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Collective Bargaining Agreement1
AAA and LOCAL 8-149 OIL, CHEMICAL, and ATOMIC WORKERS INTERNATIONAL UNION EFFECTIVE - _________,_________,_________(M/D/Y) EXPIRES - _________,_________,_________(M/D/Y) AAA, BBB UNION, LOCAL 8-149 AFL-CIO COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT
TABLE OF CONTENTS
ARTICLE UNION RECOGNITION
ARTICLE MANAGEMENT RIGHTS
ARTICLE UNION ACTIVITIES
ARTICLE HOURS
ARTICLE PROBATIONARY PERIOD
ARTICLE SENIORITY
ARTICLE DISCHARGE AND DISCIPLINE
ARTICLE UNION BULLETIN BOARDS
ARTICLE LEAVES OF ABSENCE
ARTICLE BEREAVEMENT
ARTICLE JURY DUTY
ARTICLE GENERAL
ARTICLE GRIEVANCES
ARTICLE VACATIONS
ARTICLE HOLIDAYS AND HOLIDAY PAY
ARTICLE WAGE INCREASES
ARTICLE HEALTH AND WELFARE
ARTICLE CHECKOFF
ARTICLE RELOCATION
ARTICLE UNION SECURITY
ARTICLE UNION REPRESENTATION AND STEWARDS
ARTICLE SICK LEAVE, PERSONAL DAYS, LONGEVITY DAY
ARTICLE SHIFT DIFFERENTIAL
ARTICLE REPORTING AND CALL-IN PAY
ARTICLE SAFETY AND HEALTH
ARTICLE WASH UP TIME AND REST PERIODS
ARTICLE TUITION REFUND PLAN
ARTICLE LOCKOUTS AND STRIKES
ARTICLE BIDDING AND POSTING
ARTICLE CREDIT UNION CHECK-OFF
ARTICLE 401(k) PLAN (EMPLOYEE SAVINGS AND RETIREMENT PLAN)
ARTICLE SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS
ARTICLE SEVERANCE PAY
ARTICLE DURATION AND TERMINATION
AGREEMENT
AGREEMENT made this _________,_________,_________(M/D/Y), effective as of _________,_________,_________(M/D/Y), by and between AAA, , for its facilities at _________(address) and _________(address) and _________(address) (hereinafter collectively referred to as the "Employer") and BBB UNION, LOCAL 8-149, AFL-CIO (hereinafter referred to as the "Union").
WHEREAS, both parties having accepted the principle of collective bargaining as a means of establishing wages, hours and working conditions of the covered employees and being desirous of continuing to do so for the purpose of fostering relations of mutual interest, and
WHEREAS, it is the purpose and intent of the parties to promote sound and peaceful labor relations,
WITNESSETH:
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants and agreements hereinafter set forth, the parties do hereby agree as follows:
UNION RECOGNITION
The Company recognizes the Union as the sole collective bargaining agent for purposes of collective bargaining with respect to rates of pay, wages, hours and other terms and conditions of employment for all its full-time and regular part- time employees employed by the Company at its facilities presently located at _________(address), _________(address) and _________(address); excluding office clerical employees, professional employees, maintenance trade and engineering employees, laboratory employees, Food Service employees, Groundskeeping employees, and guards and supervisors as defined in the National Labor Relations
However, it is agreed that all new hires for helper and any additional craftsman beyond the current three (3) slots in plant maintenance will be represented by the
MANAGEMENT RIGHTS
The Company has, retains and shall possess and exercise all rights and functions, powers, privileges and authority not specifically and expressly contracted away or limited by the terms of this
As illustrative of the rights the Company possesses and retains, but in no way to be construed as a limitation, the Company shall have the exclusive right to: manage all of the Company"s operations and its business affairs; direct the work force; determine production methods and procedures; assign work, evaluate jobs and the performance of jobs for pay purposes and to reevaluate them; decide the methods, means and processes of manufacture, type of machinery and equipment to be used, the number and classifications of employees to be used in the various aspects of the Company"s operations or for particular assignments, types and quantity of business to be scheduled for production, quality of material, and the standards of efficiency and quality of workmanship required; decide selling prices and products, methods of selling and distributing products; determine the location of the business and to relocate any part or all of the Company"s operations; discontinue operations in whole or in part; allocate and transfer production; introduce new or improved methods or facilities, or to change existing manufacturing practices, decide methods and facilities, maintain order and efficiency; the right to hire, promote, demote, transfer, suspend, discharge, or otherwise discipline employees; determine the size and composition of the work force and relieve employees from duty because of lack of work or other reasons; determine the hours of work and schedule hours and determine overtime; establish, adjust and revise job classifications, hourly rates, establish rules pertaining to the operation of the plant and discipline employees for violation of such rules; determine an employee"s qualifications to perform work in any particular position and to reassess and upgrade qualification standards for employees, including incumbents, in particular positions whenever and to whatever extent deemed by the Company to best serve the Company"s overall interests in ensuring regulatory compliance and product quality and integrity and maximizing productivity, efficiency and safety; perform scientific and engineering studies; to contract out or subcontract work; establish or discontinue extra shifts, except as expressly amended or changed as hereinafter set out; to enforce procedures designed to ensure that employees do not report for work or perform work under the influence of drugs, alcohol or other substances that may or do impair or reduce mental acuity, motor coordination, and/or other performance capabilities that could affect regulatory compliance, product quality and integrity, or safety; to make and implement unilaterally any decisions that in the opinion of management are required to ensure regulatory compliance, product quality and integrity, and the safe operation of Company facilities; and to implement measures deemed necessary by Company management to maximize productivity and The enumeration of specific rights in this Section shall not be construed as supporting a negative implication that other rights of the Company have been waived or compromised in any Nor shall the enumeration of such rights be construed as expanding or contracting in any way the Union"s right, to the extent otherwise secured by applicable precedents under the National Labor Relations Act as amended, to demand that the Company engage in collective bargaining over the effects of the exercise of such rights on the wages, terms and conditions of employment and employment security of employees covered by this
Furthermore, the Company retains the right to take whatever steps it deems necessary to meet and com* with all Federal, state or local regulations including but not limited to those promulgated by DEA, FDA and any regulatory
Within the limits prescribed in Article XII,Section 4 of this Agreement, Management has the right to use supervisors and other non-bargaining unit personnel to perform unit
With respect to any rights heretofore exercised by or inherent in the Company and not expressly limited by the terms of this Agreement, and with respect to any rights retained by or conferred upon the Company in the terms of this Agreement, any failure by the Company to exercise such rights, or the exercise of such rights by the Company in a particular manner, shall not be construed to be a waiver of or limitation on any such right, a waiver of or limitation on the right to exercise any such right, or a waiver of or limitation on the right to exercise any such right, or a waiver of or limitation on the right to exercise any such right in a different Nor shall enumeration of rights reserved to the Company in this Agreement be construed as, or considered as evidence of, an implied limitation on or preclusion of any Company rights not so
