Official Time. Section a. Official time is defined as paid duty time used for various labor relations and representational obligations in accordance with laws, rules, regulations, and this Agreement. 1. reasonable official time will be granted to elected/appointed Union officers, designated stewards, and other representatives authorized by the Union, in accordance with this article and to the extent that official time falls within the duty hours of the Union officer, xxxxxxx, and/or representative affected; 2. the Union and the Agency recognize that the granting of official time may ultimately lead to improved labor management relations. Such a relationship is in the interest of all parties, including the public; and 3. except when specifically agreed to in advance, travel-related expenses for the Union’s use of official time will not be paid by the Employer. Section b. The procedures for approval of official time will be: 1. for locals covering one institution/facility, procedures outlined in Article 6 and 7 will be followed; 2. for locals covering more than one institution/facility, approval must be obtained from the requester’s supervisor, who will coordinate with affected Wardens and supervisors; 3. for other situations, such as performing Union activities at an institution/facility not within the same local and/or region, approval may only be granted by the Regional Director or designee. To initiate this process, the Union representative should submit his/her request through his/her supervisor, who will forward the request through the Warden for concurrence, to the Regional Director or designee; and 4. the above procedures will not apply to any Union representative utilizing 100% official time. For purposes of notification, the procedures set forth in Article 7, Section h. will be followed. Section c. It is understood that official time for designated Union representatives can be granted using the procedures set forth in Article 1. for formal discussions, as outlined in Article 7, Section l., and any other meeting with Agency (Management) officials concerning personnel policies, practices, or other general conditions of employment or any other matter covered by 5 USC, Chapter 71; 2. for unfair labor practice charges (ULP’s) or any other proceedings before the FLRA in accordance with Section 7131(c) of 5 USC; 3. when an employee elects to have a Union representative in the following circumstances: a. at oral responses for probationary bargaining unit employees when such responses are applicable; b. to present oral and/or written responses to disciplinary/adverse actions or unacceptable performance actions proposed against non- probationary bargaining unit employees; c. to present a response to the reviewing official after receiving notice from the rating official on a denial of a within- grade increase; d. to represent an employee at an appropriate third party hearing, as w ell as appeals (to include interviewing witnesses scheduled to testify); and e. in Xxxxxxxxxx (investigatory) meetings in accordance with Article 6, Section f. of this Agreement; 4. to participate in committee meetings and/or work groups as authorized under Article 10 of this Agreement; 5. to participate with representatives of Management in negotiations at all levels; 6. to present the views of the labor organization to heads of agencies and other officials of the executive branch of the government, the Congress, or other appropriate authorities, when such matters may affect conditions of employment of bargaining unit employees as defined by 5 USC, Section 7103; 7. to travel to and attend training that is mutually beneficial to the parties. The Agency at its option may pay any travel- related expenses; 8. to assist an employee in all steps of the grievance process; 9. to review and/or respond to memoranda, letters, new instructions, manuals, notices, etc. which affect personnel policies, practices, and/or conditions of employment; 10. to complete necessary reports and forms to meet requirements imposed by federal agencies upon the Union to disclose certain information about its operations; 11. to confer with national staff representatives of the Union in connection with a grievance, arbitration, and/or unfair labor practice charge; and 12. for any other purpose agreed to by the parties. It is understood that preparation time can be granted for the circumstances stated above after proper approval as stated in this section. Official time will not be used for internal Union business, as stated in 5 USC, 7131(b). Section d. The Council of Prison Locals 33 Executive Board (one (1) Council President, one (1) National Secretary/Treasurer, one (1) National Fair Practices Coordinator, six (6) Regional Vice-Presidents), one (1) National Legislative Coordinator, and one (1) National Occupational Health and Section e. Any Union representative not on 100% official time will be granted official time in accordance with Section c. of this article. Section f. Those national representatives utilizing official time from the time bank will be assigned to the day shift, Monday through Friday, while using this time. Section g. When an employee is elected or appointed to a national officer’s position, there will normally be no delay in his/her ability to begin utilizing time from the time bank. Section h. Employee Union representatives will be excused from Section i. Once the term of office of employees elected or appointed to full time Union representative positions expires, said employees will return to work in the position of record, or a comparable position determined by Management, at the same grade level and location as the position of record, whenever possible.
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Samples: Master Agreement, Master Agreement
Official Time. Section a. Official time is defined as paid duty time used for various labor relations and representational obligations in accordance with laws, rules, regulations, and this Agreement.
1. reasonable official time will be granted to elected/appointed Union officers, designated stewards, and other representatives authorized by the Union, in accordance with this article and to the extent that official time falls within the duty hours of the Union officer, xxxxxxx, and/or representative affected;
2. the Union and the Agency recognize that the granting of official time may ultimately lead to improved labor management relations. Such a relationship is in the interest of all parties, including the public; and
3. except when specifically agreed to in advance, travel-related expenses for the Union’s 's use of official time will not be paid by the Employer.
