Bargaining Leave Sample Clauses

Bargaining Leave. 21-1 Employees may choose an Executive Board composed of not more than five (5) members of the bargaining unit to bargain for wages and fringe benefits. The Department shall provide a qualified replacement for any member of this Board not to exceed three (3) members when, during said members normally assigned shift, his presence is required to report to a location remote from his normally assigned workplace for the purpose of negotiating sessions with the Chief and/or the Town as well as for conferences with the Association membership when said conferences are for the purpose of explaining or ratifying this agreement. This leave shall be reported as "bargaining leave". 21-2 Members of the Fire Department covered by this Agreement who are members of the Union's Executive Board, not to exceed three (3) members at any one time, shall be allowed reasonable time off to attend meetings, conferences, and conventions of the Rhode Island State Fire Fighters Association and meetings, conferences and conventions of the International Association of Fire Fighters without loss of pay and without the requirements to make up such time. 21-3 In addition to the foregoing, employees who are members of the Union's Executive Board, not to exceed three (3) members, shall be allowed reasonable time off without loss of pay and without the requirements to make up time for bargaining unit business in connection with conferences with its' attorney or Union representative regarding contract negotiation matters and/or arbitration matters concerning the Collective Bargaining Agreement and similar time off for conferences relative to bargaining unit grievances and grievance arbitration and attendance to such grievance arbitration hearings.

Bargaining Leave. Bargaining representatives in the employ of the Town shall have the privilege of attending collective bargaining meetings between the Union and the Town, if held during their regular working hours, without loss of basic remuneration. For the purpose of this Agreement, it is agreed that the numbers of employees covered under this Section shall not exceed a total of three (3) employees at any one time.

Bargaining Leave. The Company will pay employee’s wages at regular hourly rates for time at the negotiation meetings with the Company.

Bargaining Leave. If it is necessary for an employee to attend a grievance meeting or collective bargaining session while on duty, he or she will be excused from duty without loss of pay, provided, however, that compensation shall not be paid for time the employee normally would not be on duty and provided further that this benefit shall not be extended to more than two (2) employees on any given occasion.

Bargaining Leave. Upon the request by the Union, the Company will release without the loss of pay or other earned benefits, up to three (3) employees named by the Union to attend negotiation meetings. Not more than one (1) employee from each Department is to be released unless mutually agreed. The Union agrees to recompense the Employer for straight time hours (plus applicable shift premiums) where an employee is scheduled to work but has bargaining leave. Time spent on bargaining leave shall not be considered work hours and shall not be used to calculate overtime.