UNION ACTIVITIES
There shall be no grievance investigated, presented,discussed, processed or handled during working hours without the Vice President Human Resources or the Manager Human Resources first being notified and her permission to do so obtained, nor shall the investigation, presentation, discussion, processing or handling of grievances interfere in any way with the normal and efficient conduct of the Company"s In the case of Departmental Stewards, however, this Section shall be deemed to have been complied with in cases where such Stewards find it necessary to be excused from their regular work responsibilities for brief periods of time for such purposes if notice is provided and permission obtained in advance from the Steward"s Plant
An authorized agent of the Union shall be permitted to visit the plant during working hours, after first notifying the Vice President Human Resources or her designee, for the purpose of investigating and settling grievances and insuring the proper administration of the contract; provided, however, that said representative shall conduct his business in such manner so as not to interfere with the normal and efficient conduct of the Company"s The Union shall keep the Company currently advised, in writing, of the officer or representative of the Union who is authorized to deal with the Company, and no one shall be deemed such a representative unless he is so designated by the Union to the
HOURS
The standard work week shall be five consecutive days, forty hours per week; eight hours per day, from 12:01 Monday to 12:00 the following Sunday, exclusive of The standard work day shall consist of eight and one- half (8-1/2) consecutive hours with a one-half hour unpaid lunch break between the hours of 7:00 and 5:00 However, the Company retains sole and unrestricted discretion to change work schedules for employees in any part or all of its operations to best serve the Company"s overall interests in ensuring regulatory compliance and product quality and integrity, and maximizing productivity, efficiency and The Union and employees affected by such a change will be provided notice at least two weeks in advance of implementation of the Shifts may be established or discontinued in the sole and unrestricted discretion of the Employer on notice to the Union and the affected employees of thirty calendar days whenever reasonably practicable, but in any event not less than fourteen calendar Whenever a shift change is implemented for less than all of the employees in a department, the Company shall first seek to obtain enough employees to staff the new shift by asking for volunteers from among the employees in the In the event there are more volunteers than openings, employees shall be selected on the basis of their In the event an insufficient number of volunteers come forth, the Company may have the work done by nonbargaining unit employees for up to two months, hire for such positions from outside the bargaining unit, and/or require additional employees, in reverse order of seniority, to either work the new shift or go onto layoff
The Employer may implement a Tuesday through Saturday workweek or Wednesday through Sunday workweek provided the following criteria are met:
(a) Employees assigned to work Tuesday through Saturday or Wednesday through Sunday workweeks must work a five consecutive day
(b) The Company shall first seek to obtain employees for such workweeks by asking for If more volunteers come forward than there are openings, employees shall be selected on the basis of their If an insufficient number of volunteers come forth, the Company may have the work done by nonbargaining unit employees for up to two months, hire for such positions from outside the bargaining unit, and/or require additional employees, in reverse order of seniority, to either work the new workweek or go onto layoff
(c) Those employees hired for the Tuesday through Saturday or Wednesday through Sunday workweek shall have a right to bid into openings occurring less than one hundred and eighty days after their initial hire date the Monday through Friday workweek, except as otherwise provided in Article V, Section
(d) The Employer agrees to preserve a three day weekend during holiday
Employees assigned to work Tuesday through Saturday or Wednesday through Sunday workweeks pursuant to the terms of this Section and who by virtue of such assignment work on Saturday or Sunday, shall receive premium pay in the amount of _________ cents ($ _________) per hour for each hour worked on such Except as provided in Article XXIV, nothing in this Agreement shall be construed as obligating the Company to provide any minimum hours of work per day, per week, per month or per
The Employer has sole and unrestricted discretion to establish a ten hours per day shift, exclusive of the thirty minute unpaid lunch period, at the straight-time wage For employees assigned to work such a shift, except as otherwise provided below, forty hours per week shall constitute a week"s If a ten hour work day as hereinbefore described is implemented, the Employer shall schedule employees assigned to work such shifts in such a manner as to make all straight-time work days after the first one in each work week follow each other The Employer shall have the right to schedule such four day work weeks to begin on Monday, Tuesday or Wednesday in the same manner and subject to the same conditions (except for the five consecutive day week requirement) as would ap* under Section 1 of this Article to the assignment of employees to work five day work weeks beginning on those The Employer shall also have the option to schedule two crews to work a ten hour work days in such a manner as to provide employee coverage in the department on each of the seven days of the workweek, provided however that in such event employees in each crew shall be scheduled to work eight consecutive days, with the first and last of the eight days being on Thursday and with both crews overlapping for the full ten hour shift on The Employer will provide notice to the Union and affected employees at least two weeks before commencement of any of the special shifts provided for in this Employees working ten-hour days shall be entitled to an additional rest period of fifteen minutes after working eight Employees who are assigned to work special shifts pursuant to this Section shall be entitled to take the Holidays specified in Article XV, Section 2 of this Agreement off without loss of pay or, if required to work on a Holiday, shall be compensated at a rate equal to two and one-half times the rate they would have been paid had the work been performed on a normal Employees assigned to work special shifts under this Section whose workweek does not encompass a Holiday shall receive an additional eight hours straight-time pay for that Employees scheduled to work hours on Saturday or Sunday pursuant to this Section shall be paid a premium of _________ cents ($ _________) per hour for all such weekend hours
OVERTIME: Employees shall be paid overtime premium pay for all hours worked over eight hours in any one day (except as otherwise provided above in Section 2 of this Article), or forty paid hours in any one work week and for any time worked on scheduled holidays enumerated in Article Employees who fail to work any portion of the straight time work for which they are scheduled in a given work week will not be entitled to premium pay for overtime in that week, except to the extent that their total hours worked in that week exceed forty hours, unless the employee"s failure to work such straight time is due to serious illness or serious injury, or the employee"s being on jury duty, vacation, paid sick leave, or bereavement leave; and Saturday and Sunday overtime shall be paid on the same Except as otherwise provided in this Article, overtime hours worked on Sundays shall be compensated at a rate equal to twice the employee"s base wage Only time actually paid shall be included in computing Any time worked when once included in computing overtime under any applicable provision of this Agreement shall not thereafter be included in computing overtime under any other applicable provisions In no event, shall there be any duplication or pyramiding of any overtime or premium pay, whether for Sundays, holidays or overtime purposes or
