22.1 It is understood and agreed that the Board of Trustees retains all
rights, powers, privileges, functions and authority to direct, manage
and control the operations of the District to the full extent authorized
by law. Any of the rights, powers, privileges, functions or authority
which the District had prior to the execution of the Agreement are
retained except as those rights, powers, privileges, functions or
authority which are specifically abridged or modified by this
Agreement.
22.2 It is further understood that all matters not specifically enumerated
as being within the scope of representation in Government Code,
Section 3543.2, and not limited by express terms of this Agreement
as rights of the exclusive representative, are reserved to the District.
22.3 The Association recognizes and agrees that the Board of Trustee's
rights, powers, privileges and authority include, but are not limited
to, the following:
22.3.1 The right to manage the District's operations.
22.3.2 The right to direct the workforce, including recruitment,
selection, appointment, retention, promotion and demotion.
22.3.3 The right to direct, supervise, schedule, and assign the
workforce.
| 22.3.4 | The right to discipline, suspend and discharge employees for |
| just cause. |
22.3.5 The right to determine the number and starting time of
shifts, the number of hours and days in the workweek,
hours of work, and the number of persons to be actively
employed by the District at any time.
22.3.6 The right to lay off for lack of work or lack of funds.
22.3.7 The right to establish standards and criteria for
performance.
22.3.8 The right to determine the qualifications of employees.
22.3.9 The right to maintain order and efficiency.
22.3.10 The right to improve methods or facilities and to change
existing methods or facilities.
22.3.11 The right to extend, maintain, curtail or terminate the
operations of the District.
22.3.12 The right to take whatever actions may be necessary or
appropriate to carry out the mission of the College.
22.3.13 The right to classify and/or reclassify as provided in Section
15.2 of this agreement.
22.4 It is not the intention of the parties, in setting forth the above
mentioned rights of management, to detract or diminish in any way
the rights of the Association or of Unit members as expressly set
forth elsewhere in this Agreement. It is the parties' intention that
the clear and explicit provisions of the other Articles of this
Agreement constitute the only contractual limitation upon the
District's rights.
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