Association Leave Hours. The City will allow members to attend conferences and/or seminars of any beneficial group or association which is sanctioned by the Association, provided such attendance will not affect minimum xxxxxxx of the division. Time granted will not exceed an aggregate total of 456 hours for the duration of this agreement. Only Association leave hours selected in December for the upcoming year will be guaranteed and not subject to cancellation. Guarantee of Association leave hours selected in December is limited to one Association representative per shift and will not count towards the two members on vacation. Time granted is applicable only to regularly scheduled hours, will not be charged against a member’s annual or accrued leave hours, and will be granted without loss of pay or other benefits as provided within this Agreement. The President of the Association will, at least 10 days prior to a conference or seminar, submit notice to the Fire Chief identifying the conference or seminar, certify the members attending, and indicate the starting and ending dates and applicable scheduled hours for each member. The Chief will approve the request within three working days after receipt provided minimum xxxxxxx will not be affected on the scheduled days in question.
Association Leave Hours. For the purposes of representation of members within the bargaining unit, the Association shall be entitled to a reasonable and adequate number of Association officers and representatives. They shall restrict their activities to dealing with grievances and other legitimate Association business and shall be allowed up to one thousand eight hundred (1,800) collective hours of administrative leave for this purpose. However, the City is under no obligation to pay Association officers for time spent conducting union business when they are not scheduled to work. Every effort shall be made to schedule grievance meetings and hearing during regular work hours. This administrative leave may be used by Association officers or stewards for official union business as defined by the LVPOA, unless operational demands preclude granting permission (e.g., in some cases all board members may not be approved to attend training at the same time). Any employee approved for the use of administrative leave by the LVPOA must follow all the Standard Operating Procedures and Policies for properly requesting and executing all payroll and time and attendance records related to the use of administrative leave.
