Time Off for Meetings and Association Business. 4.01 Any employee who is a member of the Association's Negotiations or Grievance Committees shall have the privilege of attending without loss of salary or benefits, meetings of these committees held during working hours, and at which business is conducted with OUC officers and/or agents. OUC shall assist the employee in making satisfactory arrangements to cover his or her instructional or assigned duties as required by attendance at such meetings. 4.02 Provided permission is granted by the designated supervisor and arrangements can be made for covering duties, employees shall be given time off to attend to Association business. 4.03 Employees shall be given time off without loss of salary or benefits in order to appear, when required, before an arbitration board or a Labour Relations Board panel. 4.04 (1) OUC shall grant any requested one-year (July 1 to June 30) or half-year (July 1 to December 31 or January 1 to June 30) full or part-time releases for up to seven officers of the Association. The request for a release shall be made by written application to the OUC President by June 15 for a one-year release or a half-year release beginning July 1, and by October 31 for a half-year release beginning January 1. The total workload for these releases shall not exceed four full workloads as defined in Article 14.
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