Common use of Release Time for New Employees and Union Representatives Clause in Contracts

Release Time for New Employees and Union Representatives. New Bargaining Unit employees shall be afforded twenty (20) minutes release time, without loss of pay to attend one of the regularly scheduled Union sponsored orientation meetings within the first ninety (90) days of the employee’s employment. A Local Union Officer or Job Xxxxxxx shall be granted up to twenty (20) minutes of unpaid release time to present a Union sponsored new employee orientation session provided they have notified and obtained approval from their supervisor at least ten (10) working days in advance of the scheduled session. Approval of release time for the new Employee, Union Officer or Shop Xxxxxxx shall not be unreasonably withheld.