The Company shall have discretion to determine which job classification(s) will be needed to perform available overtime Overtime shall first be offered to qualified employees within the job classification within the department in which the overtime is Such opportunities shall be equally divided among the employees in the department in the same job classification and assigned to work in the same For purposes of equalization, an opportunity offered and refused shall be counted as overtime If an insufficient number of employees within the department and currently assigned to the classification that the Company has designated to work overtime are available for such work, the Company may fill the overtime with qualified volunteers from outside the department on the basis of seniority (in which case the Company shall offer the overtime to employees then assigned to work in the classification that the Company has designated to work the overtime and working in the location (Northvale or Pomona) where the overtime is to be worked, then to employees assigned to work in such classification at any other Company facilities covered by this Agreement, and then to any other qualified employees assigned to work at any such facilities), and/or by drafting employees from within the building and department in reverse order of In any situations in which overtime work is of such a nature as to require the employee performing it to have any special skills or experience, the Company has sole and unrestricted discretion to assign overtime work to the employee or employees who, in the Company"s judgment, is or are best suited to carry out the assignment competently, efficiently and To the extent overtime assignments do not, in the judgement of the Company, require employees of special skill and/or experience, however, the Company shall be required to distribute such assignments evenly among employees in the department; and any time worked by an employee in an overtime assignment made on the basis of special skills or experience shall be credited to that employee for overtime equalization purposes, as would any other overtime The Union shall be informed of all special overtime assignments made on the basis of special skills or experience on at least a weekly It is understood that the Company shall not be required to create unnecessary overtime for any
When an employee is requested by the Company to work outside of or beyond his regular hours, he shall be expected to do so, unless the Company determines that extraordinary hardship would result by requiring the employee to work such an overtime However, under no circumstances will notice for mandatory overtime be given less than four hours before such overtime would No employee shall be required to work more than fourteen hours in any workday or more than fifty-six hours in any workweek, except as otherwise provided in Section 2 of this In the event an employee is required to work an overtime assignment and has difficulty with working the assignment due to a schedule conflict, he shall not be required to work the overtime if he is able to find a qualified volunteer to take his place who is acceptable to the supervisor sche**ng the In such cases, the employee shall be charged with having worked the overtime for the purposes of overtime distribution; and the volunteer who works the overtime shall not be so
HOLIDAY WORK: The Company shall, unless extraordinary hardship would result, give seven days" notice of overtime work scheduled on a holiday or during a holiday weekend (, a weekend preceded or followed by a day designated as a holiday in Article XV, Section 2 of this Agreement). The Company shall have the right to open the plant for business on holidays and to expect employees to work on such Except as otherwise provided above in Section 3 of this Article, work performed by employees on holidays shall be considered as premium work, and such work shall be paid for at time and
Hours and pay representing holiday pay, and vacation pay and all other hours of pay representing non-working time will be included in figuring overtime for the week and in figuring straight time average hourly
REST PERIODS AND LUNCH PERIODS: The Company shall provide employees with a one-half hour unpaid lunch period and two rest periods of fifteen minutes It is understood and agreed that the sche**ng of such periods remains exclusively vested in the Company, and the taking of such periods shall in no way interfere with the normal and efficient operations of the
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, the Employer has sole and unrestricted discretion to determine when it is necessary to suspend or shut down some part or all of its operations because of an Act of God, any circumstances beyond the Employer"s control, or any emergency situation that could compromise product quality or integrity or endanger the life and safety of an employee or because of regulatory compliance In such cases, employees will be compensated in accordance with the terms of Article XXIV of this In the case of such a suspension or shut-down in which the Employer requests affected employees to wait in a designated area available for work, the waiting time shall be considered time If the plant is closed under the circumstances specified in this Section, and employees are scheduled to work the following Saturday, said Saturday work shall be paid for at time and
The provisions of this Article are intended solely to provide a basis for determining the number of hours of work for which an employee shall be entitled to be paid at overtime rates, and shall not be construed as a guarantee to such employee of any specified number of hours of work either per day or per week, or as limiting the right of the Company to fix the number of hours of work (including overtime) either per day or per week for such
CHECK CASHING: The Employer will grant each employee an additional fifteen minutes to their lunch period on check cashing
PROBATIONARY PERIOD
The Company has the right to employ such new employees as it deems necessary and qualified to do the work available and may hire such persons from any The Company also retains the right to refuse to employ any such person in its
Generally, there shall be a six month probationary period for new employees, which may be extended for up to an additional one month by mutual agreement between the Company and the New employees hired into the Porter or Supplier/Material Handler classifications, however, shall be required to complete a probationary period of ninety days, which may be extended by up to an additional thirty days by mutual agreement between the Company and the
The computation of the probationary period shall not include any work time absent from the job for any reason, and said probationary period will automatically be extended for all such work time
All probationary period employees may be laid off,disciplined, discharged or otherwise terminated during their probationary period for any reason whatsoever, with or without cause, and such layoff, discipline, discharge or termination shall not be subject to the grievance procedure of this Nothing in this Agreement shall be construed as a limitation on this provision in any
After completion of their probationary period,employees shall be deemed to be regular employees, and their seniority shall revert to the date of
