Common use of MISCELLANEOUS WORKING CONDITIONS Clause in Contracts

MISCELLANEOUS WORKING CONDITIONS. 20.1 Employees are required to attend in-service meetings unless excused by their supervisor. Regular attendance at any in-service training day shall be compensated at the employee’s regular hourly rate. 20.2 A copy of the Agenda of the Board meeting shall be given to the president of the local or designee at the same time it is given to the news media. Minutes of Board Meetings will be made available after Board approval. Notification of meetings shall be given, whenever possible, twenty-four (24) hours in advance thereto. 20.3 An employee shall be entitled to leave without loss of pay for the time the employee is required to perform jury duty. The Board shall pay the difference, if any, between the amount received for jury duty and the employee's regular rate of pay. Any meal, mileage and/or parking allowance provided the employee for jury duty shall not be considered in the amount received for jury duty. Any day during which any employee, whose regular assigned shift commences 1:30 p.m. or after and who is required to serve all, or more than four hours, of the day on jury duty, shall be relieved from work with pay. 20.4 The Employer agrees to provide one (1) bulletin board at each building staffed by employees of the bargaining unit, including the bus garage, for the exclusive use of the Union. All notices which appear on the Union's bulletin boards shall be initialed by the individual posting such notice; the board is for information purposes only, and no derogatory material shall be posted. 20.5 The cost of any required fingerprinting and/or background checks required of bargaining unit employees will be allocated as follows: A. For any applicant for employment to commence work on or after August 1, 2008, the cost shall be borne by the applicant. B. The cost of any subsequent fingerprinting and/or background check required by law for an employee employed as of August 1, 2008, shall be borne by the Board. 20.6 Notwithstanding the lunch hours provided to other classifications, whether paid or unpaid, the afternoon custodians shall receive a paid one-half hour lunch period in lieu of a shift differential, and Aides will receive a half-hour paid lunch within their contract hours. 20.6 Notwithstanding the lunch hours provided to other classifications, whether paid or unpaid, the afternoon custodians shall receive a paid one-half hour lunch period in lieu of a shift differential, and Aides will receive a half-hour paid lunch within their contract hours. 20.7 For an employee whose primary (as opposed to substitute) job classification is Teacher Aide, the Board will pay up to One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) of the cost associated with renewal of that employee’s Educational Aide Permit as long as that renewal is routine and not caused by the conduct or misconduct of the employee, and the application fee for renewal of that permit is for the maximum period of time for which that employee is then eligible, unless otherwise mutually agreed upon with the Superintendent. 20.8 All newly hired employees that are members of the bargaining unit shall attend a thirty- minute paid union orientation. The meeting shall take place in private and on the first staff day at the start of the school year. If a new member is hired during the school year, the local president, or his designee, shall meet with the new hire(s) within the first two (2) weeks of employment at a time approved by the Supervisors.

MISCELLANEOUS WORKING CONDITIONS. 20.1 Employees are required to attend in-service meetings unless excused by their supervisor. Regular attendance at any in-service training day shall be compensated at the employee’s regular hourly rate. 20.2 A copy of the Agenda of the Board meeting shall be given to the president of the local or designee at the same time it is given to the news media. Minutes of Board Meetings will be made available after Board approval. Notification of meetings shall be given, whenever possible, twenty-four (24) hours in advance thereto. 20.3 An employee shall be entitled to leave without loss of pay for the time the employee is required to perform jury duty. The Board shall pay the difference, if any, between the amount received for jury duty and the employee's regular rate of pay. Any meal, mileage and/or parking allowance provided the employee for jury duty shall not be considered in the amount received for jury duty. Any day during which any employee, whose regular assigned shift commences 1:30 p.m. or after and who is required to serve all, or more than four hours, of the day on jury duty, shall be relieved from work with pay. 20.4 The Employer agrees to provide one (1) bulletin board at each building staffed by employees of the bargaining unit, including the bus garage, for the exclusive use of the Union. All notices which appear on the Union's bulletin boards shall be initialed by the individual posting such notice; the board is for information purposes only, and no derogatory material shall be posted. 20.5 The cost of any required fingerprinting and/or background checks required of bargaining unit employees will be allocated as follows: A. For any applicant for employment to commence work on or after August 1, 2008, the cost shall be borne by the applicant. B. The cost of any subsequent fingerprinting and/or background check required by law for an employee employed as of August 1, 2008, shall be borne by the Board. 20.6 Notwithstanding the lunch hours provided to other classifications, whether paid or unpaid, the afternoon custodians shall receive a paid one-half hour lunch period in lieu of a shift differential, and Aides will receive a half-hour paid lunch within their contract hours. 20.6 Notwithstanding the lunch hours provided to other classifications, whether paid or unpaid, the afternoon custodians shall receive a paid one-half hour lunch period in lieu of a shift differential, and Aides will receive a half-hour paid lunch within their contract hours. 20.7 For an employee whose primary (as opposed to substitute) job classification is Teacher Aide, the Board will pay up to One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) of the cost associated with renewal of that employee’s Educational Aide Permit as long as that renewal is routine and not caused by the conduct or misconduct of the employee, and the application fee for renewal of that permit is for the maximum period of time for which that employee is then eligible, unless otherwise mutually agreed upon with the Superintendent. 20.8 All newly hired employees that are members of the bargaining unit shall attend a thirty- minute paid union orientation. The meeting shall take place in private and on the first staff day at the start of the school year. If a new member is hired during the school year, the local president, or his designee, shall meet with the new hire(s) within the first two (2) weeks of employment at a time approved by the Supervisors.