Subcontracting
This is the SPECIFIC contract article that requires management to notify the local union when the decision to subcontract is made at the field level.
What is Article 32.1.C
Every year, management must meet with the local union president (or their designee) during this month to discuss custodial work hours for the previous fiscal year.
What is October?
Article 38.4.A.2 requires management to post or withhold vacated duty assignments within this many days after the duty assignment is vacated.
What is up to 30 days?
When an employee retires, management has this many days to revert that vacated duty assignment.
What is up to 40 days?
The acronym 'PAR' means this.
What is Preferred Assignment Register?
This postal handbook defines the difference between postal equipment and building / plant equipment as it relates to maintenance subcontracting.
What is the Administrative Support Manual (ASM)?
Generally speaking, this is the percentage of Line H hours that management is obligated to work each fiscal year in order to be in compliance.
What is 90%?
Article 38.4.A.1.a requires notices of intent to be posted for this many days.
What is 7 days?
If a vacant job is reverted, a NOTICE shall be posted within this many days advising of the date of the reversion and the reasons therefor.
What is within 10 days?
The acronym 'PER' means this.
What is Promotion Eligibility Register?
This MOU requires work to be kept in-house if it can be performed at a cost equal to or less than that of contract service.
What is the MOU Re: Contracting or Insourcing of Contracted Service?
All custodial staffing packages must contain this PS Form that identifies what Line H is.
What is the PS Form 4852?
Article 38.5.C.1 allows management this many days to post job award notices after the notice of intent closes.
What is 8 days?
If a duty assignment is reverted, the UNION will be notified within this many days advising of the date of the reversion(s) and the reasons therefor.
What is within 10 days?
A 'bid job' is technically and contractually called this in the maintenance craft.
What is a duty assignment?
This national arbitrator ruled that it is improper for management to consider factors outside of those identified in Article 32.1.A when evaluating the need to subcontract.
Who is Richard Mittenthal?
In large Plant installations, this is the management program that tracks the percentage of custodial work that is scheduled and tracks if that work was completed, partially completed or bypassed.
What is eMARS?
Article 38.5.C.2 requires management to place successful applicants into their new duty assignments within this many days after posting the award notice.
What is 14 days?
When posting a notice of intent, what must management identify on that posting if management intends to revert duty assignments that become vacant during the in-craft bidding process?
What is the duty assignments identified for reversion or change?
A 'job posting' is technically called this.
What is a Notice of Intent?
These are the five factors that management is required to give due consideration to when evaluating the need to subcontract pursuant to Article 32.1.A.
What is public interest, cost, efficiency, availability of equipment, and qualification of employees?
This is the operation number that custodians must be clocked into when performing custodial work.
What is operation #747?
There are several items that are required to be listed on notices of intent when posted. Name three of the items that management must identify on all job postings.
Duty assignment by position title / number.
PS salary level.
Hours of duty (beginning and ending).
The principal assignment area.
Qualification standards.
The fixed or rotating schedule of days of work.
Physical or other special requirements.
Duty assignment(s) identified for reversion.
The postal service initiated a national interpretive dispute over this contract article that deals with reverting duty assignments if the current, approved staffing package no longer supports continuation of a vacant duty assignment.
What is Article 38.4.A.3?
This postal handbook is titled 'Maintenance Selection System.'
What is the EL-304?