Identify and provide an analysis of the positions/arguments supporting managemen
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Question
Identify and provide an analysis of the positions/arguments supporting management.
BACKGROUND nt had been employed as a police officer by the of Stevenson for four years. The police officers at on Police Department were represented by Federation of State, County, and Municipal the Stevenson the American mployees (AFSCME) Local 7 of the collective bargaining agreement spec be eight police cars on each shift. r whatever reason there were not enough officers to ain shift, officers would be called on a volun- basis; this was known as a "callback" If the callback failed to obtain sufficient personnel for the shift n question, police officers were ordered back to work this was called an "orderback" In orderback situations the artment was first required to order officers scheduled that there should If for staff a ce tary to work the next shift in early On May 29, the police department was understaffed for he second shift. The voluntary callback procedure did not eld sufficient personnel, so the department started an rderback. Officer Vincent was scheduled to work the third shift at 3:00 P.M. However, under the orderback Officer Vin cent was ordered to report to work at 11:00 A.M. instead of 3:00 P.M. Officer Vincent had previously arranged for a babysitter to care for her three children during her reg ularly scheduled shift beginning at 3:00 P.M., but she was unable to find anyone on such short notice to care for them between 11:00 A.M. and 3:00 P.M. She was thus unable to report for the orderback, but instead reported to work for her scheduled shift at 3:0O P.M Because Officer Vincent did not report when ordered in, the town suspended her without pay for five days. The union subsequently filed a grievance stating that Officer Vincent's failure to report for the orderback was not insub ordination, but rather was analogous to the situation in which an officer is unable to report due to sickness POTENTIALLY RELEVANT CONTRACT PROVI- SIONS ARTICLE 3: HOURS OF WORK Section 2. The shift hours of the patrol division, dis ers, and corporals shall be as follows, except in a ustifiable emergency Shift #1, 11:00 P.M. to 7:00 AMExplanation / Answer
The following two arguments support the management: