Common use of Career Ladders Clause in Contracts

Career Ladders. Within six (6) months of the implementation of the Career Release Time policy, MAPE will review the career ladders for MAPE classifications that were created by Human Resources. The career ladders which MAPE will review shall not be limited to those which provide horizontal movement by employees. Thereafter, the parties will meet to discuss 1) amending current career ladders to add additional career opportunities 2) developing training and communications materials about career ladders and career development to distribute to County employees. No more than three representatives of management and three representatives of labor shall attend these meetings unless the parties mutually agree to invite additional representatives. Union release time may be used for these meetings. The parties agree that this Side Letter of Agreement combined with the other related County policies, regulations and collective bargaining agreement language sufficiently addresses the subjects covered by the NOW consent decree and therefore MAPE supports the County’s action to pursue a petition to be released from the NOW consent decree. However, nothing herein requires MAPE to file a petition to intervene in the NOW consent decree litigation or to make any filing in U.S. District Court related to the Decree. SIDE LETTER AGREEMENT Crisis Specialists Pursuant to the parties collective bargaining agreement, Crisis Specialists working in the Psychiatric Emergency Services are entitled to a rest period of fifteen (15) minutes for each four