Common use of Paid Leave for Union Business Clause in Contracts

Paid Leave for Union Business. Union officials, including but not limited to stewards, shall be permitted to have time off without loss of pay (paid union leave) for the following purposes, and requests for such time off shall not be unreasonably denied: 1. Attendance at Statewide, Departmental, facility and local labor-management committee meetings and orientation. 2. Investigation and processing of grievances. 3. Attendance at grievance and arbitration hearings. 4. Participation in Departmental meetings or Committees. 5. Representation of employees during investigations, hearings, or administrative inquiries within the Appointing Authority. 6. Non-grievance dispute resolution, including disputes between employee(s) and coworker(s) and/or employee(s) and their supervisor(s). Requests for release time under this provision shall identify the nature of the problem to be addressed; shall identify the parties involved; and shall include participation from Department/Agency labor relations staff when the Department/Agency deems such participation appropriate. 7. Grievants shall be permitted to have time off without loss of pay for attendance at grievance hearings through the contractual grievance procedure, except that for class action grievances no more than three (3) grievants shall be granted such leave. All release time requests for the above reasons shall be processed through the Department/Agency central Human Resources Office. Requests for all paid release time must be made at least seven (7) calendar days in advance unless agreed to locally by the parties. Release time granted under this provision shall include reasonable travel and preparation time. 8. Attendance at legislative or gubernatorial work-related Commissions as so designated. 9. Participation in collective bargaining negotiations, including midterm and contract negotiations, with allowance for reasonable travel and preparation time. 10. In order for elected delegates of the Union to attend conventions of the State AFL-CIO and parent organizations. Persons designated as alternate delegates shall not be granted paid leaves of absence to attend such conventions. Such release time shall be granted in accordance with current practice. Additional requests under this Section due to extenuating circumstances shall be submitted to and considered by the Human Resources Division. 11. SEIU Local 888 stewards shall annually receive one full day of paid union leave to attend stewards’ training. All leave granted for the above reasons shall require prior approval of the Human Resources Division, and all requests for paid release time must be made at least seven (7) calendar days in advance. Requests for release time for the purpose of attending Union conventions must be at least twenty-one (21) days in advance of such convention.

Paid Leave for Union Business. Union officials, including but not limited to stewards, shall be permitted to have time off without loss of pay (paid union leave) for the following purposes, and requests for such time off shall not be unreasonably denied: 1. Attendance at Statewide, Departmental, facility and local labor-management committee meetings meetings, including reasonable travel and orientationpreparation time. 2. Attendance at legislative or gubernatorial work-related Commissions as so designated. 3. Investigation and processing of grievances, including reasonable travel time. 34. Attendance at grievance and arbitration hearings, including reasonable travel and preparation time. 45. Participation in collective bargaining negotiations, including midterm and contract negotiations, with allowance for reasonable travel and preparation time. 6. Participation in Departmental meetings or Committees, including reasonable travel and preparation time. 57. Representation of employees during investigations, hearings, or administrative inquiries within the Appointing Authority, including reasonable travel and preparation time. 68. Non-grievance dispute resolution, including disputes between employee(s) and coworker(s) and/or employee(s) and their supervisor(s). Requests for release time under this provision shall identify the nature of the problem to be addressed; shall identify the parties involved; and shall include participation from Department/Agency labor relations staff when the Department/Agency deems such participation appropriate. 7. Grievants shall be permitted to have time off without loss of pay for attendance at grievance hearings through the contractual grievance procedure, except that for class action grievances no more than three (3) grievants shall be granted such leave. All release time requests for the above reasons under this provision shall be processed through the Department/Agency central Human Resources Office. Requests for all paid release time must be made at least seven (7) calendar days in advance unless agreed to locally by the parties. Release time granted under this provision shall include reasonable travel and preparation time. 8. Attendance at legislative or gubernatorial work-related Commissions as so designated. 9. Participation in collective bargaining negotiations, including midterm and contract negotiations, with allowance for reasonable travel and preparation time. 10. In order for elected delegates of the Union to attend conventions of the State AFL-CIO and parent organizations. Persons designated as alternate delegates shall not be granted paid leaves of absence to attend such conventions. Such release time shall be granted in accordance with current practice. Additional requests under this Section due to extenuating circumstances shall be submitted to and considered by the Human Resources Division. 10. Grievants shall be permitted to have time off without loss of pay for attendance at grievance hearings through the contractual grievance procedure, except that for class action grievances no more than three (3) grievants shall be granted such leave. 11. SEIU Local 888 stewards shall annually receive one full day of paid union leave to attend stewards’ training. All leave granted for the above reasons under this Section shall require prior approval of the Human Resources Division, and all requests for paid release time must be made at least seven (7) calendar days in advance. Requests for release time for the purpose of attending Union conventions must be at least twenty-one (21) days in advance of such convention.