Common use of COMPOSITION, SCHEDULE AND PROCESS Clause in Contracts

COMPOSITION, SCHEDULE AND PROCESS. The Committee shall be composed of up to six (6) Union representatives and number of representatives of management as determined by the Employer, as long as the number of management representatives are not greater in number than employee representatives. In addition, the President or Executives of the organizations, or their designees may attend the meetings. Other provisions for this Committee are as follows: A. The Committee shall be co-chaired by one of the Union representatives and one of the Employer representatives. The Committee may also decide to rotate facilitation of meetings or have meetings by video-conference. The Committee may meet quarterly, but no less than twice per calendar year, at a time mutually convenient to the Union and the Employer. B. The Union and the Employer co-chairs will prepare an agenda to be presented to the Committee prior to the scheduled meeting. If Employee Committee members provide at least seven (7) business days advance notice of the need to participate in a committee meeting, the Employee will be paid their regular rate of pay for time spent in any committee meeting if such time coincides with any scheduled hours of work that the worker foregoes by service on the Committee. C. The Union and the Employer shall pay any travel expenses for the participation of their respective representatives. Travel time to committee meetings will not be considered “hours worked” for purposes of wages or for any other purpose. D. Subject to the seven (7) business days advance notice noted above, Employee Committee members will be paid their regular rate of pay for time spent in the Committee Meeting that coincides with any scheduled hours of work that the worker foregoes by service on a committee. Such paid leave time shall be counted as “hours worked” and credited towards the employee’s Cumulative Career Hours and will be reported for purpose of health care eligibility. E. Minutes of the meetings will be presented to the Employer and the Union within thirty