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UNION BUSINESS AND ACTIVITIES Section A. Time Off for Union Business. To the extent that attendance for Union business does not substantially and adversely interfere with the Employer's operation, properly designated Union Representatives, regardless of shift assignment, shall be allowed time off without pay for legitimate Union business such as Union meetings, Union Executive Board Meetings, local, state or area-wide Union committee meetings, State or International AFSCME or AFL-CIO conventions. The Local Union shall designate to the Appointing Authority in writing the person who is authorized to notify the Employer which employees are entitled to attend such meetings. This authorized person shall notify the Agency designee, no later than one (1) pay period prior to the start of the pay period during which such time off is requested, of the names of persons who are authorized to attend. Such notification shall be presented to the Agency designee in writing. Requests under this Section shall not be denied solely on the basis of timeliness. For the purposes of this Article, the Agency designee shall be identified at the first Labor-Management Meeting following ratification of this Agreement. The designee(s) shall be readily available for receipt of requests by Bargaining Unit members and shall forward such requests to the appropriate Employer representative for decision. No employee shall be entitled to be released and the Employer is under no obligation to permit repurchase of annual leave/comp time, pursuant to these provisions, unless notified by the authorized designated representative as provided above. The employee may utilize any accumulated time (compensatory, annual; compensatory time shall be used before annual, unless the employee is at the annual leave "cap") in lieu of taking such time off without pay. Such time off shall not be detrimental in any way to the employee's record. When the employee elects to utilize annual leave credits/comp time, the employee may "buy back" such credits without limitation or restriction subject to the following regulations: 1. Employees shall be permitted annual leave/comp time absence from work for such Union business up to a maximum of their accrued credits. 2. Employees may reinstate such expended credits by cash payment to the Department at the rate the employee was earning when the annual leave/comp time was used. The employee shall forward to the Appointing Authority the net amount of refund (gross salary less employee's federal, state and city withholding tax deductions, and social security tax) as computed by the Appointing Authority. This provision shall be administered in compliance with applicable tax statutes. 3. The employee shall be allowed to exercise the option of reinstating annual leave/comp time not more than once in each fiscal quarter of the fiscal year. Annual leave/comp time used in one fiscal year must be bought back no later than October 15 of the following fiscal year. Employees may buy back annual leave/comp time which they anticipate using prior to its usage only for conventions or schools in early fall. 4. Whenever the Union serves written notice of its intent to buy back annual leave during each designated interval of time, the Employer shall serve written notice to the Union within fourteen (14) calendar days as to the amount owed. The Union's notice shall indicate the number of hours which will be bought back by each employee, the dates involved, and the names of the employees. The Employer's notice shall indicate the amount owed by each employee. Upon receipt of such buy back, the annual leave/comp time shall be credited to the employee's annual/comp time accrual balance immediately. The increased annual/comp time balance will be reflected on employee's paycheck stubs in the same manner as regular leave balances and accruals. 5. Employees who use compensatory time for Union business may buy it back subject to the same conditions indicated above for annual leave. 6. The time frames for reinstating annual leave/comp time in the Department of Education shall remain in effect unless altered by secondary negotiations.

