Common use of Hour Workweek Clause in Contracts

Hour Workweek. 1. The S ▇ ▇ ▇ ▇ Employer and the Union, through negotiations, may agree in writing to establish a forty (40) hour workweek. Either party may initiate these negotiations by notice to the other party of its interest in such negotiations. Issues unresolved by negotiations shall not be subject to the grievance or statutory impasse procedure. Forty (40) hour workweeks shall not be established unilaterally. A forty (40) hour schedule shall not be established with individual employees on a voluntary or compulsory basis without the agreement of the Union, either as outlined above, or through offering to the Union the opportunity to discuss upgrading work hours as an alternative to filling a position. Each Agency shall use its best efforts to offer the opportunity for hours upgrades to interested employees. To assist in making decisions under this section, each Agency shall maintain a volunteer list of employees seeking additional hours as part of their regular assignment. Employees may add themselves, or remove themselves, from such list semi-annually. No grievance may be filed under this provision except by the Union. 2. The Office of Labor Relations shall be the State's representative in all such negotiations. If an agreement is reached between the parties to implement a forty (40) hour workweek, such agreement may be implemented without any additional legislative approval required. Any such agreement requires the signature of the Undersecretary for Labor Relations and the Executive Director of the Union. The parties may negotiate over any other schedule in excess of a thirty-five (35) hour workweek. Such negotiations will be governed by the procedure outlined above. 3. Effective 7/1/2022, employees who previously moved to 40-hour schedules under an agreement that precluded application for an AWS schedule as a condition of that agreement, may now request an AWS schedule consistent with the menu of AWS options offered by the employing Agency. Management reserves and retains all rights to evaluate such AWS requests consistent with current practice.