Union Delegate and Officer Leave. A bank of one thousand five hundred (1500) hours for Bargaining Xxxx 0 and a bank of three hundred (300) hours for Bargaining Xxxx 00 for each year of the Agreement of paid time off will be made available to employees for Union business at the discretion of the Union. The Union shall reimburse the Employer for the cost of the salary and Employer’s share of the pension contribution for these one thousand five hundred (1500) hours. Such reimbursement shall be made to Highway Patrol Operating Account, Fund 036. Any employee using this time off shall receive his regular pay without loss of benefits, seniority or service credit. This leave may be used in conjunction with paid time such as compensatory time, personal leave and vacation at the option of the employee. The Union will notify the Employer of the names of those employees who may use this paid leave. The Union will notify the Employer of the dates of all conferences and conventions to which delegates may be sent two (2) months in advance of the event. Other uses of time by employees will require notice of fourteen (14) calendar days to the Facility Commander. In the event of an emergency, as defined by Article 66 of this Agreement, this leave may be canceled. Leave may be denied for reasons of operational necessity but it shall not be unreasonably denied. The Employer may require that all requests for any time away from an employee’s job duties pursuant to this Article be made by completing a form or log provided by the Agency. No employee will be granted any time away from an employee’s job duties pursuant to this Article, without completing the form or log and securing of permission from the employee’s supervisor or designee to utilize such time, prior to utilization of such time. The employee shall enter on the form the time the employee begins performing union work, and the time the employee returns to the employee’s job duties. Employees who do not return to their worksite prior to the end of the employees’ workday shall complete the form at the beginning of the employees’ next workday. Any employee granted time off pursuant to this Article shall be available by phone for emergency call back.
Union Delegate and Officer Leave. A bank of one thousand five hundred (1500) hours for Bargaining Xxxx 0 and a bank of three hundred (300) hours for Bargaining Xxxx 00 for each year of the Agreement of paid time off will be made available to members for Union business at the discretion of the Union. The Union shall reimburse the Employer for the cost of the salary and Employer’s share of the pension contribution for these one thousand five hundred (1500) hours. Such reimbursement shall be made to Highway Patrol Operating Account, Fund
Union Delegate and Officer Leave. A bank of one thousand five hundred (1500) hours for each year of the Agreement of paid time off will be made available to Union officers for Union business at the discretion of the Union. The Union shall reimburse the Employer for the cost of the salary and Employer's share of the pension contribution for these one thousand five hundred (1500) hours. Such reimbursement shall be made to Highway Patrol Operating Account, Fund 036. Any employee using this time off shall receive his regular pay without loss of benefits, seniority or service credit. This leave may be used in conjunction with paid time such as compensatory time, personal leave and holiday compensatory time at the option of the specific delegate or officer. If such leave is used in conjunction with vacations, employees must give twenty-one (21) days notice. No one (1) employee shall be allowed to use more than three hundred (300) hours of paid time in any one (1) calendar year. The Union will notify the Employer of the names of those employees who may use this paid leave. The Union will notify the Employer of the dates of all conferences and will notify the Employer of the dates of all conferences and conventions to which delegates may be sent two (2) months in advance of the event. Other uses of time by union officers will require notice of fourteen (14) calendar days to the Facility Commander. In the event of an emergency, as defined by Article 66 of this Agreement, this leave may be canceled. Paid leave may be denied for reasons of operational necessity but it shall not be unreasonably denied.
