NOTICE OF NEW EMPLOYEE ORIENTATION. 1. The City shall provide written notice of new employee orientations to the impacted Union(s) no less than ten (10) calendar days prior to the event, regardless of the number of employees. [A single new hire is sufficient to require notice to the Union(s).]
NOTICE OF NEW EMPLOYEE ORIENTATION. The parties acknowledge that the Authority provides a new employee orientation (“orientation”) to all new employees hired by the Authority, where employees are advised of their employment status, rights, benefits, duties and responsibilities, but does not distinguish between bargaining units in conducting the orientation. Portions of the orientation may occur in person, online, through electronic communication, and/or mail. Whenever possible, the Union xxxxxxx(s) will be provided at least ten (10) calendar days’ advance notice of a hire date of a new employee from Human Resources. The Union will be given a thirty (30) minute time slot on the new employee orientation schedule developed by the Water Authority, for one (1) representative of the Union’s choosing to present Union membership information to the new employee on a date, time, and location of the Union’s choosing. For the 30-minute orientation, the Union agrees to select a representative, date, time, and location that does not cause undue disruption to Water Authority business operations. The Authority agrees to release the selected representative for this purpose unless unusual operational needs interfere with such release, in which case the representative and the Union will be provided an explanation of why the representative cannot be released on the selected date and time and offered the option of selecting a different representative or modifying the originally selected date and time. Under no circumstances will the representative’s participation in the new employee orientation generate overtime. Whenever possible, the Union agrees to notify Human Resources at least two (2) business days prior to the employee’s hire date of the date, time, location, and representative selected for the Union orientation, so all relevant information can be incorporated into the new employee’s orientation schedule. Authority representatives will not be present during the Union portion of the orientation. The Union agrees that during its portion of the orientation, it will not engage in speech that could cause substantial disruption or material interference with Authority activities.
