2115.121 Policies, Procedures, and Regulations

   (a)   All new Policies, Procedures, or Regulations shall be determined by the City and shall be promulgated from the Department of Human Resources. Divisional Agreements shall be agreements that are not management rights, and must be mutually agreed to by the Union and the City.

   (b)   When existing Policies, Procedures, or Regulations are changed, clarified or new Policies, Procedures, or Regulations are established, they shall be posted prominently on all bulletin boards for a period of twenty (20) consecutive work days before becoming effective. If a modified or new policy is grieved to Step 3 of the grievance procedure within ten (10) work days of posting, it shall not become effective until the hearing is held and a response is issued. The hearing shall be held within ten (10) work days of the submission of the grievance to Step 3. If the hearing is delayed at no fault of the Union, then the policy shall not be in effect until a hearing is held and a response is issued. If the hearing is delayed at no fault of the City then the policy will become effective at the end of the twenty (20) day posting period. The parties may mutually agree to an extension at any time during the process.

   The process in the above paragraph does not apply to emergency measures and State or Federal personnel mandates. These changes in procedure will be posted, if possible, for twenty (20) days, and subject to the grievance procedure set forth under Sections 2115.22 and 2115.23.

   The City shall furnish each employee in the affected operation with a copy of all newly established sets of Policies, Procedures, or Regulations within ten (10) days after they become effective. The employee's immediate supervisor shall be responsible for distributing these Polices, Procedures, or Regulations to the employees and the employees shall be responsible for acknowledging receipt of the Policies, Procedures, or Regulations. Employees shall be provided with a copy of the Policies, Procedures, or Regulations at the time of hire.

   (c)   No Divisional Agreements will contain any provision relating to minimum manning requirements or mandatory filling of positions by overtime where no work exists for those positions. It is the inherent right of the City of Toledo to determine the numbers and levels of the work force within the operations of the various plants within the City.

   (d)   All Policies, Procedures, or Regulations shall be reasonable and shall be uniformly applied and uniformly enforced.