Common use of Negotiations and PBA Activities Clause in Contracts

Negotiations and PBA Activities. A. The University and the PBA shall each select its own bargaining team. The PBA will be provided with a credit of fifty (50) hours of time to use for collective bargaining during the 2007 negotiations and a credit of fifty (50) hours to use for collective bargaining during the 2008 reopener negotiations, subject to the conditions set forth below: 1. Employees on duty must coordinate their absence with supervisors in advance to insure they can be absent without impacting operations. Every reasonable effort will be made to approve such requests; 2. Within 24 hours following each scheduled negotiating session, the PBA will be responsible for providing written notification to the Police Chief/designee of the individuals who were on duty during negotiations and the hours to be charged against the 50 hour credit; 3. Employees not scheduled to work during the scheduled negotiating session are not eligible to use the credit; and 4. Unused time will not accrue or carry over beyond the negotiations for which the credit was granted. B. If time off for collective bargaining in excess of what has been granted in the form of a credit pursuant to Section A. above is needed, PBA negotiating team members who are also University employees shall attend negotiations on their own time, or while using accrued leave. The University agrees to make a reasonable effort to facilitate leave requests or to grant requests for schedule adjustments to allow PBA negotiating team members to attend negotiations so long as additional costs are not incurred and operational efficiency is not impacted. C. Employees may request the use of accrued annual leave or unpaid leave for the purpose of attending PBA conventions, conferences and meetings. So long as such requests are made at least four (4) weeks in advance and would not cause the Department to incur overtime or other costs, such requests will not be unreasonably denied. If such a request in denied, the PBA will be provided the reason for denial in writing.

Negotiations and PBA Activities. A. The University and the PBA shall each select its own bargaining team. The PBA will be provided with a credit of fifty sixty (5060) hours of time to use for collective bargaining during the 2007 2023 and 2024 reopener negotiations and a credit of fifty one hundred (50100) hours to use for collective bargaining during the 2008 reopener negotiations, 2025 successor agreement negotiations subject to the conditions set forth below: 1. Employees Bargaining team members on duty must coordinate their absence with supervisors in advance to insure ensure they can be absent without impacting operations. Every reasonable effort will be made to approve such requests; 2. Within 24 hours following each scheduled negotiating session, the PBA will be responsible for providing written notification to the Police Chief/designee of the individuals bargaining team members who were on duty during negotiations and the hours to be charged against the 50 hour creditcredit for each respective year; 3. Employees not scheduled to work during the scheduled negotiating session session, are not eligible to use the credit; and 4. Unused time will not accrue or carry over beyond the negotiations for which the credit was granted. B. If time off for collective bargaining in excess of what has been granted in the form of a credit pursuant to Section A. above 3.5.A., above, is needed, PBA negotiating team members who are also University employees shall attend negotiations on their own time, or while using accrued leave. The University agrees to make a reasonable effort to facilitate leave requests or to grant requests for schedule adjustments to allow PBA negotiating team members to attend negotiations so long as additional costs are not incurred incurred, and operational efficiency is not impacted. C. Employees may request the use of accrued annual leave or unpaid leave for the purpose of attending PBA conventions, conferences conferences, and meetings. So long as such requests are made at least four (4) weeks in advance and would not cause the Department to incur overtime or other costs, such requests will not be unreasonably denied. If such a request in denied, the PBA will be provided the reason for denial in writing.