Common use of Employee Organization Leave Clause in Contracts

Employee Organization Leave. ‌ The Union will provide the Legislative Council or its designee with a list of three (3) bargaining unit employees that it has designated as stewards (the “designated stewards”). The Union will promptly notify the Legislative Council or its designee when changes occur. The designated stewards will be allowed an aggregate of seventy-two (72) hours away from work in a calendar year without loss of pay for required meetings, to attend meetings with new employees, to investigate and process grievances that arise in the bargaining unit, or to attend xxxxxxx training. All other leave to attend xxxxxxx training during the workday must be either 1) during the employee’s nonworking time, or 2) the employee must request legislative leave, vacation leave or use compensating time, or 3) the employee may request unpaid leave. When leave to attend xxxxxxx training is requested, the Legislative Council must receive ten (10) workdays’ advance notice. Requests will be approved if it is determined that the employee’s absence will not adversely affect operations or place an undue work burden on other employees. When a designated xxxxxxx requests time away from work to investigate or process a grievance, the office director must give approval unless the time away from work would adversely affect operations or place an undue work burden on other employees. If the request cannot be approved immediately because of operational considerations or work demands, it will be approved as soon as it is reasonably practical. Xxxxxxx activity that extends beyond the scheduled workday will not be considered time worked for benefits or pay purposes. MSEA retains the exclusive right to nominate, replace, and/or otherwise select the Administrative Unit of Legislative Employees’ representative to any legislatively-approved and/or statutory commission, council, and/or board with designated membership for the bargaining unit and/or its employees, subject to subsections a and b as follows:

Employee Organization Leave. ‌ The Union will provide the Legislative Council or its designee with a list of three (3) bargaining unit employees that it has designated as stewards (the “designated stewards”). The Union will promptly notify the Legislative Council or its designee when changes occur. The designated stewards will be allowed an aggregate of seventy-two (72) hours away from work in a calendar year without loss of pay for required meetings, to attend meetings with new employees, to investigate and process grievances that arise in the bargaining unit, unit or to attend xxxxxxx training. All other leave to attend xxxxxxx training during the workday must be either 1) during the employee’s nonworking time, or 2) the employee must request legislative leave, vacation leave or use compensating time, or 3) the employee may request unpaid leave. When leave to attend xxxxxxx training is requested, the Legislative Council must receive ten (10) workdays’ advance notice. Requests will be approved if it is determined that the employee’s absence will not adversely affect operations or place an undue work burden on other employees. When a designated xxxxxxx requests time away from work to investigate or process a grievance, the office director must give approval unless the time away from work would adversely affect operations or place an undue work burden on other employees. If the request cannot be approved immediately because of operational considerations or work demands, it will be approved as soon as it is reasonably practical. Xxxxxxx activity that extends beyond the scheduled workday will not be considered time worked for benefits or pay purposes. Bargaining unit employees who are elected to serve a term on the Board of Directors of MSEA-SEIU or on the executive board of their affiliated international union will be allowed an aggregate for the bargaining unit of five (5) days away from work in a calendar year, to attend meetings of the board upon reasonable notice to their supervisors. Such leave may be taken in 15 minute increments and only when the legislature is not in regular or special session. The employee may use accrued leave or take unpaid leave to attend such meetings. MSEA retains the exclusive right to nominate, replace, and/or otherwise select the Administrative Unit of Legislative Employees’ representative to any legislatively-approved and/or statutory commission, council, and/or board with designated membership for the bargaining unit and/or its employees, subject to subsections a (a) and b as follows:(b):