee applying meets all requirements and is fully qualified. The County Mayor reserves the right to discontinue the promotional interview process upon 30 days’ notice to the Union. The promotional interview process will operate under the following guidelines, which will only be applicable to departments directly under the Mayor’s purview: • Departments will notify AFSCME Local 199 of the date(s), time(s) and location(s) of all promotional interviews, only for their representative classifications, no later than five (5) working days of the scheduled interview. • Departments are not required to coordinate the scheduling of promotional interviews with AFSCME Local 199. • In accordance with Florida State Statutes, the notes and score sheets of the interview panel shall remain confidential and will not be published to the representative. • AFSCME Local 199 will be allowed one (1) representative to observe the promotional interview(s). • The AFSCME Local 199 President or Union identified designee, are the only persons authorized to serve as its neutral representatives for observing promotional interviews. • The AFSCME Local 199 representative is not a member of the interview panel and is to only observe and not interfere with the interview process in any way. • AFSCME Local 199 is to use the same representative to observe promotional interviews that may last over a series of days. • The AFSCME Local 199 representative is not to disclose any of the questions/answers to any other person. • The AFSCME Local 199 representative is to be charged “Y” time, on the ePAR, for the time used in observing the promotional interview(s). • Observation shall be in accordance with the Nepotism Policy of Miami-Dade County. The terms of the promotional interview process cannot be grieved and are not subject to the grievance procedures outlined in Article 8 of the AFSCME Local 199 Collective Bargaining Agreement.