UNION BUSINESS AND ACTIVITIES Section A. Time Off for Union Business. To the extent that attendance for Union business does not substantially and adversely interfere with the Employer's operation, properly designated Union Representatives, regardless of shift assignment, shall be allowed time off without pay for legitimate Union business such as Union meetings, Union Executive Board Meetings, local, state or area-wide Union committee meetings, State or International AFSCME or AFL-CIO conventions. The Local Union shall designate to the Appointing Authority in writing the person who is authorized to notify the Employer which employees are entitled to attend such meetings. This authorized person shall notify the Agency designee, no later than one (1) pay period prior to the start of the pay period during which such time off is requested, of the names of persons who are authorized to attend. Such notification shall be presented to the Agency designee in writing. Requests under this Section shall not be denied solely on the basis of timeliness. For the purposes of this Article, the Agency designee shall be identified at the first Labor-Management Committee Meeting following ratification of this Agreement. The designee(s) shall be readily available for receipt of requests by Bargaining Unit members and shall forward such requests to the appropriate Employer representative for decision. No employee shall be entitled to be released and the Employer is under no obligation to permit repurchase of annual union leave/comp time, pursuant to these provisions, unless notified by the authorized designated representative as provided above. The employee may utilize any accumulated time (compensatory, annual; compensatory time shall be used before annual, unless the employee is at the annual leave "cap") in lieu of taking such time off without paypay up to a maximum of their accrued credits. Such time off shall not be detrimental in any way to the employee's record. When the employee elects to utilize annual leave credits/comp time, the employee may "buy back" such credits without limitation or restriction subject to the following regulations: 1. Employees shall be permitted annual leave/comp time absence from work Any pay provided for such Union business up to a maximum of their accrued creditsunion activity is governed by Civil Service Rules and Regulations. 2. Employees may reinstate such expended credits by cash payment to the Department at the rate the employee was earning when the annual leave/comp time was used. The employee shall forward to the Appointing Authority the net amount of refund (gross salary less employee's federal, state and city withholding tax deductions, and social security tax) as computed by the Appointing Authority. This provision shall be administered in compliance with applicable tax statutes. 3. The employee shall be allowed to exercise the option of reinstating annual leave/comp time not more than once in each fiscal quarter of the fiscal year. Annual leave/comp time used in one fiscal year must be bought back no later than October 15 of the following fiscal year. Employees may buy back annual leave/comp time which they anticipate using prior to its usage only for conventions or schools in early fall. 4. Whenever the Union serves written notice of its intent to buy back annual leave during each designated interval of time, the Employer shall serve written notice to the Union within fourteen (14) calendar days as to the amount owed. The Union's notice shall indicate the number of hours which will be bought back by each employee, the dates involved, and the names of the employees. The Employer's notice shall indicate the amount owed by each employee. Upon receipt of such buy back, the annual leave/comp time shall be credited to the employee's annual/comp time accrual balance immediately. The increased annual/comp time balance will be reflected on employee's paycheck stubs in the same manner as regular leave balances and accruals. 5. Employees who use compensatory time for Union business may buy it back subject to the same conditions indicated above for annual leave. 6. The time frames for reinstating annual leave/comp time in the Department of Education shall remain in effect unless altered by secondary negotiations.

UNION BUSINESS AND ACTIVITIES Section A. Time Off for Union Business. To the extent that attendance for Union business does not substantially and adversely interfere with the Employer's operation, properly designated Union Representatives, regardless of shift assignment, shall be allowed time off without pay for legitimate Union business such as Union meetings, Union Executive Board Meetings, local, state or area-wide Union committee meetings, State or International AFSCME or AFL-CIO conventions. The Local Union shall designate to the Appointing Authority in writing the person who is authorized to notify the Employer which employees are entitled to attend such meetings. This authorized person shall notify the Agency designee, no later than one (1) pay period prior to the start of the pay period during which such time off is requested, of the names of persons who are authorized to attend. Such notification shall be presented to the Agency designee in writing. Requests under this Section shall not be denied solely on the basis of timeliness. For the purposes of this Article, the Agency designee shall be identified at the first Labor-Management Meeting following ratification of this Agreement. The designee(s) shall be readily available for receipt of requests by Bargaining Unit members and shall forward such requests to the appropriate Employer representative for decision. No employee shall be entitled to be released and the Employer is under no obligation to permit repurchase of annual leave/comp time, pursuant to these provisions, unless notified by the authorized designated representative as provided above. The employee may utilize any accumulated time (compensatory, annual; compensatory time shall be used before annual, unless the employee is at the annual leave "cap") in lieu of taking such time off without pay. Such time off shall not be detrimental in any way to the employee's record. When the employee elects to utilize annual leave credits/comp time, the employee may "buy back" such credits without limitation or restriction subject to the following regulations: 1. Employees shall be permitted annual leave/comp time absence from work for such Union business up to a maximum of their accrued credits. 