Common use of Employee Relations Committee Clause in Contracts

Employee Relations Committee. An Employee Relations Committee shall be formed upon ratification of the Collective Bargaining Agreement. The Committee shall consist of an equal number of participants, not to exceed four (4) in each respective party. Each respective party shall select its own representatives. The Committee shall have no authority to modify or interpret the Collective Bargaining Agreement. The Committee shall generally be responsible for maintaining open communications between the parties and work as a catalyst to resolve issues. The Committee shall be recognized as a recommending body only with the sole purpose of making recommendations on labor/management issues to the Director of the Division in order to provide mutual resolution as often as possible. The County and the Union shall select a neutral third party to provide training to the committee and to facilitate meetings, as mutually agreed upon. The Committee will meet as necessary, and requested by either party, but in no event shall meetings occur more frequently than once per month unless mutually agreed upon. The Committee will disband effective one year from ratification of this Agreement unless both parties mutually agree to continue.