Nothing in this provision shall be considered a restriction or limitation upon the training periods established by the Company for the various job operations or on providing training periods of greater duration than the probationary period established Such employees shall be notified of the length of training
SENIORITY
Seniority is defined as the total length of continuous service with the
Each Employee shall accumulate seniority rights after the probationary period provided in ARTICLE V has been successfully completed, and such seniority shall date from the time of the employee"s most recent date of
LAYOFF AND RECALL: The Company shall have the right to determine when a layoff is necessary, including the right to determine the number of employees to be laid off, the department in which the layoff will occur, and the duration of such In the event a layoff becomes necessary, employees will be laid off in accordance with their However, employees to be laid off shall be permitted to bump employees with less seniority in an equivalent or lower rated, unprotected job, where the Company determines the bumping employee is qualified and able to perform the available work, and where the Company determines in its sole and unrestricted discretion that displacement of the incumbent by the bumping employee will not materially affect the Company"s ability to ensure full and undiminished compliance with regulatory obligations and product quality and The Company shall have the right to exempt from bumping up to fifty percent of the positions in each classification in each department, except for Porter and Packer Employees exercising bumping rights pursuant to this Section shall serve a probationary period of six work weeks in the position into which they have bumped, during which period the Company shall have the right to determine that continuation of the employee in the position is not consistent with the Company"s overall interests of ensuring regulatory compliance and product quality and integrity, and maximizing productivity, efficiency and In the event of such a determination, the employee bumped out of the position shall be recalled and the employee who bumped into the position may, in the discretion of the Company, either be laid off or transferred to another In no event shall an employee be permitted to bump An employee shall be permitted to exercise bumping rights under this Section only one time in connection with any layoff affecting the employee (unless the employee is bumped by a more senior employee from a position into which he has bumped as a consequence of the same layoff, in which case the employee may exercise any additional bumping rights he has one additional time); and the employee"s decision as to whether and how to exercise any bumping rights available to him, once made and communicated to the Company, shall be The Company shall give forty- eight hours advance notice of layoff or equivalent pay in lieu of If more than twenty employees are laid off in any period of twenty-one days or less, employees who are involuntarily put out of work by the layoff(s) shall be given five working days notice of their layoff, provided that the Employer has determined at the time of the layoff that the employee is expected to remain on layoff status for a period of more than thirty calendar If an employee is otherwise entitled to five days notice pursuant to this Section and one or more paid holidays provided for in Article XV, Section 2 of this Agreement falls within the notice period, such paid holiday(s) shall be deemed a working day(s) for purposes of the notice The Employer has the option to provide to any portion of or all employees involuntarily put out of work as a result of a layoff pay in lieu of any notice required by this The Employer shall continue to make contributions for medical coverage of employees put out of work by a layoff for ninety days after the Recall will be in the reverse order of layoff, and employees recalled from a layoff to the classification that they occupied prior to the layoff shall be compensated for hours worked at the rate in effect for them in the classification immediately prior to the Employees occupying Porter positions on the effective date of this Agreement shall, during the term of this Agreement and so long as they continue to occupy such positions, be protected from layoff resulting from a decision of the Company to subcontract the Porter work that would otherwise be done by
TRANSFERS: The Company shall have the right to transfer employees on a temporary The Company shall provide forty-eight hours advance notice of all transfers between With respect to transfers involving a relocation of greater than five miles from an employee"s regular station, the Company must provide twenty-four hours A temporary transfer shall be defined as a transfer of an employee at the direction of the Company that is intended by the Company at the time it is made to continue for no more than sixty, in the case of an employee"s transfer to a different shift and/or to a different location (, Pomona or Northvale), or in the case of an employee"s temporary reassignment to a different job on the same shift and in the same location as his regular assignment, for no more than ninety consecutive calendar Provided, however, the Company shall have the right to extend any temporary transfer for up to an additional sixty days if the Company and the Union mutually The Union shall, however, not refuse to agree to any extension of a temporary transfer in any case in which failure to extend the transfer would result in a substantial disruption of production or compromise in any way the Company"s ability to ensure regulatory No employee shall suffer a reduction of pay as the result of temporary transfer, except that employees who are temporarily transferred between shifts to facilitate the exercise of bumping rights in the wake of a layoff shall not be entitled to continue receiving any shift differential applicable to the shift from which they transferred during the period of the temporary Employees transferred to a higher rate job shall receive that rate for all time spent in that All transfers shall be at the Company"s sole and unrestricted discretion and may be without regard to Notwithstanding any other provision in this Agreement, the Company shall have the right, on the basis of its sole and unrestricted discretion, to move the physical location of any part of its operations to another Packers selected for temporary transfers to the Cephalexin area at the Company"s Pomona, New York facility shall be selected in reverse order of
Seniority rights and employment shall be terminated if an employee:
(a) Is discharged for
(b) Voluntarily
(c) Has less than two years of seniority and is laid off on or after the effective date of this Agreement for a period of six consecutive calendar months or
(d) Has two to five years of seniority and is laid off on or after the effective date of this Agreement for a period of more than twelve consecutive calendar
(e) Has more than five years seniority and is laid off on or after the effective date of this Agreement for a period of more than eighteen consecutive calendar
(f) Fails to return to work within five calendar days after recall from
(g) Fails to return to work immediately after the expiration of a leave of
(h) Accepts other employment while on a leave of absence, or misrepresents the purpose for which a leave of absence was
(i) Transfers out of the bargaining
(j) Absent for three days without notifying the Company unless the employee can demonstrate by clear and convincing evidence that he was unable to do so due to circumstances beyond his
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(l) Accepts severance pay provided by the Company pursuant to Article XXXIII of this
In order to insure the proper administration of this Article, the Company agrees to submit an up-to-date seniority list to the Union and the Chief Steward four times a year on a quarterly The Company also agrees to post the list in the
