OFFICIAL TIME FOR TRAINING. The Employer agrees to allow official time for attendance at Union conducted training which falls under the purview of the Comptroller General guidance on training that is determined by the Employer to be mutually beneficial. A bank of 240 hours will be available for such training for Union representatives. An additional bank of no more than 120 hours will be allowed exclusively for the Union President. Additional hours, if needed by the Union President, will be deducted from the bank of 240 hours if available. No more than forty (40) hours will be allowed per individual employee in a calendar year. Additional hours will be requested/granted on a case-by-case basis.
a. The Union will submit any request for such employee attendance to the Union representative’s supervisor and to the XXXX, ATTN: Labor Relations Specialist, at least fourteen (14) days prior to the proposed training date. The request must include information concerning the content and schedule of the training and the training must be determined to be of mutual benefit to the Employer and the Union. Such requests must also include the names and duty stations and phone numbers of employees whose attendance is desired.
b. The Employer agrees to allow Union officers and stewards one (1) hour per month for local Union-sponsored training in addition to the Union-sponsored training prescribed above.
c. The Employer agrees to allow Union representatives participating on wage surveys training for each full-scale survey. Supplemental training for Union representatives may be approved by the XXXX Wage Representative not to exceed four (4) hours provided it is not duplicative of training already received for the wage survey.
OFFICIAL TIME FOR TRAINING a. The Employer agrees to allow a reasonable amount of official time for attendance at Union conducted training, which falls under the purview of the Comptroller General guidance on training that is determined by the Employer to be mutually beneficial.
b. The Employer agrees to allow Union officers and stewards one hour per month for local Union-sponsored training in addition to the Union-sponsored training prescribed above.
c. The Employer agrees to allow Union representatives participating on wage surveys eight hours of Union conducted training for each full-scale survey.
d. The Union will submit any request for such employee attendance to the NAF Human Resources Office at least 14 days prior to the proposed training date. The request must include information concerning the content and schedule of the training and the training must be determined to be of mutual benefit to the Employer and the Union. Such requests must also include the names, duty stations, and phone numbers of employees whose attendance is desired. All requests are subject to approval of the supervisor based on mission needs.
OFFICIAL TIME FOR TRAINING. 1. Each year the Employer will consider Union requests for official time for Union representatives to participate in and/or conduct training concerning the provisions of the Negotiated Agreement and/or other labor relations matters of mutual benefit to the Employer and the Union. All training on official time must be limited to representational matters. For any training that covers internal union operations, annual leave or leave without pay must be requested in accordance with paragraph 3 below. The Union will provide the Employer with a copy of the training curriculum or a statement of the training content with each request for training.
2. Each newly appointed Union representative may be authorized up to five days training. Three days training is authorized annually for all other Union representatives.
3. A Union representative's request for official time under this Section must be made at least two weeks in advance of the scheduled training and in accordance with Section F of this Article. The approval of requests for official time for representatives to attend training will receive the same consideration as is given requests for annual leave, i.e., whether the representative's presence is needed to meet work requirements.
OFFICIAL TIME FOR TRAINING. A. Official time may be authorized for Union representatives to attend training approved by the Agency which is designed to advise representatives on matters within the scope of Civil Service Reform Act of 1978, which are of mutual interest to the Agency and the Union. Training under this section will generally cover such areas as contract administration, handling of statutory actions such as grievances, appeals, FLRA and other third party processes and information related to Federal personnel/labor relations laws, regulations, and procedures.
B. The request for official time to attend Union sponsored training will be submitted in writing on behalf of the officers/stewards by the Union to the officer/xxxxxxx’x supervisor and the FEMA Labor Relations Officer. The request must be submitted at least 10 days before the date of the training. At a minimum, the request must contain:
1. Representative’s Name:
2. Official title the employee holds in the Union;
3. Purpose of the training;
4. Copy of the agenda, course curriculum, or description of the training session;
5. Number of hours requested; and
6. Date(s) the employee is to attend the session.
C. The request will be approved or denied in writing. If requests are approved, Union representatives will record their official time using WebTA (or successor system). If requests to use official time for union training are denied, union representatives may request to use leave to attend the training.
OFFICIAL TIME FOR TRAINING. The Agency agrees that official time may be authorized for Union representatives to attend training approved by Management which is designed to advise representatives on matters within the scope of CSRA, which are of mutual concern to the Agency and the Union. The Agency agrees to a bank of 600 hours per fiscal year for Union representatives to attend labor relations training or other training related to employees' conditions of employment. Training under this section will generally cover such areas as contract administration, handling of statutory actions such as grievances, appeals, FLRA and other third party processes and information related to Federal personnel/labor relations laws, regulations, and procedures. All requests for official time for training under this paragraph must be accompanied by a course curriculum or description of the training. Official time granted under this section is in addition to designated official time in Paragraph C, but shall be counted for the President. The Agency will fund the training and travel costs for Union representatives to attend joint training courses, as mutually agreed by the Union President and the NPPD E&LR Director.
