Union Time Pool. 27.1 All members of the bargaining unit who are not on probation as new employees may contribute 4 or more hours per year (either from personal leave hours, or compensatory time banks) to the union time pool. Provided that the maximum number of hours which may be accumulated in the pool under this Article is 240 hours.
27.2 This leave will be computed and placed in a bank on the 1st of October each year.
27.3 The Town Manager shall have the discretion to grant or deny use of pool time.
27.4 Union time pool hours not expended during the previous year will be compounded onto the new bank of hours beginning October 1 of each year, provided the maximum accumulation set forth in Section 27.1 is not exceeded.
27.5 The Town shall have the right to review this Article each year and to eliminate union time pool if it becomes an excessive administrative burden to the Town.
Union Time Pool. Effective upon ratification by the parties, a member of the bargaining unit shall voluntarily transfer one hour for annual leave time per fiscal year into a Union Time Pool so that City Union representatives may remain in a paid status while on approved union leave. One (1) hour will be deducted from the said volunteer member’s accrued annual leave in the second pay period of October based upon written authorization by the employee. All authorization forms must be submitted collectively by the Union to the City in the first week of October. Leave shall be granted in order to attend union conferences, training sessions, or other related union business. The Department Director may approve leave time in advance. Pool time shall not be unduly withheld. All requests for the use of the Union time pool shall be submitted through and include authorization from the Union president if the absence is to be covered by payments from the Union time pool.
Union Time Pool. 19 It shall be the Union's responsibility to supply to the City a Union Time Pool 20 Authorization form which includes the name of the employee and the hours of 21 vacation time donated by the employee to the pool. The form must be signed 22 by the employee donating time. Time donation may be made each April 1 and 23 October 1 and shall be in increments of not less than three (3) hours nor more 24 than forty-eight (48) hours. Time Pool hours may be drawn upon at the 25 discretion of the Union in increments of at least one (1) hour.
Union Time Pool. 24.01 Each employee may contribute up to 24.75 hours of vacation to Union Time Pool per year. The Union may use this time at its discretion for official union business, upon prior approval of the Police Chief or their designee. The Union President will notify the Police Chief or their designee at least twenty-four hours in advance in writing of the date time will be taken. In emergencies, notification time may be waived with the approval of Police Chief. However, in all cases the Police Chief or their designee may withhold approval if adequate personnel are not available to maintain services.
Union Time Pool. Effective upon ratification by the parties, a member of the bargaining unit shall voluntarily transfer one hour for annual leave time per fiscal year into a Union Time Pool so that City Union representatives may remain in a paid status while on approved union leave. One (1) hour will be deducted from the said volunteer member’s accrued annual or PTO (PAID TIME OFF) leave in the second pay period of October based upon written authorization by the employee. All authorization forms must be submitted collectively by the Union to the City in the first week of October. Leave shall be granted in order to attend union conferences, training sessions, or other related union business. The department director may approve leave time in advance. Pool time shall not be unduly withheld. All requests for the use of the Union time pool shall be submitted through and include authorization from the Union president if the absence is to be covered by payments from the Union time pool. Charges against the Union Time Pool shall be documented by the use of a Union Time Pool authorization form to be completed for each request. At a minimum, the form will identify the name of the user, the number of hours requested, employee's current hourly rate, the purpose of the request, and the signatures of the employee, department director or designee and the Union President. A record of all time donated and drawn against the Union Time Pool shall be kept by the department director or designee and Union President and a detailed summary will be submitted on October 1 and April 1 or each fiscal year to the Human Resources Department.
Union Time Pool. 29 The Employer shall create and the Union shall administer a time pool that 30 may be used to cover unpaid absences from work for such business 31 described in this Article. In the event the Union time pool hours fall below 32 100 hours, employees shall each contribute four (4) hours from accumulated 33 Vacation Leave into the pool. This donation is irrevocable and must be in 34 increments of at least four (4) hours although there is no limit to the hours a 35 Union member may donate. The hours in the Union time pool may be 36 debited to cover unpaid time off for Union business. Any authorization to 37 debit the Union time pool and credit the absent employee must be signed by 1 two (2) of the Union’s members, except that the Union time pool shall 2 reimburse the Employer for any overtime resulting from absences from work 3 related to this Article and no such authorization shall be required.
