MANDATORY IN-SERVICE AND EDUCATIONAL CLASSES Sample Clauses

MANDATORY IN-SERVICE AND EDUCATIONAL CLASSES a. Employees will be compensated as time worked for all in-service meetings designated by the Employer as mandatory. b. Except where required for registration, certification, licensure or renewal, the Employer will pay employees at their base rate of pay (or overtime, if applicable) for all hours spent attending courses required by the Employer in order to retain their current positions. To be eligible for payment, eligible employee must obtain prior written approval from their Director to attend any such course offered at the facility. If no such course is reasonably available at the facility, the employee may with prior written approval attend a course at another Prime facility or an Employer approved location. No tuition fee will be charged to employees for such courses offered at the facility. c. The Employer will pay employees at their base rate of pay or overtime if applicable for all hours spent attending courses provided such courses attended by the employees at the request of their Director and the employee has obtained prior written approval from their Director to attend such courses. d. With respect to paragraphs b and c above, “travel time” to and from such course will be paid in accordance with the requirements of federal and state wage and hour laws.

MANDATORY IN-SERVICE AND EDUCATIONAL CLASSES a. Employees will be compensated as time worked for all in-service meetings or classes designated by the Employer as mandatory. b. The Employer will pay Employees at their benefited rate of pay (or overtime, if applicable) for all hours spent attending courses required by the Employer in order to retain their current positions. In order to be eligible for payment, eligible Employees must obtain prior written approval from their Director to attend any such course offered at the Employer’s facility. If no such course is reasonably available at the Employer’s facility, the Employees may, with prior written approval from their Director, attend the course at a nearby location or facility. No tuition fee will be charged to Employees for such courses. c. The Employer will pay Employees at their benefited rate of pay (or overtime, if applicable) for all hours spent attending courses and will reimburse the Employees for the tuition fee provided such courses are attended by the Employees at the request of their Director and the Employees have obtained prior written approval from their Director to attend such courses. d. With respect to Paragraphs 2 and 3, “travel time” to and from such course will be paid in accordance with the requirements of federal and state wage and hour laws. e. Employees will only be scheduled to attend in-service meetings or classes on days on which they are regularly scheduled to work and will earn the same pay than they would be entitled to had they been working those hours as part of their regular schedule. When it is not possible to schedule an Employee to attend a meeting or class on a day he/she is regularly scheduled to work, the Employee may attend only if he/she has signed up for the class beforehand and his/her attendance is approved in writing by his/her department’s director.