Common use of Release Time for Negotiations Clause in Contracts

Release Time for Negotiations. 26.4.1 CSEA shall have the right to designate up to five (5) Unit Members and one (1) alternate who shall be allowed to attend, without loss of compensation, scheduled meetings with designated representatives of the District to meet and confer on matters within the scope of representation. This release time shall include a reasonable amount of travel time to and from such meetings when they are conducted at a location other than a Unit Member’s work location. 26.4.2 The designated members of the CSEA negotiating team shall be granted up to twenty (20) minutes of time for negotiations preparation for every one (1) hour of scheduled meeting time with designated representatives of the District, to be used at the beginning of each scheduled meeting. 26.4.3 CSEA shall notify the Vice Chancellor of Human Resources in writing of the names of the designated members of the negotiating team. If a change in designated negotiating team members is made, CSEA shall notify the Vice Chancellor of Human Resources in writing within five (5) working days of such change. 26.4.4 The Vice Chancellor of Human Resources or designee shall notify the appropriate Immediate Management Supervisors of the names of the designated CSEA negotiating team members and shall provide to them, as soon as available, a schedule of the dates and times of scheduled negotiations meetings. If a scheduled negotiations meeting is canceled by either CSEA or the District, or if a change in the dates and times of scheduled negotiations meetings is made, CSEA negotiating team members will promptly notify their Immediate Management Supervisors. A copy of the aforementioned schedule shall be provided to each member of the CSEA negotiating team. 26.4.5 CSEA negotiating team members shall specify, on their monthly time sheets, the dates and times of release time taken for participation in negotiations pursuant to the provisions of this Article.