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Section 1.
The parties agree that the Library has all the customary and usual rights, powers, functions and authority of management, except those rights, powers, functions or authority which are expressly abridged by the written terms of this Agreement.
Section 2.
The Library, except as expressly limited by the written terms of this Agreement, is vested with and reserves to itself all rights not otherwise covered by the terms of this Agreement, including but not limited to the following: the right to determine its services, staffing and the scheduling thereof, including the hours of performing these services; the right to determine the methods, processes and means of its operations including the right to introduce new methods and new facilities and changes in existing methods and facilities and the contracting and subcontracting for work or services; the right to select its own employees; the right to hire employees on a
permanent, probationary, seasonal or temporary basis and assign them to duties; the right to supervise and direct employees in the performance of their duties; the right to establish and promulgate rules and regulations and from time to time add to, change or modify such rules and regulations; the right to schedule, transfer, promote and demote employees; the right to suspend or discharge employees, or take any appropriate disciplinary action as in the Library's discretion may be necessary or advisable; the right to lay off employees temporarily or permanently as operations or discontinuance of service may require.
Section 3.
The Library shall have the sole right to determine the appropriateness of title assigned to a class of positions or appropriateness to the Occupational Group to which a class of positions is assigned.
This document was last modified on: Friday, January 26, 2001