2. Employees may reinstate such expended credits by cash payment to the Department at the rate the employee was earning when the annual leave/comp time was used. The employee shall forward to the Appointing Authority the net amount of refund (gross salary less employee's federal, state and city withholding tax deductions, and social security tax) as computed by the Appointing Authority. This provision shall be administered in compliance with applicable tax statutes. 3. The employee shall be allowed to exercise the option of reinstating annual leave/comp time not more than once in each fiscal quarter of the fiscal year. Annual leave/comp time used in one fiscal year must be bought back no later ARTICLE 7 than October 15 of the following fiscal year. Employees may buy back annual leave/comp time which they anticipate using prior to its usage only for conventions or schools in early fall. 4. Whenever the Union serves written notice of its intent to buy back annual leave during each designated interval of time, the Employer shall serve written notice to the Union within fourteen (14) calendar days as to the amount owed. The Union's notice shall indicate the number of hours which will be bought back by each employee, the dates involved, and the names of the employees. The Employer's notice shall indicate the amount owed by each employee. Upon receipt of such buy back, the annual leave/comp time shall be credited to the employee's annual/comp time accrual balance immediately. The increased annual/comp time balance will be reflected on employee's paycheck stubs in the same manner as regular leave balances and accruals. 5. Employees who use compensatory time for Union business may buy it back subject to the same conditions indicated above for annual leave. 6. The time frames for reinstating annual leave/comp time in the Department of Education shall remain in effect unless altered by secondary negotiations.

UNION BUSINESS AND ACTIVITIES Section A. Time Off for Union Business. To the extent that attendance for Union business does not substantially and adversely interfere with the Employer's operation, properly designated Union Representatives, regardless of shift assignment, shall be allowed time off without pay for legitimate Union business such as Union meetings, Union Executive Board Meetings, local, state or area-wide Union committee meetings, State or International AFSCME or AFL-CIO conventions. The Local Union shall designate to the Appointing Authority in writing the person who is authorized to notify the Employer which employees are entitled to attend such meetings. This authorized person shall notify the Agency designee, no later than one (1) pay period prior to the start of the pay period during which such time off is requested, of the names of persons who are authorized to attend. Such notification shall be presented to the Agency designee in writing. Requests under this Section shall not be denied solely on the basis of timeliness. For the purposes of this Article, the Agency designee shall be identified at the first Labor-Labor- Management Meeting following ratification of this Agreement. The designee(s) shall be readily available for receipt of requests by Bargaining Unit members and shall forward such requests to the appropriate Employer representative for decision. No employee shall be entitled to be released and the Employer is under no obligation to permit repurchase of annual leave/comp time, pursuant to these provisions, unless notified by the authorized designated representative as provided above. The employee may utilize any accumulated time (compensatory, annual; compensatory time shall be used before annual, unless the employee is at the annual leave "cap") in lieu of taking such time off without pay. Such time off shall not be detrimental in any way to the employee's record. When the employee elects to utilize annual leave credits/comp time, the employee may "buy back" such credits without limitation or restriction subject to the following regulations: 1. Employees shall be permitted annual leave/comp time absence from work for such Union business up to a maximum of their accrued credits. 2. Employees may reinstate such expended credits by cash payment to the Department at the rate the employee was earning when the annual leave/comp time was used. The employee shall forward to the Appointing Authority the net amount of refund (gross salary less employee's federal, state and city withholding tax deductions, and social security tax) as computed by the Appointing Authority. This provision shall be administered in compliance with applicable tax statutes. 3. The employee shall be allowed to exercise the option of reinstating annual leave/comp time not more than once in each fiscal quarter of the fiscal year. Annual leave/comp time used in one fiscal year must be bought back no later than October 15 of the following fiscal year. Employees may buy back annual leave/comp time which they anticipate using prior to its usage only for conventions or schools in early fall. 4. Whenever the Union serves written notice of its intent to buy back annual leave during each designated interval of time, the Employer shall serve written notice to the Union within fourteen (14) calendar days as to the amount owed. The Union's notice shall indicate the number of hours which will be bought back by each employee, the dates involved, and the names of the employees. The Employer's notice shall indicate the amount owed by each employee. Upon receipt of such buy back, the annual leave/comp time shall be credited to the employee's annual/comp time accrual balance immediately. The increased annual/comp time balance will be reflected on employee's paycheck stubs in the same manner as regular leave balances and accruals. 5. Employees who use compensatory time for Union business may buy it back subject to the same conditions indicated above for annual leave. 6. The time frames for reinstating annual leave/comp time in the Department of Education shall remain in effect unless altered by secondary negotiations.

