Release Time for Representation Clause Samples

Release Time for Representation. Whenever an employee has a legal right to representation, paid release time shall be provided for a union representative to attend management scheduled or mutually scheduled hearings, meetings, or bargaining sessions. As Agency business, no Form B or approval is required. Such representatives must inform their immediate supervisors as soon as they are made aware of the date and time of the representational activities. If the release of a union representative creates a work conflict, the administrator who scheduled the hearing/meeting may request that the meeting be rescheduled to another mutually agreeable date and time. However, no employee will be deprived of such representation due to such rescheduling.