Common use of Association Leaves Clause in Contracts

Association Leaves. 4.4.1 The Association shall be granted a combined total of seventy (70) days (each day defined as individual employee’s regular work day) leave per year with pay to attend conferences, conventions, workshops, and other meetings of the local, State, and/or National Association, provided that no member shall take more than ten (10) days total per year nor more than five (5) consecutive days for any one conference, except that the President shall be eligible to take up to twenty (20) days per year. Prior notification of absence for Association business must be made by the Association to the District. Separate arrangements will be made with the immediate supervisor to deal with work coverage during their absence and/or make up of the work missed. The Association President shall determine which members will be allowed to use Association leave. 4.4.2 In recognition of a RESP member holding an elected position within WEA that requires full time release from duties with the Renton School District, it is agreed that: 1. The released time shall be for no more than two (2) years. 2. Any changes requested in the amount of release time should be mutually agreed upon between the Union and the District. 3. The employee will retain, but not accrue, seniority within the unit. 4. The employee will have rights to return to a position for which they are qualified at the same RESP level the employee was at prior to taking the WEA leadership position. If there is no available position for which they are qualified at that RESP level upon the employee’s return, the employee will be placed in a position at the next highest RESP level for which they are qualified. If the employee is placed at a lower RESP level, the employee will have a right to any position for which they are qualified at their original RESP level for up to one (1) year following return from leave.

Association Leaves. 4.4.1 The Association shall be granted a combined total of seventy (70) days (each day defined as individual employee’s regular work day) leave per year with pay to attend conferences, conventions, workshops, and other meetings of the local, State, and/or National Association, provided that no member shall take more than ten (10) days total per year nor more than five (5) consecutive days for any one conference, except that the President shall be eligible to take up to twenty (20) days per year. Prior notification of absence for Association business must be made by the Association to the District. Separate arrangements will be made with the immediate supervisor to deal with work coverage during their absence and/or make up of the work missed. The Association President shall determine which members will be allowed to use Association leave. 4.4.2 1. In recognition of a RESP member holding an elected position within WEA that requires full time release from duties with the Renton School District, it is agreed that: 12. The released time shall be for no more than two four (24) years. 23. Any changes requested in the amount of release time should be mutually agreed upon between the Union and the District. 34. The employee will retain, but not accrue, seniority within the unit. 45. The employee will have rights to return to a position for which they are qualified at the same RESP level the employee was at prior to taking the WEA leadership position. If there is no available position for which they are qualified at that RESP level upon the employee’s return, the employee will be placed in a position at the next highest RESP level for which they are qualified. If the employee is placed at a lower RESP level, the employee will have a right to any position for which they are qualified at their original RESP level for up to one (1) year following return from leave.

Association Leaves. 4.4.1 The Association shall be granted a combined total of seventy (70) days (each day defined as individual employee’s regular work day) leave per year with pay to attend conferences, conventions, workshops, and other meetings of the local, State, and/or National Association, provided that no member shall take more than ten (10) days total per year nor more than five (5) consecutive days for any one conference, except that the President shall be eligible to take up to twenty (20) days per year. Prior notification of absence for Association business must be made by the Association to the District. Separate arrangements will be made with the immediate supervisor to deal with work coverage during their absence and/or make up of the work missed. The Association President shall determine which members will be allowed to use Association leave. 4.4.2 In recognition of a RESP member holding an elected position within WEA that requires full time release from duties with the Renton School District, it is agreed that: 1. The released time shall be for no more than two four (24) years. 2. Any changes requested in the amount of release time should be mutually agreed upon between the Union and the District. 3. The employee will retain, but not accrue, seniority within the unit. 4. The employee will have rights to return to a position for which they are qualified at the same RESP level the employee was at prior to taking the WEA leadership position. If there is no available position for which they are qualified at that RESP level upon the employee’s return, the employee will be placed in a position at the next highest RESP level for which they are qualified. If the employee is placed at a lower RESP level, the employee will have a right to any position for which they are qualified at their original RESP level for up to one (1) year following return from leave.