Common use of Released Time for Employees Clause in Contracts

Released Time for Employees. 3.6.1 The Union shall be allowed released time for up to sixteen (16) classified employees for the purpose of attending joint negotiating sessions which are mutually scheduled by the parties dependent upon staff availability for continuing daily operations. Released time for negotiating sessions shall include Union caucuses in preparation for joint sessions. When such employees attend negotiating sessions with the District and miss regularly scheduled working hours, the employee shall suffer no loss of pay. Requests for leave shall be submitted to Human Resources no less than forty-eight (48) hours prior to the time of the requested release unless this time frame is waived by both parties due to extenuating circumstances. 3.6.1.1 Release time for negotiations or joint Union/management committee meetings shall be granted by authority of and notification from the superintendent's designee for employee relations to the affected school or office dependent upon staff availability for continuing daily operations. Members and alternates, if any, shall be named by the Union and reported to the superintendent's designee for employee relations prior to the granting of authorized release time for such alternates.