Common use of Time for Learning Clause in Contracts

Time for Learning. The Union and the University recognize the complexity of balancing work responsibilities with the time away from regular duties often necessary for education, training, or professional development. Cooperation between staff members and managers in scheduling is therefore critical to making workforce learning opportunities real and accessible, and to ensuring productive operations. Requests for time away from regular work duties to participate in professional development may not be unreasonably denied. Employees who participate in job-related or development-oriented training programs during work hours should be paid for those hours, and should not be required to make up those hours at another time. To be eligible to transfer, an employee must have been in her/his current position for at least six months on the regular payroll and be meeting current job standards. Transfer candidates will receive preference when the decision to hire is between equally qualified internal and external candidates bearing in mind considerations of affirmative action. All transfer candidates will receive timely and appropriate information and appropriate feedback on a decision not to interview or not to hire.