Common use of Assigning Work Clause in Contracts

Assigning Work. The Company agrees that it will not transfer or assign any work or functions covered by this Agreement to any other person, except it is agreed that the Company shall not be required to alter existing methods or practices where certain personnel occasionally perform some duties performed by employees in the bargaining unit. It is agreed that the provisions of this section shall not be used to avoid filling a vacancy or recalling an employee on layoff, or to cause a layoff of an employee in the bargaining unit, or to avoid the payment of overtime or penalties as stipulated in this Agreement. (a) Notwithstanding Article 9.2 certain non-union employees employed in the TSN Programming Department and the NHL Network, as part of their daily job duties, regularly use the equipment located within the TSN newsroom. The Company shall not be required to alter existing methods and practices where certain personnel perform duties performed by employees in the bargaining unit provided such personnel shall not be used to displace or replace bargaining unit personnel nor to avoid filling a vacancy or to avoid the payment of overtime or penalties as stipulated in the collective agreement.