Representative’s Rights. The District agrees that the officers and members of the Union shall be granted leaves of absence on Union business as authorized by the Union, when so requested. It is further agreed that any member of this Union who now holds office, or shall be appointed or elected to any office in said Union, which requires his/her absence from the District’s employ, shall upon his/her retirement from said office be placed in his/her former position with full seniority rights, rates of pay, vacation and retirement pay rights. Union business is further defined to mean employment directly and solely by the Union, or the International Union of which it is a division.
Representative’s Rights. The District agrees that the officers and members of the Association shall be granted leaves of absence on Association business as authorized by the Association, when so requested. It is further agreed that any member of this Association who now holds office, or shall be appointed or elected to any office in said Association, which requires his absence from the District's employ, shall upon his retirement from said office be placed in his former position with full seniority rights, rates of pay, vacation and retirement pay rights. Association business is further defined to mean employment directly and solely by the Association, or the International Association of which it is a division.
Representative’s Rights. Section 5.1- Recognition of Shop Stewards. From among the employees employed in the bargaining unit, the Union may designate and the Company will recognize not more than two (2) Shop Stewards per one hundred (100) bargaining unit employees to serve as the Union’s agent in the representation of employees in the bargaining unit. The Company will not be required to recognize any employee as a Shop Xxxxxxx unless the Union has informed the Company, in writing, of the employee's name.
Representative’s Rights. The Recognized Employee Organization may select a total of four (4) representatives for the Unit. The Recognized Employee Organization shall give to the City a written list of Unit members who have been selected as representatives. The Recognized Employee Organization shall keep this list current. Representatives may spend a reasonable amount of time to promptly and expeditiously investigate and process grievances without loss of pay or benefits of any kind. To investigate and process means to discuss the matter with the grievant, record information, advise or recommend action, assist in the completion of documents necessary for the formal grievance processing, investigate allegations which may form the basis for the grievance, and, if so requested, appear with the grievant at the first formal level of grievance resolution. Representatives shall be free from reprisal and shall not in any way be coerced, intimidated or discriminated against as a result of their activities and roles as representatives. Representatives shall notify and obtain permission from their department head before leaving their work to transact any employee organization business. Permission will be granted promptly unless such absence would cause an undue interruption of work. Upon entering another represented Unit member's work place on employee organization business, the representative shall obtain permission from the Unit member's department head. If such permission cannot be granted promptly, the representative will be immediately informed when the time will be available. The Recognized Employee Organization agrees that a representative shall not log compensatory time or overtime pay for the time spent performing any function of a representative. Both permission and denial of a request to leave a work location by a representative shall be recorded with a signature by the immediate supervisor. Notations as to the reasons for a possible denial of the request and the time when time may be expected to be made available should be recorded. The role of the representative is to provide timely grievance representation at the first steps of the grievance procedure in an effort to resolve grievances at the lowest possible level and to increase communications between the City and the Recognized Employee Organization.
Representative’s Rights a. a. The District agrees that the officers and members of the Union shall be granted leave of absences release time for on Union business as authorized by the Union, when so requested. It is further agreed that any member of this Union who now holds office, or shall be appointed or elected to any office in said Union, which requires his/her absence release time from the District’s employ, shall upon his/her retirement from said office be placed in his/her former position with full seniority rights, rates of pay, vacation and retirement pay rights. Upon the conclusion of the their release time, the District will allow officers and members of the Union granted release time the option to buy sick leave they would have accrued during the authorized release time at their hourly rate upon reemployment. Their total sick bank shall not exceed the maximum stated in Art. 1, Sec. 9, Par. 5(m). Union business is further defined to mean employment directly and solely by the Union, or the International Union of which it is a division.
Representative’s Rights. The City will recognize the Union representative(s) in settling grievances concerning matters addressed in this MOU with the City Management It is understood and agree that the handling of any grievance will not interfere with the duties of the representative(s) as an employee. Accordingly, a representative(s) who is released by a supervisor to investigate or to meet with City officials shall return promptly to his/her assigned duties.
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