Leave for Taking Training Courses. (a) An employee shall be granted leave without loss of their regular rate of pay when authorized by the Employer to attend a course during their shift. (b) An employee directed by the Employer to travel beyond the Greater Victoria area, outside of their normal hours of work, to attend a technical training course shall be compensated up to a maximum of three (3) hours to the course and up to a maximum of three (3) hours from the course at the regular rate of pay. Compensation may be taken in pay or time off. The Employer shall give reasonable consideration to requests that compensation be in the form of time off rather than in wages subject to the efficient services and operations of the Employer. The Employer and the employee shall arrive at mutually satisfactory arrangements for such time off.
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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement, Collective Bargaining Agreement, Collective Bargaining Agreement
