Release of Union Representatives. No Xxxxxxx or Chief Xxxxxxx shall leave his/her work to engage in employee representation activities authorized by this Agreement without first notifying and receiving approval from his/her supervisor or designee. Such approval shall normally be granted and under no circumstances shall unreasonably be denied. In the event that approval is not granted for the time requested by such Union Representative, the Union, at its discretion, may either request an alternate Union Representative or have the activity postponed and rescheduled. In making such request, the Union will provide timely representation so that the activity would not be unreasonably delayed.
Release of Union Representatives. No Local Union representative shall leave his/her work to engage in employee representation activities authorized by this Agreement without first notifying and receiving approval from his/her supervisor or designee. Such approval shall normally be granted and under no circumstances shall unreasonably be denied. In the event that approval is not granted for the time requested by such Local Union representative, the Union, at its discretion, may either request an alternate Local Union representative or have the activity postponed and rescheduled. Employees shall be allowed time off with pay during working hours to attend grievance meetings, Labor-Management meetings, committee meetings and activities if such committees have been established by this Agreement, or meetings called or agreed to by the Employer, or the Department of Civil Service (including the Civil Service Commission or Employment Relations Board), if such employees are entitled by the provisions of this Agreement to attend such meetings or such activities by virtue of being Union representatives, Stewards, witnesses, and/or grievants, except in the case of justified emergency as claimed by the Appointing Authority. If an employee is not released to attend such meetings in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement, the Union may request the appropriate authority to postpone and reschedule such meeting. In those cases where the Union makes such request, the Employer will grant or concur in such request. When Labor-Management Meetings or such meetings recognized by Management are held at other than the employee's scheduled work time, for purposes of pay only, properly designated Local Union representatives shall be permitted an equivalent amount of time off from scheduled work on their upcoming or previous shift or by mutual agreement on another day in the pay period only in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement. The granting of comp time for such activities shall be an appropriate subject for secondary negotiations in the Department of Education. In the event a grievance conference is scheduled on an employee's R-day, and the employee requests that the meeting be rescheduled, the Employer shall concur with such request. Should the rescheduling of the grievance conference affect either party's ability to meet contractual time frames for grievance responses or appeals, upon request of either party, the parties shall enter into a written agreement extending the time frames in such...
Release of Union Representatives. No Xxxxxxx, Chief Xxxxxxx or Chapter President shall leave work to engage in employee representation activities without first notifying and receiving authorization from his/her supervisor or designee. Such approval shall normally be granted and under no circumstances shall it be unreasonably denied. In the event that approval is not granted for the time requested by such designated representative and the representation activity is within his/her jurisdictional area, the Union, at its discretion, may either request that a different Union Representative be released for such purpose or that the matter be postponed and rescheduled. Such a request shall normally be granted and under no circumstances shall it be unreasonably denied. In making such request, the Union will provide timely representation so that the activity would not be unreasonably delayed. The designated Representative shall not contact or interrupt the employee while at work without first notifying and receiving authorization from the employee's supervisor.
Release of Union Representatives. The Chief Steward, Steward, Alternate Xxxxxxx, or other Union Representative shall first notify and receive approval from his/her supervisor before leaving his/her work to engage in employee representational activities authorized by this Agreement. Such approval shall normally be granted. In the event that approval is not granted for the time requested by such Union Representative, the Union, at its discretion, may either request an alternate Union Representative or have the activity postponed and rescheduled. It is the Union’s sole discretion to designate its representatives in accordance with this article. The Employer will make every effort to allow Union Representatives to be released for representational activities as early in the work shift as possible.
Release of Union Representatives. No Union Representative shall leave his/her work to engage in employee representation activities without first notifying and receiving approval from his/her supervisor or designee. Such approval shall normally be granted and under no circumstances shall unreasonably be denied. In the event that approval is not granted for the time requested by such representative the Union, at its discretion, may either request an alternate representative or have the activity postponed and rescheduled. In making such request, the Union will provide timely representation to avoid delay. The Employer shall make every reasonable effort to minimize the adverse impact on shift employees in scheduling meetings. If an employee scheduled for a grievance, investigative interview/meeting, or disciplinary conference is employed at a work site where a Xxxxxxx or alternate is designated and available, the Employer shall be obligated to release only such Xxxxxxx or alternate at the employee's work site.
Release of Union Representatives. No Xxxxxxx, Chief Xxxxxxx or Chapter President shall leave work to engage in employee representation activities without first notifying and receiving authorization from his/her supervisor or designee. Such approval shall normally be granted and under no circumstances shall it be unreasonably denied. In the event that approval is not granted for the time requested by such designated representative and the representation activity is within his/her jurisdictional area, the Union, at its discretion, may either request that a different Union Representative be released for such purpose or that the matter be postponed and rescheduled. Such a request shall normally be granted and under no circumstances shall it be unreasonably denied. In making such request, the Union will provide timely representation so that the activity would not be unreasonably delayed. The Xxxxxxx, Chief Xxxxxxx, Chapter President or MCO Staff Representative shall not contact or interrupt the employee while at work without first notifying and receiving authorization from the employee's supervisor.
Release of Union Representatives. 6 The Chief Steward, Steward, Alternate Xxxxxxx, or other Union Representative 7 shall first notify and receive approval from his/her supervisor before leaving his/her work 8 to engage in employee representational activities authorized by this Agreement. Such 9 approval shall normally be granted. In the event that approval is not granted for the 10 time requested by such Union Representative, the Union, at its discretion, may either 11 request an alternate Union Representative or have the activity postponed and 12 rescheduled. It is the Union’s sole discretion to designate its representatives in 13 accordance with this article. The Employer will make every effort to allow Union 14 Representatives to be released for representational activities as early in the work shift 15 as possible.
Release of Union Representatives. 38 No Union Representative shall leave his/her work to engage in employee 39 representation activities without first notifying and receiving approval from his/her 40 supervisor or designee. Such approval shall normally be granted and under no 41 circumstances shall unreasonably be denied. 42 43 In the event that approval is not granted for the time requested by such 44 representative the Union, at its discretion, may either request an alternate 45 representative or have the activity postponed and rescheduled. In making such 46 request, the Union will provide timely representation to avoid delay.
Release of Union Representatives. 43 No Union Representative shall leave his/her work to engage in employee representation 44 activities without first notifying and receiving approval from his/her supervisor or 45 designee. Such approval shall normally be granted and under no circumstances shall 46 unreasonably be denied. 2 In the event that approval is not granted for the time requested by such representative 3 the Union, at its discretion, may either request an alternate representative or have the 4 activity postponed and rescheduled. In making such request, the Union will provide 5 timely representation to avoid delay. 7 The Employer shall make every reasonable effort to minimize the adverse impact on 8 shift employees in scheduling meetings. 10 If an employee scheduled for a grievance, investigative interview/meeting, or 11 disciplinary conference is employed at a work site where a Xxxxxxx or alternate is 12 designated and available, the Employer shall be obligated to release only such Xxxxxxx 13 or alternate at the employee's work site.
