Procedures for piecework schedules agreed upon locally Sample Clauses

Procedures for piecework schedules agreed upon locally. In the event of failure to reach agreement after an attempt has been made to resolve the dispute at the individual enterprise, between the parties at the enterprise or in accordance with the Basic Agreement, § 2-3, building/construction/offshore, any one of them may request appointment of an umpire who shall settle the matter. If the parties fail to agree on an umpire, he or she may be appointed by the State Mediator. 1. The prices/times and provisions of the piecework schedule are based on the working methods and conditions that applied when the piecework schedule was adopted. Both parties may at any time demand that negotiations be conducted concerning alteration of the piecework schedule because of altered working methods, improvements in machines, different materials etc. that upset the grounds on which the schedule prices were based. Such an adjustment or alteration to adapt the piecework schedule to developments, shall first be considered in direct negotiations between the piecework schedule parties. If they fail to agree, either of them may demand that the matter be referred to the Schedules Board, which shall decide the matter if the conditions are appropriate for vocational evaluation, so that the final price can be fixed. Otherwise the Schedules Board shall set a temporary price that later will be subject to revision. 2. When the parties so agree, negotiations concerning necessary adjustments of the piecework rates and when these shall enter into force, may be opened during the agreement period. If the parties fail to agree during the negotiations, but both parties so desire, the dispute shall be resolved by a panel with two representatives for each of the parties and an impartial umpire, appointed by the State Mediator if the parties fail to agree on this appointment. 3. The central organisations have agreed that the necessary aids in improving production efficiency should be used to the greatest possible extent. In consequence of this, the central organisations consider that time and motion studies should be used to the greatest possible extent. Time and motion studies, or a system for recording the production time used in order to obtain material for determining the prices and items in the piecework schedule, may be commenced in cooperation with the enterprise(s) when so requested by one of the central organisations. In such event the other organisation shall cooperate in having such studies carried out. For work that does not come under the p...