For purposes of any layoff pursuant to Section 3 of this Article, the Chief Steward shall be deemed senior to all other employees in the bargaining
DISCHARGE AND DISCIPLINE
The Company shall have the right at any time to discharge or discipline any employee for good No disciplinary action may be taken, however, unless the employee is provided notice of the disciplinary action within ten work days after the Company learns of the conduct on which the disciplinary action is
In the event of discharge or other disciplinary action taken against a non-probationary employee, the Company will promptly furnish the affected employee with a written statement specifying the reason for the discharge or other disciplinary Such action on the part of the Company shall be subject to the Grievance Procedure specified in Article XIII of this Agreement (beginning with Step 3 of Section 3 thereof), provided that a grievance is filed in writing with the Company within ten work days of receipt by the employee of the written statement specifying the reason for discharge or other disciplinary Failure to file such grievance within ten work days shall bar its consideration under any provisions of this
A disciplinary memorandum shall not be taken into account for purposes of determining eligibility for job bids or the appropriate level of discipline for multiple violations in the same category under the Company"s progressive discipline policy more than twelve months after the issuance of the
The Department Steward, if available, shall be invited to attend any meeting in which an employee in the Steward"s department is to be informed of any decision to discipline or discharge the
UNION BULLETIN BOARDS
The Union shall have the exclusive use of one bulletin board to be provided by the Company, upon which the Union may post notices of the following types:
(a) Notices of Union elections involving the Company"s
(b) Notices of the results of such
(c) Notices of Union appointments affecting the Company"s
(d) Notices of meetings and activities pertaining to the Company"s employees; and
(e) Job vacancies and
The Union shall not post Union materials on Company premises other than on the designated Union bulletin
LEAVES OF ABSENCE
For the purpose of this Agreement, a leave of absence is defined as a limited and specified period of time officially granted to an employee by the Company to absent himself from his job duties for sick leave, family leave, or personal leave as hereinafter defined, which time off shall be taken without pay and subject to all conditions
MATERNITY LEAVE OF ABSENCE: A leave of absence for reasons of maternity shall be granted employees upon certification from a doctor that the employee is unable to perform her regular job functions, and said leave shall continue in effect until such time that a certification from a doctor is presented stating the employee is physically able to perform the regular functions of her An employee who has been employed by the Company for at least twelve months and who has worked at least one thousand hours during the immediately preceding twelve month period shall be entitled to a personal leave of absence of up to sixmonths to care for his or her newborn baby or newly adopted infant, after completion of any prebirth medical disability leave (in the case of an employee who is the child"s mother).
SICK LEAVE OF ABSENCE: An employee who has been employed by the Company for at least twelve months and who has worked at least one thousand hours during the immediately preceding twelve months may be granted, upon timely application, a leave of absence without pay for a period not to exceed twelve consecutive months if the employee suffers from a serious health The Company may, in its sole and unrestricted discretion, require that any period of leave pursuant to this Section be supported by certification issued by a duly licensed health care provider which shall state, at a minimum: (a) the date on which the serious health condition commenced; (b) the probable duration of the condition; and the medical facts within the provider"s knowledge regarding the The Company may, in its sole and unrestricted discretion and at its own expense, require that the employee obtain an opinion regarding the serious health condition from a licensed health care provider designated or approved by the An employee who fails to report to work immediately on the date set for the expiration of his or her leave shall be considered to have abandoned his or her employment unless the Company receives a certificate from a licensed health care provider, prior to expiration of such leave, that the employee is still unable to perform his/her regular job
PERSONAL LEAVE OF ABSENCE: Upon written application from an employee for a personal leave of absence, the Company, in its exclusive discretion, may grant a written leave of absence without pay where good cause is shown, for a maximum period of six An employee who has been employed by the Company for at least twelve months, who has worked at least one thousand hours during the immediately preceding twelve months, and whose parent, spouse or child is suffering from a serious health condition shall be entitled to unpaid leave, if timely requested, of up to twelve weeks in any twelve month period to care for such parent, spouse or Permission for leave requested pursuant to this Section shall not be unreasonably No employee has the absolute right to return to work prior to the expiration of his leave unless he notifies the Company, in writing, at least five working days prior to the intended date for return to work; and the Company, in its sole discretion, determines that the employee"s early return as proposed will best serve the Company"s overall interest in ensuring regulatory compliance and product quality and integrity, and maximizing productivity, efficiency and The leave of absence for personal reasons may be extended by mutual agreement of the An employee who fails to report to work immediately on the date set for the expiration of his leave shall be considered as having voluntarily quit, unless a reasonable excuse is given as determined by the
The employee who returns from an authorized leave of absence and is capable of properly and adequately performing his job without significant additional training, will be reinstated in the job he held at the time his leave commenced if that position is vacant and the Company"s production needs are such as to make filling the position at that time If a returning employee"s prior position is not vacant or filling the position at that time is deemed by the Company to be not desirable, he will be allowed to exercise "bumping" rights unless the Company determines that the employee"s exercise of such rights would significantly impair the interests of ensuring regulatory compliance and product quality and integrity, and maximizing In such case, the employee shall be placed on layoff status until such time as his prior position becomes vacant and production needs make filling the position desirable, or the Company determines that the employee"s exercise of "bumping rights" will not significantly impair the aforementioned
An employee who accepts employment elsewhere during any leave of absence taken pursuant to the terms of this Article will be considered as having voluntarily quit, unless previously
Employees will accumulate seniority while on an approved leave of absence pursuant to this Employees on leave granted pursuant to this Article will not, however, receive credit as time worked for purposes of accrual of or entitlement to any benefits except as otherwise provided in Article XV, Section 1(a) and Article XVII, Section
Any leave requested and taken by an employee pursuant to the terms of this Article shall be charged against the employee"s eligibility for leave under the Family and Medical Leave Act to the extent consistent with the terms of said
