Release Time for Processing Grievances. Each time a designee is to be released from their job assignment, to assist another unit member with a grievance, reasonable release time shall be made available for the express purposes set forth in the Educational Employment Relations Act. Release time shall not be provided for a grievance investigation or preparation.
1. The designee shall complete an absence slip and have it approved by the immediate supervisor prior to the meeting.
a. In order for the designee to be released, they shall give the immediatesupervisor a prior day's notice before leaving their work station.
b. In cases of bonafide emergencies necessitating CSEA assistance, the designee shall be released.
2. The CSEA President shall authorize the designee who may request release time.
3. The CSEA President shall request release time from the Vice Chancellor, Human Resources, or designee, prior to the release time.
4. The Vice Chancellor, Human Resources, or designee, shall request release time from the designee’s immediate supervisor prior to the release time.
5. The designee shall notify the supervisor of the unit member that they are assisting prior to giving any assistance. CSEA and the Vice Chancellor, Human Resources, or the District Director of Human Resources, shall serve as designees for the purposes of such release time.
Release Time for Processing Grievances. Bargaining unit member(s) will be allowed paid release time that is not charged against hours provided in Section A of this Article for the purposes of processing grievances, addressing disciplinary actions, and conferring with management concerning grievances and collective bargaining issues.
Release Time for Processing Grievances. The CSEA will exclusively receive released time from duties for the processing of grievances past the Informal Level of the grievance procedure, Article 4 herein, for unit members who are designated as CSEA grievance representatives subject to the following conditions:
4.4.1 by no later than ten (10) days following the signing of this Agreement, the CSEA will designate in writing to the Superintendent five (5) unit members who are to receive released time and the sites that are to be represented by each.
4.4.2 twenty-four hours prior to release from duties for grievance processing, the designated representative informs his immediate supervisor in order that an adequate substitute may be obtained, if such is necessary; and
Release Time for Processing Grievances. The District agrees to provide a reasonable number of representatives of the Association release time for the purpose of processing grievances; however, every effort will be made to process grievances at times other than during the instructional day.
Release Time for Processing Grievances. In addition to the grievant, XXXX agrees to provide no more than two (2) representatives of the Association release time for the purpose of processing grievances; however, every effort will be made to process grievances at times other than during the instructional day. No reprisals of any kind will be taken by the MAAC or by any member or representative of the administration or the Board against any grievant, any party in interest, any bargaining unit member, the Association, or any other participant in the grievance procedure by reason of such participation.
