Common use of Voluntary Reduction in Assigned Time Clause in Contracts

Voluntary Reduction in Assigned Time. A reduction in assigned time may occur when an employee voluntarily requests to surrender his/her "vested" rights to a specific number of hours. Such voluntary agreements shall be reduced to writing with copies going to the immediate management supervisor and the Superintendent or his/her designee. An employee may request a voluntary reduction in hours for a specified period of time and the hours reduced may be restored before the time period has elapsed to his/her original assigned hours by mutual agreement between the Union and the Superintendent or his/her designee. Prior to the employee's submission of a request for a voluntary permanent reduction in hours, the employee shall receive written concurrence from the Union.