BEREAVEMENT
When death occurs in an employee"s immediate family, which shall mean father, mother, husband, wife, son or daughter, the employee shall be entitled, on notification to the Company, to take the five work days immediately following the employee"s learning of such death with pay for bereavement In the case of the death of the brother, sister, mother-in-law, father-in-law, grandchildren or grandparents of an employee who has completed his probationary period, the employee on request will be excused for three consecutive working days with pay to The Company will not unreasonably withhold its consent to reasonable extensions on bereavement leave as circumstances warrant, but employees to whom such extensions are granted shall not be entitled to pay during the period of such extended
Reasonable evidence of the death and relationship may be required by the Company supporting the claim for such time off from
JURY DUTY
Full-time employees who are called for jury duty shall be granted the necessary time off for such The Company will pay the employee the greater of the employee"s daily wages (to be com*d on the same basis as holiday pay) or _________ dollars ($ _________) per day for the first three days of jury In the case of any employee required to serve on jury duty for more than three days, the Company will pay such employee for such additional service the difference, if any, between the employee"s daily earnings (to be com*d the same as holiday pay) and the monies paid to such employee by the authorized governmental agency, provided that such additional jury duty is not the result of a voluntary act by the At the request of the Company, the employee shall present evidence of jury duty and receipt of The employee must notify the plant manager immediately upon receipt of summons for jury service in order to qualify for jury duty
GENERAL
The Company and the Union agree that they will not discriminate against an employee by reason of race, color, creed, age, sex, sexual preference, physical or mental disability, national origin, membership or non-membership in the
Nothing in this Agreement shall be construed as constituting an agreement that any work is or may become the exclusive right of any employee or classification of The Company retains the sole and unrestricted discretion to direct employees, on a temporary basis, to perform work not within the job description of the position that they normally occupy whenever the Company determines that the interests of ensuring regulatory compliance and product quality and integrity, and maximizing productivity, efficiency or safety will best be served by doing This clause shall not contravene the seniority and overtime
All provisions of this Agreement are assumed to be in conformity with the applicable laws of the States of New Jersey and New York and the United If any provisions are later proven to be contrary to any applicable law existing at this time or subsequently enacted, such provision shall then be considered void, and the invalidity or unenforceability of such provision shall have no effect on the remaining provisions of the
The Company has the right to use supervisors and other non-bargaining unit personnel to perform bargaining unit work to whatever extent and for whatever duration management deems best serves the Company"s overall interests in ensuring regulatory compliance and product quality and integrity, and maximizing Supervisors also may, in the interests of efficiency and orderly production, fill in or work on a particular job as dictated by the necessities of the However, if an employee within the bargaining unit leaves the employ of the Company, he will not be replaced with a supervisory employee provided the position is still Likewise, if there are overtime opportunities, supervisory employees shall not replace bargaining unit employees; but this proscription shall not preclude qualified supervisors from doing up to two hours of unit work if there are no qualified bargaining unit employees in the plant and available to do the work at the Some examples of supervisors working are:
(a) Emergencies occurring during scheduled working days when an operation is not fully
(b) Instructing or training of employees, including self-
(c) Performing experimental work involving new products, new equipment, new methods or new
(d) Making minor adjustments and set
(e) Providing for the continuance of the work
(f) Product validation or other nonproduction scientific
It is agreed that the Company shall not exercise its rights under this Section in such a way as to reduce systematically the number of bargaining unit
The Company shall be responsible for instituting formal training procedures in all job Training shall be performed by such personnel as the Company deems, in its sole and unrestricted discretion, best suited to effective and efficient performance of the training Employees assigned to perform such training functions shall be compensated at a rate one dollar and fifty cents ($) above their normal rate during the period of such A training guide shall be developed covering the skills and responsibilities which employees in each type of work shall be Employees may be directed to participate in cross-training exercises to ensure the availability of adequate personnel with the appropriate skill mix to deal with emergency or peak load situations, or to best serve the Company"s overall interests in ensuring regulatory compliance and product quality and integrity, and maximizing productivity, efficiency and The determination of the departments in which cross-training will be done and the number of employees in such departments to be given cross-training is a matter committed to the sole and unrestricted discretion of the If less than all employees in a job classification within a department are to be assigned to participate in cross-training exercises, employees shall be selected for such exercises on the basis of Employees temporarily assigned to positions, other than the ones they normally occupy, for cross-training purposes shall not be deemed to have transferred into such The Company will inform the Union at least two weeks prior to implementation of its plans, and any modifications thereof, for cross-training in any department with bargaining unit employees who will be involved in the cross-training All employees who participate in training, whether as trainers or trainees, shall be required to certify on documentation provided by the Company that such training has been However, it is understood that an employee"s signature as required by the preceding sentence does not necessarily signify that the employee certifies or believes that the content of the training was sufficient to qualify the employee receiving the training to perform work of the sort that was the subject of the
MANAGEMENT TRAINEES: Whereas it is the expressed intent of the Company to train, educate and familiarize supervisors and managers with the Company"s total operation, including each phase of the operation, department by department, the Company shall have the right to have management trainees work on any or all jobs, including production jobs included in the bargaining unit, with the following limitations:
(a) Management trainees shall not be included in the bargaining unit and shall not be required to join the
(b) Management trainees shall not exceed fifteen percent or ten employees, whichever is the lesser, of the total number of bargaining unit employees at any given time (, if there are forty bargaining unit employees, there shall not be more than six management trainees). The Company will notify the Union of its decision to employ management trainees pursuant to this Section on or before the commencement date of the employment of any such
(c) A management trainee shall not perform bargaining unit work for a period in excess of fifteen months on an over-all basis, and not more than four consecutive months in any one