Section b. The procedures for approval of official time will be:
1. for locals covering one institution/facility, procedures outlined in Article 6 and 7 will be followed;
2. for locals covering more than one institution/facility, approval must be obtained from the requester’s appropriate supervisor, who will coordinate with affected Wardens and supervisors;
3. for other situations, such as performing Union activities at an institution/facility not within the same local and/or region, approval may only be granted by the Regional Director or designee. To initiate this process, the Union representative should submit his/her request through his/her supervisor, who will forward the request through the Warden for concurrence, to the Regional Director or designee; and
4. the above procedures will not apply to any Union representative utilizing 100% official time. For purposes of notification, the procedures set forth in Article 7, Section h. will be followed.
Section c. It is understood that official time for designated Union representatives can be granted using the procedures set forth in Article
1. for formal discussions, as outlined in Article 7, Section l., and any other meeting with Agency (Management) officials concerning personnel policies, practices, or other general conditions of employment or any other matter covered by 5 USC, Chapter 71;
2. for unfair labor practice charges (ULP’s's) or any other proceedings before the FLRA in accordance with Section 7131(c) of 5 USC;
3. when an employee elects to have a Union representative in the following circumstances:
a. at oral responses for probationary bargaining unit employees when such responses are applicable;
b. to present oral and/or written responses to disciplinary/adverse actions or unacceptable performance actions proposed against non- non-probationary bargaining unit employees;
c. to present a response to the reviewing official after receiving notice from the rating official on a denial of a within- within-grade increase;
d. to represent an employee at an appropriate third party hearing, as w ell well as appeals (to include interviewing witnesses scheduled to testify); and
e. in Xxxxxxxxxx Weingarten (investigatory) meetings in accordance with Article 6, Section f. of this Agreement;
4. to participate in committee meetings and/or work groups as authorized under Article 10 of this Agreement;
5. to participate with representatives of Management in negotiations at all levels;
6. to present the views of the labor organization to heads of agencies and other officials of the executive branch of the government, the Congress, or other appropriate authorities, when such matters may affect conditions of employment of bargaining unit employees as defined by 5 USC, Section 7103;
7. to travel to and attend training that is mutually beneficial to the parties. The Agency at its option may pay any travel- travel-related expenses;
8. to assist an employee in all steps of the grievance process;
9. to review and/or respond to memoranda, letters, new instructions, manuals, notices, etc. which affect personnel policies, practices, and/or conditions of employment;
10. to complete necessary reports and forms to meet requirements imposed by federal agencies upon the Union to disclose certain information about its operations;
11. to confer with national staff representatives of the Union in connection with a grievance, arbitration, and/or unfair labor practice charge; and
12. for any other purpose agreed to by the parties. It is understood that preparation time can be granted for the circumstances stated above after proper approval as stated in this section. Official time will not be used for internal Union business, as stated in 5 USC, 7131(b).
Section d. The Council President will be on 100% official time. He/she will also be entitled to a bank of Prison Locals 33 Executive Board two thousand and eighty (one (12,080) Council Presidenthours of official time on a yearly basis, one (1) National Secretary/Treasurer, one (1) National Fair Practices Coordinator, beginning with the effective date of this Agreement. These hours may be allocated to the six (6) Regional Vice-Presidents), Vice Presidents and the one (1) National Legislative Coordinatornational Secretary/Treasurer for the purposes outlined in Section c. These hours may not be carried over if not used.
1. no later than the fifteenth of each month, the Council President will provide the Chief, Labor Management Relations and Security Branch, with a written report of the proposed time bank allocations for each national officer for the following month. Within ten (10) days of receiving this request, the Chief of the Labor Management Relations and Security Branch will approve or disapprove such allocations. Normally, these allocations will be approved;
2. use of the time bank will be required for all instances of official time used by the national Union officers with the exception of training time which is covered in Section h. of this article, and to attend meetings called by Management officials at the national level. This time does not cover any Union official other than the six (6) Regional Vice Presidents and the one (1) National Occupational Health Secretary/Treasurer; and
3. allocations from the time bank are not to be used for internal Union business. If a national officer desires to engage in such business, the time for conducting same must be from his/her own bank of annual leave or leave without pay. It is understood that such forms of leave are subject to approval by the employee's supervisor. The President of the Council of Prison Locals may request additional hours for the bank in increments of forty (40) hours based upon demonstrated need. Any such request will be made in writing to the Chief, Labor Management Relations and Security Branch.
Section e. Any Union representative not on 100% official time will be granted official time in accordance with Section c. of this article.
Section f. Those national representatives utilizing official time from the time bank will be assigned to the day shift, Monday through Friday, while using this time.
Section g. When an employee is elected or appointed to a national officer’s 's position, there will normally be no delay in his/her ability to begin utilizing time from the time bank. Conversely, those representatives who are no longer in office, either through election or appointment, will be removed from this status as soon as practicable.
Section h. Employee Union representatives will be excused fromfrom duty, workload permitting, to attend training which is designed to advise representatives on matters within the scope of 5 USC, and which is of mutual benefit to the Employer and the Union. The employee Union representative wishing to attend such training will present a vendor's written description of the course to the Employer which demonstrates which portion of the training is mutually beneficial. Union representatives attending training authorized under this section shall be assigned to the day shift, Monday through Friday, while attending training.
