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: • Attendance at Statewide, Departmental, facility and local labor- management committee meetings, including reasonable travel and preparation time. • Attendance at legislative or gubernatorial work related Commissions as so designated. • Investigation and processing of grievances, including reasonable travel time. • Attendance at grievance and arbitration hearings, including reasonable travel and preparation time. • Participation in collective bargaining negotiations, including mid-term and contract negotiations, with allowance for reasonable travel and preparation time. • Participation in Departmental meetings or Committees, including reasonable travel and preparation time. • Representation of employees during investigations, hearings, or administrative inquiries within the Appointing Authority, including reasonable travel and preparation time. • Non-grievance dispute resolution, including reasonable travel and preparation time. • Grievants shall be permitted to have time off without loss of pay for processing their grievances through the contractual grievance procedure, except that for class action grievances no more than three (3) grievants shall be granted such leave. • All leave granted under this Section shall require prior approval of the Human Resources Division/Office of Employee Relations. Requests for release time for the purpose of attending Union conventions must be at least seven (7) 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: • Attendance at Statewide, Departmental, facility and local labor- labor-management committee meetings, including reasonable travel and preparation time. • Attendance at legislative or gubernatorial work related Commissions as so designated. • Investigation and processing of grievances, including reasonable travel time. • Attendance at grievance and arbitration hearings, including reasonable travel and preparation time. • Participation in collective bargaining negotiations, including mid-term and contract negotiations, with allowance for reasonable travel and preparation time. • Participation in Departmental meetings or Committees, including reasonable travel and preparation time. • Representation of employees during investigations, hearings, or administrative inquiries within the Appointing Authority, including reasonable travel and preparation time. • Non-grievance dispute resolution, including reasonable travel and preparation time. • Grievants shall be permitted to have time off without loss of pay for processing their grievances through the contractual grievance procedure, except that for class action grievances no more than three (3) grievants shall be granted such leave. • All leave granted under this Section shall require prior approval of the Human Resources Division/Office of Employee Relations. Requests for all paid release time for the purpose of attending Union conventions must be made at least seven (7) days in advance of such conventionadvance.

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: • Attendance at Statewide, Departmental, facility and local labor- labor-management committee meetings, including reasonable travel and preparation time. • Attendance at legislative or gubernatorial work related Commissions as so designated. • Investigation and processing of grievances, including reasonable travel time. • Attendance at grievance and arbitration hearings, including reasonable travel and preparation time. • Participation in collective bargaining negotiations, including mid-term and contract negotiations, with allowance for reasonable travel and preparation time. • Participation in Departmental meetings or Committees, including reasonable travel and preparation time. • Representation of employees during investigations, hearings, or administrative inquiries within the Appointing Authority, including reasonable travel and preparation time. • Non-grievance dispute resolution, including reasonable travel and preparation time. • Grievants shall be permitted to have time off without loss of pay for processing their grievances through the contractual grievance procedure, except that for class action grievances no more than three (3) grievants shall be granted such leave. • All leave granted under this Section shall require prior approval of the Human Resources Division/Office of Employee Relations. Requests for release time for the purpose of attending Union conventions must be at least seven (7) 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: • Attendance at Statewide, Departmental, facility and local labor- labor-management committee meetings, including reasonable travel and preparation time. • Attendance at legislative or gubernatorial work related Commissions as so designated. • Investigation and processing of grievances, including reasonable travel time. • Attendance at grievance and arbitration hearings, including reasonable travel and preparation time. • Participation in collective bargaining negotiations, including mid-term and contract negotiations, with allowance for reasonable travel and preparation time. • Participation in Departmental meetings or Committees, including reasonable travel and preparation time. • Representation of employees during investigations, hearings, or administrative inquiries within the Appointing Authority, including reasonable travel and preparation time. • Non-grievance dispute resolution, including reasonable travel and preparation time. • Grievants shall be permitted to have time off without loss of pay for processing their grievances through the contractual grievance procedure, except that for class action grievances no more than three (3) grievants shall be granted such leave. • All leave granted under this Section shall require prior approval of the Human Resources Division/Office of Employee Relations. Requests for release time for the purpose of attending Union conventions must be at least seven (7) 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: • Attendance at Statewide, Departmental, facility and local labor- management committee meetings, including reasonable travel and preparation time. • Attendance at legislative or gubernatorial work work-related Commissions as so designated. • Investigation and processing of grievances, including reasonable travel time. • Attendance at grievance and arbitration hearings, including reasonable travel and preparation time. • Participation in collective bargaining negotiations, including mid-term and contract negotiations, with allowance for reasonable travel and preparation time. • Participation in Departmental meetings or Committees, including reasonable travel and preparation time. • Representation of employees during investigations, hearings, or administrative inquiries within the Appointing Authority, including reasonable travel and preparation time. • Non-grievance dispute resolution, including reasonable travel and preparation time. • Grievants shall be permitted to have time off without loss of pay for processing their grievances through the contractual grievance procedure, except that for class action grievances no more than three (3) grievants shall be granted such leave. • All leave granted under this Section shall require prior approval of the Human Resources Division/Office of Employee Relations. • Requests for all paid release time for the purpose of attending Union conventions must be made at least seven (7) days in advance of such conventionadvance.