Union Time Pool. A. In accordance with article 7.01, the County is authorized to, and charged with the duty to, deduct one (1) hour of annual leave from every unit members’ leave bank and deposit it into the Union Time Pool during the first pay period of the calendar year. The Union agrees that it shall hold the County safe and harmless and shall indemnify the County against any claims or litigation made against the County or its personnel for donations to the Union Time Pool.
B. In the event of the complete depletion of the Union Time Pool, leave donations of either annual leave or pro rata sick leave may be made by unit members to the Union Time Pool.
C. The Time Pool may be drawn upon at the discretion of the Union President for use by a designated unit member(s), subject to the approval of the Fire Chief, or designee, in increments of quarter (¼) hours to conduct the business of the Union. Denials of such leave shall be provided to the Union President in writing. Time Pool leave shall not be available for sell back. Time Pool leave in excess of 675 hours on January 1st of each year shall be lost. All requests for leave shall be in compliance with all other provisions of Article 19, including approval by the Deputy Chief, or designee.
D. Any injury received or accident incurred by a Union member whose time is being paid for by the Union Time Pool, or while engaged in activities paid for by the Union Time Pool shall not be considered a line of duty injury, nor shall such injury or accident be considered to have been incurred in the course and scope of employment by the County within the meaning of Chapter 440, Florida Statutes, as amended. This section shall not include benefits obtainable through Florida Statutes 112.181.
E. The Union President or designee shall validate any claims in question.
Union Time Pool. The County and Union agree to establish a Union Time Pool for the purpose of conducting Union business. This time pool will be initially established by utilizing the balance remaining in the pre-existing Time Pool as of the date of ratification of this agreement. Effective the first pay period in October 2013 one (1) hour of Annual Leave shall be deducted from the balance of each dues paying Bargaining Unit member and added to the Time Pool balance, hour for hour. Effective the first pay period of each Fiscal Year thereafter, one (1) hour of Annual Leave shall be deducted from the Annual Leave balance of each dues paying Bargaining Unit member and added to the Time Pool balance, hour for hour. This deduction shall not be made from the Annual Leave balance of dues paying Bargaining Unit members during their initial Probationary period when the deduction is scheduled to be made. Dues paying Bargaining Unit members who have a balance less than one hour of Annual Leave at the time of the deduction do not have to make a contribution to the Time Pool according to the schedule listed above, however the member shall have the deduction made the first pay period thereafter that the member has an Annual Leave balance of one hour or greater. Hours not used at the end of each fiscal year shall be carried over from year to year. Determination of a request as being “Union Business” shall be at the sole discretion of the District Vice President or his designee. Any request to utilize the Union Time Pool must be initiated in writing through the chain of command, in the prescribed manner. Time off from duty under this provision must be approved by the Fire Chief or his designee and must be requested in amounts no less than 4 hours. Requests to utilize Union Time Pool will not be unreasonably denied, provided Xxxxx’s request does not interfere with Fire/EMS Department operations. Absences utilizing Union Time Pool shall count against the number of employees allowed off under the provisions of Article 18.5, except for collective bargaining, or unless otherwise approved by the Fire Chief or his designee. If the Union Time Pool should become depleted, employees may donate up to three (3) hours each Fiscal Year from accrued, but unused, Annual Leave to the Union Time Pool. Union and employees agree to hold County harmless and defend County against any and all claims by any and all employees under this Section.
Union Time Pool. A. Each dues-paying Union member shall contribute four (4) hours of annual leave, or four
Union Time Pool. Section 42.1 There will be a Union time pool created as established in the rank and file collective bargaining agreement that will allow bargaining unit members to contribute earned vacation hours, holiday leave hours (in twenty-four (24) hour increments), and/or up to twenty- four (24) hours of sick time annually for use by the Union so long as seventy-two (72) hours remain in the employee’s sick leave accrual after the deduction. The Union Secretary will present the proper forms to the Personnel Department and will assist in administration of the time pool if requested. Time off (using the time pool) will be subject to the Fire Chief or his designee’s approval. Requests must be authorized by a Union Officer before submission to the Fire Chief or his designee. The maximum accumulated hours in the pool shall be one thousand, six hundred (1,600).