(d) Although the company identifies with and subscribes to the policy of promotion from within, and may select employees from the bargaining unit to become management trainees, it is understood that it is within the Company"s sole and unrestricted discretion to determine and select employees to become management trainees and may make such selection from any outside
(e) It is not the intent of the Company to substitute management trainees for bargaining unit employees in the performance of bargaining unit
(f) The Union shall be entitled to meet with the Company every six months to review the Management Trainee
SUMMER HELP: Employees hired during the summer vacation period (90 days or less) or during the two-week Christmas period shall be excluded from coverage under the
Coffee will be provided at Company expense in all break rooms utilized by bargaining unit
Bargaining unit employees shall be supplied by the Company with uniforms to be worn in performing their work, and the Company shall make arrangements for periodic cleaning of such uniforms at Company
When bargaining unit employees are required for job-related reasons to travel using their own vehicles between the Company"s facilities at the Northvale, New Jersey location and the Pomona, New York location, they shall be reimbursed by the Company for such travel at the rate of _________ cents ($ _________) per
Paychecks for bargaining unit employees shall be issued weekly, and payday shall be on
Bagels and/or donuts shall be provided for bargaining unit employees required to work overtime on Saturday, unless one or more employees are scheduled to work straight time on that
Bargaining unit employees working the second shift shall not be required to begin mandatory overtime work on Saturdays any sooner than eight hours after completion of their final, straight-time shift (which would have begun on the preceding Friday); notwithstanding the foregoing, second shift employees may begin overtime work on Saturdays in less than eight hours after completion of their last preceding straight-time shift if such arrangement is mutually agreeable to the employee and the supervisor responsible for sche**ng the overtime
The Company will generally seek to maintain a one-to-one ratio of QA Associates to QA Inspectors in the Quality Assurance Notwithstanding the foregoing, it shall not be considered a violation of the terms of this Agreement for the Company to have as many as two more QA Associates than QA Inspectors in the Department for a period of up to four months if the Company deems that such an imbalance advances the Company"s interests in ensuring regulatory compliance and product quality and integrity and maximizing productivity, efficiency and
WORK AND FAMILY COMMITTEE: The Company and the Union recognize that counseling and other forms of assistance may be of value to an employee and his or her family in situations in which personal problems have the potential to interfere with the employee"s performance of job The Company and Union also recognize that Company policies may have an impact on the lives of The Company and the Union agree that employees should strive to achieve an appropriate balance between work and family In addition, the Company and Union further agree to work together to address issues related to the mutual goal of achieving a balance between work and family Accordingly, the Company and the Union have agreed upon a Work and Family Policy and agree to maintain a Work and Family Commi* as a forum in which such issues can be constructively considered and The Commi* will be comprised of four members, two designated by the Union and two designated by the The Commi*"s mandate, in addition to sustaining dialog about work and family issues that are relevant to the Company"s employees, shall include working to assure that employees are aware of the Company"s Employee Assistance Plan, including the resources that employees can access through that Plan, and any other professional community resources that might be able to assist with problems relating to the employee"s efforts to achieve a healthy balance between work and Communications by individual employees with Commi* members regarding particular problems that such employees are encountering in striving to achieve that balance shall be treated as strictly confidential and shall not be discussed with anyone other than current members of the Work and Family Information that an employee shares with Work and Family Commi* members, as is the case with all communications with Employee Assistance Program counsellors, in connection with the employee"s efforts to obtain assistance from the Commi* on * within its mandate shall be treated as confidential and shall not be considered in any way as a basis for disciplinary action of any The Commi* will meet quarterly at agreed upon times and places to review issues brought to the Commi*"s attention by employees or Chairing the Commi* meetings and the preparation of minutes will alternate between Union and Management Union members of the Commi* shall be compensated at their regularly assigned wage rates for time spent in the Commi*"s Nothing in this Section shall be construed as overriding or modifying any other provisions of this
CHILD CARE: The Company shall, as soon as is practicable after the effective date of this Agreement, establish a flexible spending account in accordance with Section 125 of the Internal Revenue Code, which will make it possible for employees to set aside a portion of pretax income each year to be used to defray dependent care The Company shall also contract with the Rockland Council for Young Children to provide child care counseling and referral services for any employees requiring such
GRIEVANCES
For purposes of this Agreement, a grievance is any dis* or difference of opinion between the Company and the Union, or between the Company and any of its employees covered by this Agreement, involving the meaning, interpretation or application of the express provisions of this Any dis* over whether a complaint is subject to these procedures shall be treated as a grievance, in accordance with the procedures prescribed in this Agreement, subject to the provisions of Article XXVIII, LOCKOUTS AND Permission to investigate grievances shall not be unreasonably denied, provided however that the Union shall conduct no grievance investigation in such a manner as to interfere in any way with Company operations without the prior, express consent of the Vice President Human Resources or Plant
Grievance adjustments below the Step 3 level shall be binding only with respect to that specific grievance and shall not be deemed to establish a binding standard for the bargaining unit as a whole, unless the Company and the Union specifically agree otherwise in
Except as otherwise provided in Article VII, DISCHARGE AND DISCIPLINE, and Article XXVIII, LOCKOUTS AND STRIKES, no grievance shall be entertained by the Company, except in the following order and manner, and within the following time limits:
STEP 1: In the event an employee covered by this Agreement has a complaint involving the interpretation, application or alleged violation of this Agreement, he shall take the matter up with his immediate Supervisor at a mutually convenient time within ten work days of the occurrence of the event out of which the grievance arises, or within ten working days from the date when the Union or the employee should reasonably have been aware of the facts on which the grievance is The employee may be accompanied by a Union Representative if the employee so The Supervisor shall give his answer to the employee as soon as practical, but in any event within ten work
