Common use of Educational Support Clause in Contracts

Educational Support. It is the desire of the EMPLOYER and the UNION to encourage all employees to avail themselves of additional educational advancement. To that end, the parties agree that efforts will be made to accommodate employees’ work schedules who are enrolled in educational courses. While the parties acknowledge that it may not be possible to accommodate each employee’s request, an effort will be made to make accommodations through the schedule bidding process, which may include modification of assignments or other flexible work schedules in order to accommodate class needs. Whenever the employee’s schedule cannot be accommodated by accommodations, the Employee shall be allowed to utilize substitutions (swaps) and annual leave time to complete their course requirements.