Local 522 Release Time Sample Clauses

Local 522 Release Time. Local 522 shall have a reasonable amount of release time for labor negotiations with the City and associated meetings and for employee/employer relations’ matters involving the City and Local 522. For other Local 522 business, a union time bank has been established. The bank will allow designated representatives to utilize time for the sole purpose of performing or conducting Local 522 activities, subject to the following conditions: 1. Employees may donate only vacation, CTO or holiday hours from his/her accrued leave balance to the bank. Such donation shall be voluntary, non-revocable and not returnable to the employee. An employee must complete a voluntary donation form to allow the deduction of hours. Effective the first full calendar quarter following final approval of this MOU, donations will only be allowed during the first two weeks of each calendar quarter (i.e. January, April, July and October.) 2. The maximum number of hours any member shall donate is twelve (12) hours per calendar year. Upon receipt of the voluntary donation form, Human Resources will immediately add those hours to the union time bank. The union time bank will be maintained by the Human Resources Division. Human Resources will provide a semi- annual report on bank transactions to the West Sacramento Unit Representative, Local 522. 3. Use of the union leave bank shall be approved through the department’s normal leave request process and shall not be unreasonably denied. 4. When the designated representative takes approved leave, the union time bank will be charged an hour and a half for each hour an employee’s replacement is required to work, if needed. If no employee overtime is needed, the deduction will be on an hour to hour basis. 5. Union leave is authorized only to the amount of credit existing in the bank. The remaining unused amount in the bank on December 31st shall be carried over into the next calendar year. 6. Local 522 shall indemnify and hold the City harmless from any liability resulting from any and all claims, demands, suits or any other action arising from compliance with this section or in reliance on any documentation furnished under this section.
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  • Union Release Time Subject to the operational needs of the Department, the appointing authority may grant to elected officers or appointed representatives of the Union time off for union activities not to exceed ten days (80 hours per fiscal year) in the aggregate as provided below. Effective the start of the pay period following Council approval of this MOU, the maximum number of hours in a fiscal year shall be 360 in the aggregate. Management shall not grant release time to more than one employee at a time in a work unit (i.e. region) in the Department of Recreation and Parks, and no more than one employee per department for the Zoo and El Pueblo under this Article. A. The Union shall submit a written request for release of an employee to that employee’s Department Management, which shall include the balance of the aggregate hours of release time remaining in the fiscal year for the Unit as a whole, at least 21 calendar days prior to the effective release date, specifying the starting and ending dates of release. The Union shall provide a copy of said request to the City Administrative Officer. The employee shall fill out any necessary paperwork required by Management for his/her release. B. Employees shall be paid their current salary by the City while they are performing these duties for the Union. C. Employees shall retain all of their existing benefits, including, but not limited to medical, dental, deferred compensation plan, retirement benefits and seniority accrual in their civil service class. D. The Union shall reimburse the City for all salary and benefits costs incurred as a result of release time, including but not limited to, vacation, sick leave, compensated time off, retirement, short-term disability, life insurance, medical, dental and workers’ compensation. The benefits cost shall be based on the rates established by the City Administrative Officer as contained in the City Budget in effect during the period of release time, and the cost of other benefits approved by the Joint Labor-Management Benefits Committee that become effective during this period. E. Payment of any overtime worked while on release time shall be the responsibility of the Union. F. The Union shall make quarterly payments to the Controller of all reimbursable costs identified in Section D. above. G. Employees on release time shall submit weekly timesheets signed by the employee and the Union (Executive Director or his/her designee) to their respective Departmental Personnel Director specifying the number of hours worked and use of any sick leave, vacation time or compensated time off. H. Injuries incurred while on Union release time shall not qualify for IOD or workers’ compensation benefits. I. The employee must have passed probation in his/her current class to be eligible for release time. J. The Union shall indemnify, defend and hold the City and its officers and employees harmless against any and all claims, suits, demands or other forms of liability that might arise out of or result from any action taken by an employee in the service of the Union. K. The City Administrative Officer shall maintain a list of employees who have been approved for release time and the approved duration.

  • Release Time Should official hearings of any grievance require that an employee or an Association representative be released from his/her regular assignment, he/she shall be released without loss of pay or benefits.

  • Association Release Time Subd. 1. The Employer and the Association agree that the release of an ASF Member from normal job duties to perform other service shall be governed as follows:

  • Paid Release Time Employees will be provided a reasonable amount of time during their normal working hours to meet with the union ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ and/or staff representative to process a grievance. In addition, employees will be released during their normal working hours to attend meetings or hearings scheduled by management for the following: a. Informal grievance resolution meetings, grievance meetings, alternative dispute resolution meetings, mediation sessions and arbitration hearings, in accordance with Article 6, Grievance Procedure, and held during the employee’s work time; b. Management scheduled investigatory interviews and/or pre-disciplinary meetings, in accordance with Article 36, Corrective Action, and; c. Negotiations in accordance with Article 40, Mandatory Subjects. d. Joint Labor Management meetings in accordance with Article 43.

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