Paid Release Time. Employees will be provided a reasonable amount of time during their normal working hours to meet with the union xxxxxxx and/or staff representative to process a grievance. In addition, employees will be released during their normal working hours to prepare for and attend meetings or hearings scheduled by management for the following: 1. Informal grievance resolution meetings, grievance meetings, alternative dispute resolution meetings, mediation sessions and arbitration hearings, in accordance with Article 30, Grievance Procedure, and held during his or her work time; a. Subpoenaed Witnesses in an Arbitration When an employee is subpoenaed as a witness on behalf of the Union in an arbitration case, the employee may appear without loss of pay if he or she appears during his or her work time, providing the testimony given is related to his or her job function or involves matters he or she has witnessed, and is relevant to the arbitration case. Every effort will be made to avoid the presentation of repetitive witnesses. 2. Management scheduled investigatory interviews and/or pre- disciplinary meetings, in accordance with Article 29, Discipline, and; 3. Negotiations in accordance with Article 37, Mandatory Subjects.
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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement, Collective Bargaining Agreement, Collective Bargaining Agreement
