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(A) Lake County Ordinance No. 1077c and all amendments thereto are hereby revoked in their entirety.
(B) The Lake County Human Resources Manual attached hereto as Appendix A and incorporated herein in its entirety is now adopted as an ordinance of Lake County.
(C) This ordinance be incorporated into the Lake County Code of Ordinances in this chapter as Appendix A.
(Ord. 1285B, passed 3-13-2007; Ord. 1285B-2, passed 3-11-2008; Ord. 1285B-3, passed 3-11-2008; Ord. 1285B-4, passed 6-10-2008; Ord. 1285B-5, passed 8-12-2008; Ord. 1285B-6, passed 8-26-2008; Ord. 1285B-7, passed 9-9-2008; Ord. 1285B-8, passed 10-14-2008; Ord. 1285B-9, passed 5-12-2009; Ord. 1285B-10, passed 6-9-2009; Ord. 1285B-11, passed 1-12-2010; Ord. 1285B-12, passed 2-23-2010; Ord. 1285B-13, passed 7-13-2010; Ord. 1285B-14, passed 9-22-2010; Ord. 1285B- 16, passed 5-15-2012;
EMPLOYEE LIABILITY
(A) County employees who commit a negligent or intentional act:
(1) While under the influence of alcohol and/or controlled substances as defined by I.C. 9-30-5 et seq.; and
(2) While acting within the scope of their employment with the county, or covered by Lake County liability insurance, shall reimburse the county for any all damages paid by the county resulting from the employee's actions while the employee was under the influence of alcohol and/or controlled substances.
(B) Damages shall include, but not be limited to, bodily injury as well as property damage fo both county and third-party property.
(Ord. 1235C, passed 1-14-2003)
COLLECTIVE BARGAINING UNITS
Nothing in this chapter shall be deemed in any way to limit or diminish the county's responsibility and authority to manage and direct on behalf of the citizens the operations and activities of county government to the full extent authorized or permitted by law. The responsibility and activity shall include but not be limited to:
(A) Direct the work of its employees;
(B) Establish policy;
(C) Hire, promote, demote, transfer, assign, and retain employees;
(D) Suspend or discharge its employees in accordance with applicable law;
(E) Maintain the efficiency of public operations;
(F) Relieve its employees from duties because of lack or work or other legitimate reason; and
(G) Take any action necessary to carry out the mission of the Department.
(Ord. 1199B, passed 1-18-2000)
(A) Whenever a petition has been filed with the County Commissioners, the County Commissioners shall follow the procedures as outlined in this section:
(1) By an employees organization alleging that 30% of the full-time employees in an appropriate unit of county government wish to be represented for collective bargaining by an exclusive representative, or assert that the designated exclusive representative is no longer the representative of the majority of employees in the unit;
(2) By the county official or head of the unit of county government alleging that one or more employee's organizations have presented to it a claim to be recognized as the exclusive bargaining representative in an appropriate unit of county government; or
(3) By an employee or group of employees alleging that 30% of the full-time employees assert that the designated exclusive representative is no longer the representative of the majority of employees in the unit of county government.
(B) The County Commissioners shall investigate the petition, and if it has reasonable cause to believe a question of representation exists, it shall provide for an appropriate hearing within 30 days of the filing of the petition. If the County Commissioners find, upon the record of the hearing, a question of representation exists, it shall direct an election by secret ballot within 30 days and shall certify the results within ten days. An employees' organization will be certified as the collective bargaining unit if it received a majority of over 50% of the votes of the employees in the unit of county government eligible to vote. The County Commissioners may set aside the vote and declare a new vote if it determines a free and untrammeled election was not conducted because of unfair labor practices.
(C) In the event that more than one employee organization is seeking certification:
(1) Only those employees' organizations which have been designated by more than 10% of the full-time employees in the unit of county government eligible to vote shall be placed on the ballot;
(2) If, after an election, one of the employees' organizations did not receive a majority of over 50% of the votes, but all the employees' organizations on the ballot, in the aggregate, did receive over 50% of the votes, of the full-time employees in the unit of county government eligible to vote, a second election shall be held and only the employees' organization receiving the majority of the votes among all the employees' organizations shall remain on the ballot; and
(3) If after an election the employees' organizations, in the aggregate, did not receive over 50% of the votes, of the full-time employees in the unit of county government eligible to vote, no further election is required and no employees' organization shall be certified.
(D) An election shall not be held with any employees' organization or collective bargaining unit or with any subdivision thereof, with which a valid election has been held in the preceding 24-month period.
(E) In the event that at the adoption of this subchapter, the County Commissioners have recognized or certified an employee organization as the exclusive representative of a unit of county government, the existing collective bargaining agreement with the employee organization shall remain in effect, and there shall be no election during the term of the agreement.
(Ord. 1199B, passed 1-18-2000)
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