The Commission shall determine the bargaining units which shall exist in the agencies, taking into consideration the following criteria among others:
(a) Community of interests between the employees.
(b) Prevention of excessive fractioning of the units.
(c) Current patterns of formal and informal organization of employees.
(d) Protection of the full enjoyment of the rights recognized in this chapter.
(e) Viability of negotiations.
(f) Operational similarity in work requirements or conditions.
(g) Established personnel system and classification and remuneration plans implemented in the agency.
(h) Agreement between the parties.
History —Feb. 25, 1998, No. 45, § 4.4, renumbered as § 4.3 and amended on Aug. 7, 2001, No. 96, § 2.