Unit Based Teams. Our Partnership makes it possible to improve the day-to-day work experience for everyone – SHARE members and the rest of the front-line workforce, front-line supervisors, managers, SHARE leaders, and senior leaders – through working together to improve quality for our patients. We choose Unit- Based Teams (UBTs) as the way to deeply involve front-line staff in continuous improvement at the department level. Labor Management Partnership Council The SHARE-UMass Memorial Labor Management Partnership Council (LMPC) will govern our Partnership. We have agreed to an LMPC charter to document how we will work together, which is included by reference in this agreement. Labor and management will meet and confer on the level of funding needed to support the work of the Labor-Management Partnership Council. LMPC projects will be funded at appropriate levels. We are jointly committed to ensuring a safe environment for continuous improvement, including a commitment that people will not lose employment as a result of Partnership continuous improvement projects, such as UBTs. We are also committed to increasing employment and income security over time, in combination with a commitment to achieving the performance outcomes that make such work security possible.
Unit Based Teams. 1322 In an effort to resolve matters which have arisen in the laboratory there shall be established Unit Based Teams comprised of a maximum of three (3) members from the Union (one of whom shall be the Business Representative of the Union). 1323 The Unit Based Teams shall discuss problems which may affect the working conditions and/or work performed by the Clinical Laboratory Scientists and Medical Laboratory Technicians. The Unit Based Team shall attempt to resolve such problems on a continuing basis. Resolutions shall be implemented as soon as agreement is reached as to the appropriate corrective changes. Where the Unit Based Team finds no change necessary, the matter shall be resolved and disposed of. 1324 If an impasse is reached between the members of the Unit Based Team, the problems will be submitted immediately to the grievance procedure pursuant to Article XIV of this Agreement. Changes made shall be implemented as soon as agreement is reached on said changes. 1325 The Unit Based Team shall meet as frequently as required to investigate and resolve all matters but not less than quarterly. 1326 The Unit Based Team representative will submit issues of concern to the appropriate Medical Center area committee for consideration and/or resolution. Said area committee will respond to the Unit Based Team within thirty (30) calendar days of the next scheduled committee meeting. 1327 An employee who serves as a representative member of the Union shall suffer no reduction in pay for time spent at Unit Based Team and Safety Committee meetings.
Unit Based Teams. Engaging employees in the design and implementa- tion of their work creates a healthy work environment and builds commitment to superior organizational per- formance. Successful engagement begins with appro- priate structures and processes for Partnership inter- action to take place. It requires the sponsorship, com- mitment and accountability of labor, management, and medical and dental group leadership to communi- cate to stakeholders that engagement in Partnership is not optional, but the way that Xxxxxx Permanente does business. The 2005 Attendance, Performance Improve-ment, Performance-Based Pay, Service Quality, and Workforce Development BTGs recommended the establishment of teams based in work units as a core mechanism for advancing Partnership as the way business is conducted at Xxxxxx Permanente, and for improving organizational performance. A Unit Based Team includes all of the participants within the bound- aries of the work unit, including supervisors, stewards, providers, and employees. Members of a Unit Based Team will participate in: • planning and designing work processes; • setting goals and establishing metrics; • reviewing and evaluating aggregate team performance; • budgeting, staffing and scheduling decisions; and • proactively identifying problems and resolving issues. The teams will need information and support, including: • open sharing of business information; • timely performance data; • department specific training; • thorough understanding of how unions operate; • meeting skills and facilitation; and • release time and backfill. Senior leadership of KFHP/H, medical and dental groups, and unions in each region will agree on a shared vision of the process for establishing teams, the meth- ods for holding teams and leaders accountable, and the tools and resources necessary to support the teams.
Unit Based Teams. Our Partnership makes it possible to improve the day-to-day work experience for everyone – SHARE members and the rest of the frontline workforce, frontline supervisors, managers, SHARE leaders, and senior leaders – through working together to improve quality for our patients. We choose Unit-Based Teams (UBTs) as the way to deeply involve frontline staff in continuous improvement at the department level.
Unit Based Teams. 1. Shared Vision The 2005 Attendance, Performance Improvement, Performance-Based Pay, Service Quality and Workforce Development BTGs recommended the establishment of teams based in work units as a core mechanism for advancing Partnership as the way business is conducted at Xxxxxx Permanente, and for improving organizational performance (attached as Exhibit 1.B.1.b c (1)). Unit-Based Teams (UBT) were then established and have been refined in every National Bargaining since. A Unit-Based Team includes all of the participants within the boundaries of the work unit, including supervisors, stewards, providers and employees. Engaging employees in the design and implementation of their work creates a healthy work environment and builds commitment to superior organizational performance. Successful engagement begins with appropriate structures and processes for Partnership interaction to take place. It requires the sponsorship, commitment and accountability of labor, management and medical and dental group leadership to communicate to stakeholders that engagement in Partnership is not optional, but the way that Xxxxxx Permanente does business. Members of a Unit-Based Team participate in: planning and designing work processes; setting goals and establishing metrics; reviewing and evaluating aggregate team performance; budgeting, staffing and scheduling decisions; and proactively identifying problems and resolving issues. The teams need information and support, including: open sharing of business information; timely performance data; department-specific training; thorough understanding of how unions operate; meeting skills and facilitation; and release time and backfill. Senior leadership of KFHP/H, medical and dental groups and unions in each region and cross- regional, shared services and national functions will agree on a shared vision of the process for establishing teams, the methods for holding teams and leaders accountable, and the tools and resources necessary to support the teams. Unit-Based Team goals will be aligned with national, regional, facility and unit goals. Implementation of Unit-Based Teams should be phased, beginning with Labor Management Partnership readiness education and training of targeted work units, providing supervisors and stewards with the knowledge and tools to begin the team-building work. It is expected that Unit- Based Teams are the operating model for Xxxxxx Permanente.
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