UNION BUSINESS AND ACTIVITIES Section A. Time Off for Union Business. To the extent that attendance for Union business absence from work does not substantially and adversely interfere with the Employer's operationoperations, properly designated Union Representativesrepresentatives, regardless of shift assignment, shall be allowed time off without pay for legitimate Union business such as Union meetings, Union Executive Board or Executive Council Meetings, local, state or area-area- wide Union committee meetings, State state or International AFSCME international SEIU or AFL-CIO meetings or conventions; the period of release without pay shall include the time for actual attendance, as well as necessary travel time to and from the function. The Local Union Except as may be mutually agreed to locally or on a case by case basis, an employee shall designate to furnish his/her designated supervisor written notice of the Appointing Authority in writing the person who is authorized to notify the Employer which employees are entitled employee's intention to attend such meetings. This authorized person shall notify the Agency designee, no later than one function at least two (12) pay period prior to the start work days in advance of the pay period during which such time off is requesteddate that work schedules must be established in accordance with Article 16, of the names of persons who are authorized to attend. Such notification shall be presented to the Agency designee in writing. Requests under this Section shall not be denied solely on the basis of timeliness. For the purposes of this ArticleE., the Agency designee shall be identified at the first Labor-Management Meeting following ratification of this Agreement. The designee(sIn addition to the notice from the employee required above, except as may be mutually agreed to locally on a case by case basis, the Union President or his/her designee shall also provide notice containing the name, Agency and Chapter of employees designated to attend such functions at least two (2) work days in advance of the date that work schedules must be established in accordance with Article 16, Section E., of this Agreement. Such notice shall not be perfected unless confirmed in writing not later than the first Monday following the end of the pay period. Such written notice shall be readily available for receipt of requests by Bargaining Unit members and shall forward such requests provided to the appropriate Employer representative for decisionnamed employee's Appointing Authority. No employee shall be entitled to be released released, and the Employer is under no obligation to permit repurchase of annual leave/comp time, leave pursuant to these provisions, unless notified designated by the authorized designated representative Union President or his/her designee as provided above. The employee may utilize any accumulated leave time (compensatory, deferred hours, annual; compensatory time shall be used before annual, unless the employee is at the annual leave "cap") in lieu of taking such time off without pay. Such time off shall not be detrimental in any way to the employee's record. When the employee elects to utilize annual leave credits/comp time, the employee may "buy back" such credits without limitation or restriction subject to the following regulations: 1. Employees shall be permitted annual leave/comp time leave absence from work for such Union business up to a maximum of their accrued credits. 2. Employees The employee may reinstate such expended credits used in the previous six (6) months by cash payment to the Department at the rate the employee was earning when the annual leave/comp time was usedemployee's current daily rate. The employee shall forward to the Appointing Authority Department the net amount of refund (gross salary less employee's federal, state and city withholding tax deductions, and social security tax) as computed by the Appointing Authority. This provision shall be administered in compliance with applicable tax statutes. 3. The employee shall be allowed to exercise the option of reinstating annual leave/comp time not more than once in each fiscal quarter of the fiscal year. Annual leave/comp time used in one fiscal year must be bought back no later than October 15 of the following fiscal year. Employees may buy back annual leave/comp time which they anticipate using prior to its usage only for conventions or schools in early fall. 4. Whenever the Union serves written notice of its intent to buy back annual leave during each designated interval of time, the Employer shall serve written notice to the Union within fourteen (14) calendar days as to the amount owed. The Union's notice shall indicate the number of hours which will be bought back by each employee, the dates involved, and the names of the employees. The Employer's notice shall indicate the amount owed by each employee. Upon receipt of such buy back, the annual leave/comp time shall be credited to the employee's annual/comp time accrual balance immediately. The increased annual/comp time balance will be reflected on employee's paycheck stubs in the same manner as regular leave balances and accruals. 5. Employees who use compensatory time for Union business may buy it back subject to the same conditions indicated above for annual leave. 6. The time frames for reinstating annual leave/comp time in the Department of Education shall remain in effect unless altered by secondary negotiations.,

