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.