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Rights of Temple

A. Nothing contained herein shall limit or be construed to limit the powers, rights and authority of the Board of Trustees of the University for the entire management, control and conduct of the instructional, administrative and financial affairs of the University pursuant to the Temple University - Commonwealth Act, 24 P.S. §2510-1 et seq.

B. In accordance with the rights established by Act 195, public employers shall not be required to bargain over matters of inherent managerial policy, which shall include but shall not be limited to such areas of discretion of policy as the functions and programs of the public employer, standards of services, its overall budget, utilization of technology, the organizational structure and selection and direction of personnel.

C. The management, administration and control of Temple's operations, programs, activities, mission and resources, and the direction of its working forces including, but not limited to, the right to plan, direct and control all duties and functions performed by members of the bargaining unit herein involved, the right to hire, discipline or discharge employees for cause, to transfer, promote or relieve employees from duty because of lack of work or other reasons, the maintenance of discipline, order and efficiency, the right to establish, revise, maintain and enforce reasonable work standards and schedules, to make from time to time and enforce reasonable work rules, to introduce new work methods and facilities, to subcontract all or any portion of its operation and to change or eliminate existing methods whether or not the same causes any reduction in the working force, or to reorganize or combine operations with any consequent reduction or other changes in the working force, is vested exclusively in Temple; provided that this section will not be used for the purpose of discriminating against any employee on account of membership in the Union.

The above enumeration of management rights is not exhaustive and does not exclude other management rights not specified herein, nor shall the exercise or non-exercise of rights constitute a waiver of such rights by Temple. The parties recognize that none of the management rights enumerated above or any other management rights shall be subjects of bargaining or grievances.

D. The rights of management are limited only as expressly limited by the language of this agreement, notwithstanding (or without regard to) any practices or customs that may now or in the future exist.