Common use of Bargaining Notification Clause in Contracts

Bargaining Notification. A. The negotiating teams for the Board and the HFEO will meet at a mutually agreeable time at the written request of either party for the purpose of negotiating and establishing an agreement. The first such meeting shall be no later than the first week in December of the final year of the agreement. Date, time, and place of future meetings will be established as necessary by mutual agreement. Once commenced, collective bargaining must continue for at least a sixty (60) day period, unless a contract is ratified in less than sixty (60) days. B. Neither party shall have any control over the selection of the members of the negotiating team of the other party. It is mutually agreed that the negotiating team for each party will be comprised of no more than seven (7) members, including observers who will not participate in the proceedings. Both parties pledge that their representatives will be granted all necessary authority to make proposals, consider proposals, and to make tentative agreements in the course of negotiations. C. It is the mutual responsibility of the Board-Administration and the HFEO to negotiate in good faith with regards to wages, hours, terms and conditions of employment. “Good faith” is defined as the mutual responsibility of the Board-Administration and the HFEO to deal with each other openly and fairly and to sincerely endeavor to reach agreement on items being negotiated.