STEP 2: In the event the grievance is not settled in Step 1, it shall be reduced to writing, stating the specific relief sought, signed by the employee and presented by the Department Steward to the Supervisor within ten work days from the time the Supervisor gives his answer as provided in Step 1 The Supervisor will discuss the matter with the employee and the Department Steward presenting the written grievance as soon as is practical, and in any event within ten work days after the Supervisor receives the written The Supervisor will give a written answer to the employee and the Union as soon as is practical, but in any event within ten work days of the time the written grievance is The presentation of the Supervisor"s written answer shall terminate Step
STEP 3: In the event the grievance is not settled in Step 2, the Union may, within ten work days after the termination of Step 2, request a meeting with the Vice President, Human Resources, or her representative, to discuss the The Vice President, Human Resources, or her representative, the employee, either the Chief Steward or a Department Steward of the Union, and a representative of the International or Local Union, if available, shall meet as soon as practical at a mutually convenient time, but in any event within ten work days of such written request, and discuss the matter in an attempt to arrive at a satisfactory resolution of the The answer of the Vice President, Human Resources, shall be given, in writing, to the employee and the Union within ten work days of the meeting referred to in this The issuance of the answer to the affected employee and the Union shall terminate Step
STEP 4: In the event the grievance is not settled in Step 3, the Union may, within ten work days of receipt by the Union of said answer, request in writing that the grievance be submitted to arbitration as provided in Section 4
Within ten days of the Company"s receipt of the Union"s request for arbitration, the Union or the Company, on an alternating basis (beginning with the Union for the first arbitral panel requested during the term of this Agreement), shall request the American Arbitration Association ("AAA") to submit a panel of seven qualified and available arbitrators, providing a copy of such request contemporaneously to the other party and pay any necessary fee to obtain such a Within ten work days after receipt of the panel, the parties shall alternately strike names from the panel, beginning with the party requesting the arbitration, until the name of the arbitrator is thus The request for an arbitral panel shall be deemed to have been made upon mailing it to If the party responsible for requesting the arbitral panel from AAA fails to do so within the ten day period prescribed for the submission of such request, the other party shall have the right to request the panel and select the arbitrator from among any of the names on the panel obtained from If either party fails or refuses to participate in the arbitrator selection process in such a manner as to assure that it is completed within the aforementioned ten day period allotted for the process, the other party shall have the right to designate the arbitrator from among those on the panel who have not been previously stricken by one of the The arbitrator shall be notified of his selection by a joint letter from the Company and the Union requesting that he set a time and place for the hearing, subject to the availability of the Company and Union representatives, and the letter shall specify the issue(s) to the Any grievance as to which the arbitration hearing is not completed within six months after selection of the arbitrator shall be deemed finally determined on the basis of the Company"s final response in Step 3 of the grievance procedure unless the failure to complete the hearing within such period is solely the product of either: (a) the Company"s refusal to make its representative available to attend the hearing in that period; or (b) the unavailability of the arbitrator on any dates within such If the failure to complete the hearing within six months is solely the result of the Company"s refusal to make its representative available on any dates within such period, the Company shall be deemed to have waived all defenses to the issue of liability, leaving only the issue of appropriate relief to be determined by the
The arbitrator so appointed shall conduct a hearing and render his decision, in writing, with all reasonable Any decision rendered by an arbitrator appointed hereunder shall be final and binding upon the Company, the Union, and the employee or employees involved on * that are the proper subject of arbitration
Any arbitrator appointed under the provisions of this Article shall consider and decide only the particular issue(s) presented to him in writing by the Company and the Union, and his decision and award shall be based solely upon his interpretation of the meaning or application of the express terms of this Agreement to the facts of the grievance If the matter sought to be arbitrated does not involve an interpretation of the express terms of this Agreement, the arbitrator shall so rule in his award and the matter shall not be further entertained by the The arbitrator shall have no right to amend, modify, nullify, ignore, add to or subtract from the provisions of this The arbitrator shall have no authority to overturn or modify any action of the Company unless the Union shows by clear and convincing evidence that such action was violative of the express terms of this Agreement or was arbitrary and capricious or, in any case involving disciplinary action taken against an employee, either that the employee did not commit the act on which the disciplinary action was based or that the Company"s action against the employee was arbitrary and
The compensation and expenses of the arbitrator, and other expenses mutually agreed to in advance, shall be borne equally by the Company and the
Employees losing time as a result of participation in arbitration proceeding sunder this Article, shall be made whole by the party on whose behalf they
A grievance initiated by either the Company or the Union, involving the interpretation or application of this Agreement, may be commenced at the Step 3 level, as set forth above, by the filing of such grievance in writing with the other party within ten work days after the party initiating the grievance has reason to believe that the other party has assumed a position inconsistent with the terms of this In the event of a grievance initiated by the Company, the written grievance shall be accompanied by a request for a meeting with the Local President of the All rights, obligations and time limits for action by the Vice President Human Resources, specified in Steps 3, 4 and 5 and Section 4 above, shall ap* to the President of the Local Union in grievances initiated by the Company, and all rights, obligations and time limits applicable to the Union or employee in Steps 3, 4 and 5 and Section 4, shall ap* to the
If any steps or actions provided for in this Article are not taken, appeals herein provided for are not taken or filed, or notice is not given within the time limit specified for such steps, actions, appeals or notice, then the grievance shall be deemed final and settled on the basis of the Company"s last If the Company"s re* is not timely given at any stage in the grievance procedure, then the grievance shall be deemed denied at the expiration of the time limit within which an answer is required and such denial may be appealed to the next step in the grievance procedure Any of the time limits specified in this Article may be extended by mutual agreement between the Saturdays, Sundays, days on which the Company facilities are closed for any part or all of the day due to inclement weather, and those holidays specified in Article XV of this Agreement shall not be included in the computation of time periods specified by this
In general, any investigation, discussion and settlement of grievances
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