Professional Rights. 4.1 With respect to professional employment, the religious, political, and private life of any member of the bargaining unit shall not be grounds for disciplinary action except as it may directly prevent him/her from effectively performing assigned functions during the work day or as it may expose the District to liability for the unit member to work with students. 4.2 Listening, recording, television, or other monitoring devices shall not be used by either the District or the unit member to violate each other’s rights. 4.3 A member of the bargaining unit who is an officer of a state, regional, or national educational organization, or who has been regularly elected by her/his local organization to represent the organization at a state, regional, or national convention, or who is on a program of such a convention or conference, may be excused without loss of salary to attend such convention. 4.4 Nothing contained herein shall be construed to deny any unit member his/her rights under the California Education Code or under other applicable state and federal law or constitution. 4.5 A unit member shall be entitled to representation by the Union on matters of employee/employer relations that may adversely affect him/her. 4.6 Each unit member shall, upon initial employment, receive a job description for his/her assignment. 4.7 No unit member shall be prohibited from accepting employment in two (2) or more of the District’s bargaining units. No combination of regular assignments may total more than forty (40) hours per week or have conflicting regular job schedules. 4.8 Upon request, a substitute may be provided for each absent unit member. 4.9 The District and Union shall form a joint committee, with equal representation, to examine and recommend appropriate in-service activities for unit members. 4.10 Whenever possible, United Support Personnel shall participate in the process of interviewing, selecting, training, and scheduling of United Support Personnel (USP).
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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement, Collective Bargaining Agreement, Collective Bargaining Agreement