Section i. I. Once the term of office of employees elected or appointed to full time Union representative positions expires, said employees will return to work in the position of record, or a comparable position determined by Management, at the same grade level and location as the position of record, whenever possible.a
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Samples: Master Agreement
Official Time. Section a. Official time is defined as paid duty time used for various labor relations and representational obligations in accordance with laws, rules, regulations, and this Agreement.
1. reasonable official time will be granted to elected/appointed Union officers, designated stewards, and other representatives authorized by the Union, in accordance with this article and to the extent that official time falls within the duty hours of the Union officer, xxxxxxx, and/or representative affected;
2. the Union and the Agency recognize that the granting of official time may ultimately lead to improved labor management relations. Such a relationship is in the interest of all parties, including the public; and
3. except when specifically agreed to in advance, travel-related expenses for the Union’s use of official time will not be paid by the Employer.
Section b. The procedures for approval of official time will be:
1. for locals covering one institution/facility, procedures outlined in Article 6 and 7 will be followed;
2. for locals covering more than one institution/facility, approval must be obtained from the requester’s supervisor, who will coordinate with affected Wardens and supervisors;
3. for other situations, such as performing Union activities at an institution/facility not within the same local and/or region, approval may only be granted by the Regional Director or designee. To initiate this process, the Union representative should submit his/her request through his/her supervisor, who will forward the request through the Warden for concurrence, to the Regional Director or designee; and
4. the above procedures will not apply to any Union representative utilizing 100% official time. For purposes of notification, the procedures set forth in Article 7, Section h. will be followed.
Section c. It is understood that official time for designated Union representatives can be granted using the procedures set forth in Article
1. for formal discussions, as outlined in Article 7, Section l., and any other meeting with Agency (Management) officials concerning personnel policies, practices, or other general conditions of employment or any other matter covered by 5 USC, Chapter 71;
2. for unfair labor practice charges (ULP’s) or any other proceedings before the FLRA in accordance with Section 7131(c) of 5 USC;
3. when an employee elects to have a Union representative in the following circumstances:
a. at oral responses for probationary bargaining unit employees when such responses are applicable;
b. to present oral and/or written responses to disciplinary/adverse actions or unacceptable performance actions proposed against non- probationary bargaining unit employees;
c. to present a response to the reviewing official after receiving notice from the rating official on a denial of a within- grade increase;
d. to represent an employee at an appropriate third party hearing, as w ell well as appeals (to include interviewing witnesses scheduled to testify); and
e. in Xxxxxxxxxx (investigatory) meetings in accordance with Article 6, Section f. of this Agreement;
4. to participate in committee meetings and/or work groups as authorized under Article 10 of this Agreement;
5. to participate with representatives of Management in negotiations at all levels;
6. to present the views of the labor organization to heads of agencies and other officials of the executive branch of the government, the Congress, or other appropriate authorities, when such matters may affect conditions of employment of bargaining unit employees as defined by 5 USC, Section 7103;
7. to travel to and attend training that is mutually beneficial to the parties. The Agency at its option may pay any travel- related expenses;
8. to assist an employee in all steps of the grievance process;
9. to review and/or respond to memoranda, letters, new instructions, manuals, notices, etc. which affect personnel policies, practices, and/or conditions of employment;
10. to complete necessary reports and forms to meet requirements imposed by federal agencies upon the Union to disclose certain information about its operations;
11. to confer with national staff representatives of the Union in connection with a grievance, arbitration, and/or unfair labor practice charge; and
12. for any other purpose agreed to by the parties. It is understood that preparation time can be granted for the circumstances stated above after proper approval as stated in this section. Official time will not be used for internal Union business, as stated in 5 USC, 7131(b).
Section d. The Council of Prison Locals 33 Executive Board (one (1) Council President, one (1) National Secretary/Treasurer, one (1) National Fair Practices Coordinator, six (6) Regional Vice-Presidents), one (1) National Legislative Coordinator, and one (1) National Occupational Health and
Section e. Any Union representative not on 100% official time will be granted official time in accordance with Section c. of this article.
Section f. Those national representatives utilizing official time from the time bank will be assigned to the day shift, Monday through Friday, while using this time.
Section g. When an employee is elected or appointed to a national officer’s position, there will normally be no delay in his/her ability to begin utilizing time from the time bank.
Section h. Employee Union representatives will be excused fromfrom duty, workload permitting, to attend training which is designed to advise representatives on matters within the scope of 5 USC, and which is of mutual benefit to the Employer and the Union. The employee Union representative wishing to attend such training will present a vendor’s written description of the course to the Employer which demonstrates which portion of the training is mutually beneficial. Union representatives attending training authorized under this section shall be assigned to the day shift, Monday through Friday, while attending training.
Section i. Once the term of office of employees elected or appointed to full time Union representative positions expires, said employees will return to work in the position of record, or a comparable position determined by Management, at the same grade level and location as the position of record, whenever possible.
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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement
