Common use of New Bargaining Unit Member Clause in Contracts

New Bargaining Unit Member. Orientation for Employees Starting Prior to the Beginning of the School Year 2.3.1 The District shall provide an annual new bargaining unit member orientation for all newly hired bargaining unit members to take place within seven (7) calendar days prior to the beginning of the school year, except when no new bargaining unit members are commencing employment at the beginning of a given school year. 2.3.1.1 The Association and the District (the Parties) shall jointly plan the annual District New Staff Orientation day. The agenda for the New Staff Orientation day shall be structured to ensure the Association is provided forty-five (45) minutes of access to newly hired MDEA bargaining unit members in groups of 30 or fewer. If there are more than 30 newly hired MDEA bargaining unit members present at the New Teacher orientation day they will be separated in “break-out” groups for this section of the agenda, with no break-out group having more than 30 people. 2.3.1.2 The Parties shall collaborate on how this access time will be scheduled to ensure that the Parties have an opportunity to deliver their respective orientation presentations within the time allocated for the annual New Staff Orientation day. During years when the District hires a large number of new teachers, such scheduling may require that two or more employee orientation sessions on the same topic be scheduled during the same time period, to ensure all new hires attend all orientation day sessions offered during the District’s annual New Staff Orientation day. 2.3.2 The District shall inform new employees of their employment status, rights, benefits, duties and responsibilities, and other employment- related matters. 2.3.3 The MDEA President, or identified designee, shall be notified via email when the New Staff Orientation Day is scheduled. The MDEA President, or designee(s) shall be provided access to meaningfully communicate, in person, with new hires to the bargaining unit during the District’s annual New Staff Orientation. This access shall comply with §2.3.1.1 and §2.3.1.2, above, and will provide the MDEA President and/or designees the opportunity to discuss the rights and obligations created by the contract and the role of the representative, and to answer new hire questions, per Gov’t Code 3555. (**District administration shall not be present during the Association’s time, unless the Association requests specific administrator(s) remain present.) 2.3.4 The District shall provide written notice of the date, time and location of the District’s annual New Staff Orientation day by email to the Association President and Vice President no later than ten (10) calendar days in advance of the District’s annual New Staff Orientation Day. If, however, the District can demonstrate that an urgent need critical to the employer’s operation that was not reasonably foreseeable impacted the District’s ability to provide timely notice per §2.3.3, the Association shall be provided as much notice as possible. 2.3.5 The Association is entitled to invite California Teachers Association (CTA) endorsed vendors and CTA Staff to the Association portion of New Staff Orientation Day held prior to the start of the school year and may request access to District audio/visual equipment for Association presentations.