Association Release Time. A. The City shall make reasonable provisions for authorizing use of vacation leave, holiday time, or compensatory time for employees to attend or conduct Association functions. Such release from duty is subject to scheduling requirements in the interest of efficient operation of the department but shall not be arbitrarily refused by the City. B. The City will make provisions for a total of twenty-four (24) hours authorized leave annually for the Association Associate (or designees) to attend the Association convention or other major Association business meetings. The above time off for the Association Associate (or designees) shall be days off with full pay at no expense to the employee's vacation or sick leave credit. However, the City will allow up to four (4) employees per year (no more than two (2) at any one time) to attend, without loss of pay or benefits, the semi-annual Leadership Seminars sponsored by the Association. Any employee accepting such training may be required to serve as a shift representative for at least one (1) year from the date of the training. C. The Associate of the Association shall, at least 10 days prior to the date of the function submit notice to the Communications Director identifying the function, certify the member(s) attending, and indicate the starting and ending date and applicable scheduled hours for each employee. The Communications Director will approve the request within three working days after receipt, provided Center operations will not be unreasonably affected on the scheduled days in question.
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