Section 201—Operations
The Agency shall have the sole right to manage its operations. Management shall have all other rights and prerogatives subject only to express restrictions of such rights, if any, as provided in this Agreement. By way of illustration but not by way of limitation, the Agency retains the right to select, change or discontinue methods, programs, equipment, treatments and facilities; to direct the working force (including the right to hire, suspend, discharge for cause, discipline, assign or transfer); to relieve employees from duty because of lack of work or other legitimate cause; to establish reasonable rules governing employment and working conditions; and to determine the size of the work force and the number of employees assigned to any particular facility, program, equipment or hours of work. All matters relating to the nature and extent of programs, treatment and facilities are specifically reserved to the Agency and its Board of Trustees.
Section 202—Notice of Termination
An employee who is absent from work without explanation to their appropriate supervisor, for a period of two (2) workdays, shall be deemed to have resigned from Agency employment effective as of the last day actually worked. If the employee provides justification of an emergency limiting their ability to contact their supervisor within three (3) days of dismissal, (i.e. emergency hospitalization) the Agency will reinstate the employee.
Section 203—Strikes and Work Stoppages
The Union and the Agency subscribe to the principle that difference should be resolved by peaceful and appropriate means without interruption of Agency business. The Union, therefore, agrees that there shall be no strike, work stoppage, or other concerted refusal to work by employees, nor any instigation thereof during the life of this Agreement. During the term of this Agreement, neither the Agency nor any of its employees or agents for any reason shall authorize, institute, aid, promote, or effectuate any lockout of employees covered by this Agreement.
Section 204—Personnel Policies
Employees shall be governed by the provisions of the Agency’s Personnel Policies Manual as written and as hereafter amended, except as such policies are expressly altered by the terms of this Agreement.
Section 205—Union Information to Management
The Agency shall be provided with a list of 6 Union stewards by the Union at the beginning of the Agreement and upon any changes to the said list the Union is expected to provide the same to the Agency within 30 days of such changes. If a steward representing an employee is within the same work unit, the Agency reserves the right to ask the Union to assign a different steward to represent the employee.
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