Association Leave Program Sample Clauses

Association Leave Program. The County will establish and maintain an association leave bank to allow time off with pay for an association officer or appointed representative to attend to association business. This association leave bank will also be used to reimburse the County for additional labor costs required for coverage purposes during the association leave. The association leave bank will be funded solely on a voluntary basis by bargaining unit members. The full cost of all association business identified in this article, to include the association representative’s wages during the leave period, as well as any and all additional wages incurred by another employee covered under the collective bargaining unit as a result of the association leave shall be reimbursed in accordance with the following procedures. The parties mutually agree that the Association leave bank will be established within thirty (30) days of approval of this agreement by the Board of County Commissioners. Parties further agree that such bank will be funded up to two (2) times per year on July 1 and December 1. a. Employees who have successfully completed qualifying period or probationary period may donate leave into the Association leave bank by completing a leave donation form and submitting it to their department payroll representative. The department payroll representative will forward the request to the Comptroller/Records Division of Finance. An employee may donate between one (1) and eight (8) hours from vacation leave and/or compensatory leave twice per year. Donated time will be converted to dollars at the hourly rate of the donor. b. When taking leave for association related business, association officers and/or representatives will be required to submit a leave request to the department head or administrative designee. The department head or designee will identify on the leave form whether the leave requires additional coverage by another member of the collective bargaining unit during the identified association leave period, and forward it to the department payroll representative who will then provide it to the Comptroller/Records Division of Finance. When association leave results in another employee earning compensation those wages will be charged against and deducted from the association leave bank in full. c. The Department of Finance shall provide an accounting of the balance to the association on a quarterly basis. The balance shall accrue and shall be carried forward the following year. d...