(A) Such factors as community of interest, wages, hours and other working conditions of the employees involved, the history of the collective bargaining, and the desires of the employees shall be considered in determining the appropriate unit for the purpose of collective bargaining.
(B) In general, county employees without supervisory duties shall be included in a bargaining unit. County employees with supervisory duties, probationary employees, confidential employees, and all other employees shall not be included in the bargaining unit.
(1) SUPERVISORY DUTIES means the authority, in the interest of the county employer, to hire, transfer, suspend, lay off, recall, promote, discharge, assign, reward, or discipline other employees, or the responsibility to direct other employees, or to adjust their grievances, or effectively to recommend the action, if in connection with the foregoing, the exercise of the authority is not of a merely routine or clerical nature, but requires the use of independent judgment.
(2) CONFIDENTIAL EMPLOYEES means an employee whose unrestricted access to confidential personnel files or whose functional responsibilities or knowledge in connection with the issues involved in dealings between the employer and its employees would make his or her membership in an employee organization incompatible with his or her official duties.
(Ord. 1199B, passed 1-18-2000)