Common use of RECOGNITION AND ELIGIBILITY Clause in Contracts

RECOGNITION AND ELIGIBILITY. Northeast Center for Youth and Families, Inc. (NCYF), hereinafter referred to as the Agency or Employer, recognizes Local 2322 & United Automobile, Aerospace and Agricultural Implement Workers, hereinafter referred to as the Union, as the sole and exclusive bargaining agent for regular full-time and regular part-time Residential Counselors (RC) and Lead Residential Counselors in Massachusetts. Excluded from the bargaining unit described above are: Shift Managers, supervisors, Nurses, and managerial, administrative and clerical employees in Northeast Center for Youth and Families, Inc. The terms "Residential Counselor" and “Residential Counselors" as used hereinafter in this Agreement, refer to only such persons who are within the bargaining unit, as defined above, except as may be specifically mentioned. Typically, full time employee schedules are 40 hours in one week. The term "full-time Residential Counselor” is defined as a Residential Counselor who regularly scheduled to work thirty-seven and a half (37.5) hours in a one-week period. The term "part-time Residential Counselor” is defined as a Residential Counselor regularly and normally scheduled to work less than thirty-seven and a half (37.5) hours, but at least twenty (20) hours per week. Part-time Residential Counselors are eligible for pro-rated benefits. In the use of relief/temporary employees, NCYF will not fill union positions with non-union employees on a permanent basis. In case of any ongoing uses of relief/temporary employees in specific union positions or schedules, NCYF will provide notice to the UAW regarding efforts made to fill the position with a full time union member. Relief employees who have worked in a defined UAW schedule for more than (twelve)12 consecutive weeks will accept a permanent UAW position that is open at that time, or be removed from that defined scheduled. Exceptions can be made for Leaves of Absence (LOA’s), that exceed (twelve) 12 weeks, or when staffing openings exceed 50% of required staffing in a program.