Continuing Education Time and Professional Meetings Sample Clauses

Continuing Education Time and Professional Meetings. The Department and 6 the Association agree continuous upgrading of employees skills and knowledge is beneficial to 7 providing quality health care services to the public. Therefore employees covered by this Agreement 8 are encouraged to take advantage of opportunities available for continuing education. To this end, it 9 shall be a policy of the Department to allow regular LPNs, RNs and PHNs four (4) days (32 hours) 10 and ARNPs, Nurse Recruiters, and APNS employees five (5) days (40 hours) of paid leave annually 11 for purposes of attending professional meetings, seminars and classes to earn continuing education 12 outside of the Department. For purposes of this section, professional meetings shall be defined as:
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Continuing Education Time and Professional Meetings. The Department and 28 the Association agree continuous upgrading of employees skills and knowledge is beneficial to 1 providing quality health care services to the public. Therefore employees covered by this Agreement 3 shall be a policy of the Department to allow regular LPNs, RNs and PHNs four (4) days (32 hours) 4 and ARNPs, Nurse Recruiters, and APNS employees five (5) days (40 hours) of paid leave annually 5 for purposes of attending professional meetings, seminars and classes to earn continuing education 6 outside of the Department. For purposes of this section, professional meetings shall be defined as:
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Continuing Education Time and Professional Meetings. The Department 19 and the Association agree continuous upgrading of employee skills and knowledge is beneficial to 20 providing quality health care services to the public. Therefore, employees covered by this Agreement 21 are encouraged to take advantage of opportunities available for continuing education. To this end, 22 the Department will allow regular LPNs, RNs and PHNs four (4) days (32 hours) and ARNPs, and 23 APNS employees five (5) days (40 hours) of paid leave annually for purposes of attending 24 professional meetings, seminars and classes to earn continuing education outside of the Department 25 subject to worksite staffing and operational needs. Continuing education requests necessary to 26 maintain licensure will be given priority. Requests for continuing education time are subject to 27 supervisory preapproval, and may be denied based on staffing or operational reasons. Unused or 28 unapproved continuing education time will not be carried over to the following calendar year. For 1 purposes of this section, professional meetings shall be defined as: Short term conferences for 2 professional growth and development of the individual nurses related to nursing, and/or meetings and 3 committee activities of the professional association at the national, state or district level which are 4 designed to develop and promote the programs of the professional association in improving the 5 quality and availability of nursing service and health care or training as defined by American Medical 6 Association standards and/or American Nursing Association standards. Conferences or portions of 7 conferences relating solely to union business are not considered professional meetings.
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Continuing Education Time and Professional Meetings. The Department and the Association agree continuous upgrading of employees skills and knowledge is beneficial to providing quality health care services to the public. Therefore employees covered by this Agreement are encouraged to take advantage of opportunities available for continuing education. To this end, it shall be a policy of the Department to allow regular LPNs, RNs and PHNs four (4) days (32 hours) and ARNPs, Nurse Recruiters, and APNS employees five (5) days (40 hours) of paid leave annually for purposes of attending professional meetings, seminars and classes to earn continuing education outside of the Department. For purposes of this section, professional meetings shall be defined as: Short term conferences for professional growth and development of the individual nurses related to nursing, and/or meetings and committee activities of the professional association at the national, state or district level which are designed to develop and promote the programs of the professional association in improving the quality and availability of nursing service and health care or training as defined by American Medical Association standards and/or American Nursing Association standards. Conferences or portions of conferences relating solely to union business are not considered professional meetings. Other paid leave for this purpose and in-house educational programs shall be at the discretion of the Department Head. Employees who are approved to attend a continuing education seminar or class pursuant to the above referenced policy on a day off shall be compensated at their regular rates, including applicable premiums, for all time spent, and shall be entitled to an additional unpaid day off within thirty (30) days of the continuing education seminar or class. All such leave shall first be scheduled and approved by the employee’s supervisor. For this purpose, part-time employees shall be due a prorated amount. The proration shall be determined based on the hours worked in the preceding calendar year divided by the hours scheduled for a full-time position during the same time period.
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Related to Continuing Education Time and Professional Meetings

  • Professional Meetings Employees should be encouraged to and may, with the approval of the supervisor, attend professional meetings, conferences, and activities. Subject to the availability of funds, the employee's expenses in connection with such meetings, conferences, or activities shall be reimbursed in accordance with the applicable provisions of State law and university rules.

  • Labour Management Meetings The committee meeting shall normally be held every second month however, either party may call a meeting of the Joint Labour Management Committee. The meeting shall be held at a time and place fixed by mutual agreement but no later than fourteen (14) calendar days after the initial request, unless mutually agreed.

  • Labor/Management Meeting Any other concerns, not specifically covered herein regarding health and/or safety factors shall be addressed through the county-level Labor Management Committee meetings, Article Thirty, Section G.

  • Labor Management Meetings Section 1. To promote communication and problem resolution between the City and the membership of the union, the Human Resources Director, and other representatives determined appropriate by the City may meet quarterly with the Executive Officers of the Union and other representatives that would be useful to discuss or resolve current issues.

  • Investigatory Meetings A. An employee required to attend an investigatory meeting shall receive advance notice of such meeting. Such notice shall include:

  • Management meetings 31.1 Either the Engineer or the Contractor may require the other to attend a management meeting. The business of a management meeting shall be to review the plans for remaining work and to deal with matters raised in accordance with the early warning procedure.

  • Union/Management Meetings ‌ The Union Committee and the Senior Union Official of the Union, or her/his representative, shall, as occasion warrants, meet with the Committee on Labour Relations for the purpose of discussing and negotiating a speedy settlement of any grievance or dispute arising between the Employer and the employee concerned, including possible re-negotiations relative to this Agreement and the Schedules which are a part hereof. However, except for renegotiations of Agreements, these matters shall be introduced to such meetings only after the established grievance procedure has been followed. Grievances of a general nature may be initiated by a member of the Union Committee in step two of the grievance procedure outlined in Article 9.04.

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  • Faculty Meetings Principals shall have the authority to schedule necessary faculty meetings; however, such meetings shall be as brief and well planned as possible. Such meetings shall be used for purposes that cannot be accomplished effectively through other means. Faculty meetings shall be scheduled in a manner that impacts teacher planning time to the least degree possible. If more than one faculty meeting is held in a month, the purpose of the meeting shall be announced to the faculty in advance.

  • ATTENDANCE AT MANDATORY MEETINGS/SCHOOL EVENTS Where an employee is required through clear direction by the board to attend work outside of regular working hours, the provisions of the local collective agreement regarding hours of work and compensation, including any relevant overtime/lieu time provisions, shall apply. Required attendance outside of regular working hours may include, but is not limited to school staff meetings, parent/teacher interviews, curriculum nights, Individual Education Plan and Identification Placement Review Committee meetings, and consultations with board professional staff.

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