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STUDIES OF EMPLOYEES AND THEIR WORKING CONDITIONS
Section 1. Mass medical and/or
psychological study participation by bargaining unit employees shall be on a
voluntary basis. All individual medical and/or psychological information
acquired by an outside study group and their associates shall be kept strictly
confidential. This information shall not be disclosed to the Employer with
identification of participating individuals. Publication of data resulting
from a controller related study shall not identify individuals and shall be
limited to group statistics. This Section does not apply to time and motion
studies. Employees shall not, as a condition of employment, be required to
participate in any studies.
Section 2. Before entering into a study, the Union and the employees
shall receive a document stipulating the conditions under which the study will
be conducted and a statement of intent and practice by which data will be held
in confidence. The Union shall receive a copy of the study concurrently with
its submission to the Employer.
Section 3. The Employer shall refrain from any efforts to relate data
to any individual participant in such a study.
Section 4. Participating controllers or their designated Union
representative shall be afforded an opportunity to review and comment, in
advance, on any publication based on or derived from such controller studies.
Section 5. Any participation in studies shall not adversely affect any
compensation, benefits or travel and per diem to which an employee is
otherwise entitled.
Section 6. All examinations shall be conducted on the employee�s duty
time.
Section 7. The Union may designate a representative to serve as its
liaison between a study group and/or the Employer.
Section 8. Prior to conducting any study that involves the time and
motion measurement of employees or their job performance, the Employer shall
notify the union and negotiate to the extent required by law and in accordance
with Article 91, Mid-Term Bargaining, of this Agreement.
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