UNION BUSINESS AND ACTIVITIES Section A. Time Off for Union Business. To the extent that attendance for Union business does not substantially and adversely interfere with the Employer's operation, properly designated Union Representatives, regardless of shift assignment, shall be allowed time off without pay for legitimate Union business such as Union meetings, Union Executive Board Meetings, local, state or area-wide Union committee meetings, State or International AFSCME or AFL-CIO conventions. The Local Union shall designate to the Appointing Authority in writing the person who is authorized to notify the Employer which employees are entitled to attend such meetings. This authorized person shall notify the Agency designee, no later than one (1) pay period prior to the start of the pay period during which such time off is requested, of the names of persons who are authorized to attend. Such notification shall be presented to the Agency designee in writing. Requests under this Section shall not be denied solely on the basis of timeliness. For the purposes of this Article, the Agency designee shall be identified at the first Labor-Management Meeting following ratification of this Agreement. The designee(s) shall be readily available for receipt of requests by Bargaining Unit members and shall forward such requests to the appropriate Employer representative for decision. No employee shall be entitled to be released and the Employer is under no obligation to permit repurchase of annual leave/comp time, pursuant to these provisions, unless notified by the authorized designated representative as provided above. The employee may utilize any accumulated time (compensatory, annual; compensatory time shall be used before annual, unless the employee is at the annual leave "cap") in lieu of taking such time off without pay. Such time off shall not be detrimental in any way to the employee's record. When the employee elects to utilize annual leave credits/comp time, the employee may "buy back" such credits without limitation or restriction subject to the following regulations: 1. Employees shall be permitted annual leave/comp time absence from work for such Union business up to a maximum of their accrued credits. 2. Employees may reinstate such expended credits by cash payment to the Department at the rate the employee was earning when the annual leave/comp time was used. The employee shall forward to the Appointing Authority the net amount of refund (gross salary less employee's federal, state and city withholding tax deductions, and social security tax) as computed by the Appointing Authority. This provision shall be administered in compliance with applicable tax statutes. 3. The employee shall be allowed al lowed to exercise the option of reinstating annual leave/comp time not more than once in each fiscal quarter of the fiscal year. Annual leave/comp time used in one fiscal year must be bought back no later than October 15 of the following fiscal year. Employees may buy back annual leave/comp time which they anticipate using prior to its usage only for conventions or schools in early fall. 4. Whenever the Union serves written notice of its intent to buy back annual leave during each designated interval of time, the Employer shall serve written notice to the Union within fourteen (14) calendar days as to the amount owed. The Union's notice shall indicate the number of hours which will be bought bo ught back by each employee, the dates involved, and the t he names of the employees. The Employer's notice shall indicate the amount owed by each employee. Upon receipt of such buy back, the annual leave/comp time shall be credited to the employee's annual/comp time accrual balance immediately. The increased annual/comp time balance will be reflected on employee's paycheck stubs in the same manner as regular leave balances and accruals. 5. Employees who use compensatory time for Union business may buy it back subject to the same conditions indicated above for annual leave. 6. The time frames for reinstating annual leave/comp time in the Department of Education shall remain in effect unless altered by secondary negotiations.