Section One. Definition.
Section One. An employee's personnel file or “personnel record” is defined as that which is maintained at the agency level, exclusive of any other file or record, provided however, in certain agencies which do not maintain personnel files or records at the agency level, the defined file or record shall be that which is maintained at the institution level.
Section One. For the purposes of this Article, holidays are as follows: New Year's Day, Xxxxxx Xxxxxx Xxxx Day, Lincoln's Birthday, Washington's Birthday, Good Friday, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Columbus Day, Veteran's Day, Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Day.
Section One. Each full-time employee shall accrue sick leave at the rate of one and one-quarter (1-1/4) days per completed calendar month of service.
Section One. During the life of this Agreement, the State will not increase the cost to employees for uniforms and equipment. There shall be no downgrading in the quality of current uniforms and/or equipment issued to employees during the Contract term.
Section One. The Employer shall maintain a safe and secure work place for all bargaining unit employees. The Employer is receptive to all recommendations regarding improvements of apparently unsafe or unhealthy conditions. Once the Employer determines that an unsafe or unhealthy condition exists, it will make a good faith effort to remedy or alleviate the condition.
Section One. For the purpose of facilitating the bookkeeping mechanism implemented by the employer, each employee’s accumulated leave balances (e.g. vacation, sick leave, personal leave, earned time) as of September 30, 1979 shall be converted from days to hours, and all future accumulations will be recorded on an hourly basis. Said conversions and future accumulations shall be implemented in such a manner, consistent with each employee’s work schedule, so as to continue the present level of leave benefits, and is not intended to diminish, alter or amend any benefit or accrual.
Section One. The State shall continue to indemnify an employee for damage or injury, not wanton or willful, caused in the performance of his/her duties and within the scope of his/her employment as provided by Section 5-141d.,
Section One. Except where varied in this Agreement, the State will continue in force its written rules and regulations with reference to:
Section One. Except as otherwise limited by an express provision of this Agreement, the State reserves and retains, whether exercised or not, all the lawful and customary rights, powers, and prerogatives of public management. Such rights include, but are not limited to, establishing standards of productivity and performance of its employees; determining the mission of an agency and the methods and means necessary to fulfill that mission, including the contracting out of or the discontinuation of services, positions, or programs in whole or in part; the determination of the content of job classification; classification and pay grade for newly created jobs; the appointment, promotion, assignment, direction and transfer of personnel; the suspension, demotion, discharge or any other appropriate action against its employees; the relief from duty of its employees because of lack of work or for other legitimate reasons; the establishment of reasonable work rules; and the taking of all necessary actions to carry out its mission in emergencies.
