Use of Official Time. The employee, and his or her designated representative, may use reasonable amounts of official time to prepare and present grievances. The scheduling of the use of official tie is subject to supervisory determination, taking into account mission requirements.
Use of Official Time. The Employer and Council 169 share the mutual responsibility of ensuring that official time is used only for purposes authorized in this agreement. The Employer and Council 169 support the prudent use of official time and will authorize only the amount necessary to complete the authorized representational function.
Use of Official Time. 1. When it is necessary for a Union representative to use official time for representational purposes, the Union representative will inform their immediate supervisor of the dates and times, and general purpose of the official time. In the event that a pressing job-related need precludes the immediate excusal of the Union representative, the supervisor will inform the Union representative of the earliest time they will be permitted to use official time. The Union representative will report to the supervisor upon the end of their use of official time.
Use of Official Time. A. Local Officials
Use of Official Time. A. Permitted Use of Official Time Union representatives may request official time from the Employer, and the Employer shall grant the use of official time for purposes identified in Section 4.3. The Representative shall not be released from his/her work assignments until the supervisor or the supervisor’s designee grants approval for the official time. Everything in this Article applies whether the Representative will be using official time at his or her workstation or away from his or her workstation. For brief (less than 10 minutes) incoming and outgoing telephone calls and/or personal visits with the Union Representative by an employee or representative of the Employer to discuss a representational matter, no prior approval is required. Official time shall be approved unless approval would result in interfering with the completion of key work assignments of the work unit.
Use of Official Time. Check-Out, Check-In
Use of Official Time. Section 1. In addition to any meetings concerning grievances, up to two designated Union representatives or their alternates will be granted administrative leave to attend not more than one monthly meeting with Employer's designees for the purpose of resolving problems dealing with the implementation of this Agreement. Nothing herein shall preclude the scheduling of additional meetings in any month when such scheduling is mutually agreeable to the parties.
Use of Official Time. Section 7. The Union recognizes the right of the Employer to make temporary work assignments which may be outside an employee's classification. Such temporary assignments will not exceed nine (9) months in length. Once an employee is temporarily assigned to work outside of his/her classification, that employee will not again receive the same temporary work assignment outside a classification for a period of one year from the date the first assignment expired. Whenever an employee is temporarily charged to perform in general the duties and responsibilities of a position in a higher rated classification that are separate and distinct from those of the employees own position for a period of at least ten (l0) full consecutive workdays in a calendar quarter, the employee shall be compensated at an amount equal to four and one-half percent of the employee's current rate of pay, or at the starting rate of the pay range for the higher class, whichever is greater. It is expressly understood that this Section shall not be construed to provide out-of- class pay for employees in pay range 11 who are assigned to perform the duties and responsibilities of a pay range 11 management employee. Such employee who is being paid at the higher rate will also be paid at the higher rate for a holiday which occurs during the period of temporary assignment provided he/she is assigned to perform the higher level duties and responsibilities on his/her scheduled workday immediately before and immediately after such holiday. The holiday shall not count toward the requirement of ten (l0) full consecutive workdays. For the purpose of this Section, the calendar quarters shall be defined as beginning with the first full pay period in January through March 31, April 1 through June 30, July 1 through September 30, and October 1 through the last full pay period of the leave calendar year, which is the pay period that includes December 31.
Use of Official Time. Union Representatives will be granted official time in accordance with Sections 7131 (a) and (c) of 5 U.S.C. 7131 and for committee meetings convened at the Employer’s request; arbitrations; other administrative hearings arising from the labor-management activities; or labor-management training and meetings authorized by the Employer. In addition, Stewards will be granted reasonable time to conduct necessary representational duties as required by law, regulation, or this Agreement. Reasonable time is defined as that period of time necessary to accomplish representational obligations established by the terms and provisions of this Agreement. A bank of 1200 hours of official time will be set aside each calendar year for use by the Shop Chair, Chief Xxxxxxx, and Assistant Chief Xxxxxxx to perform contract administration and representational activities. Union Officials may draw on this bank in amounts not to exceed 24 hours by any one official in any one pay period. The Union will notify the supervisor prior to the use of official time that time from the bank will be used, and will also notify the Principal Management Contact in writing, no later than the second workday following the end of the pay period, of the number of hours used from the bank each pay period. Workloads of the aforementioned Union Officials will be adjusted to accommodate time used for representational duties unless to do so would interfere with the Employer’s ability carry out its missions. In the event the bank of official time is exhausted before the end of the calendar year, and when work conditions are such that the Union Official may be excused from work, the above Union Officials will be granted reasonable time to conduct necessary representational duties as required by law, regulation, or this Agreement. Requests for official time for stewards and for official time in excess of the bank by the aforementioned Union Officials will be made on the “Request for Official Time” form, included as Appendix 5. When use of official time is denied, the reason for the denial will be included on this form.
Use of Official Time. 12.1 Union officers, officials and stewards shall be permitted up to a total of eight (8) hours per pay period, averaged over a six (6) month period during working hours without loss of leave or pay to effectively represent employees in accordance with this Agreement. Should the Union demon-strate a need for more official time to perform representational duties as defined in 5 U.S.C., Chapter 71, official time shall be granted in any amount the Agency and the exclusive representative involved agree to be reason-able, necessary and in the public interest. The Parties agree that the Union will guard against the abuse of official time.
