Common use of Personal or Career Development Training Clause in Contracts

Personal or Career Development Training. Personal or career development training programs will be designed as an educational self-development aid to assist employees in their personal development or preparing them for career progression opportunities or job changes within the Company. (a) Training under such program will be generic in nature as opposed to job specific and will cover technical, sales, clerical and other fundamental skills. (b) Any regular employee, except a regular term employee, with at least one year of net credited service will be eligible to participate in such training program under the terms of such program. (c) Participation by employees in the personal or career development training program will be voluntary, and time spent by employees in such training will be outside scheduled working hours and not paid or considered as time worked for any purpose. (d) Successful completion by an employee of any training or courses offered pursuant to such program will be taken into account by the Company when considering the employee for an upgrade or transfer.