Common use of Paid Release Time Clause in Contracts

Paid Release Time. The College has granted to College employees who are Union officers for the bargaining unit two hundred and fifty (250) paid hours per fiscal year to be used for the investigation and adjustment of grievances through Level V of the grievance procedure and other Union business, such as meeting with new employees. Scheduled meetings where both the Union and Management are present, such as negotiations, arbitrations, fact-finding, and mediation, shall not be deducted from the allotted Union hours. Only time spent during scheduled working hours by representatives who are employees shall be charged against the paid-time allowance. Such paid time shall be charged and paid on written notice to the College’s Senior Human Resources Manager or designee. Such written notice shall include the names of the employees authorized to use the paid-time allowance, the amount each employee is authorized to use, and the nature of Union business. Such time shall be notated on the respective cost center payroll sheets as paid Union business, and each employee shall complete a Departmental Approval and Data Entry Form, which must be signed by the effected employee's immediate supervisor or designee.

Paid Release Time. The College has granted to College employees who are Union officers for the bargaining unit two hundred and fifty (250) paid hours per fiscal year to be used for the investigation and adjustment of grievances through Level V of the grievance procedure and other Union business, such as meeting with new employees. Scheduled meetings where both the Union and Management are present, such as negotiations, arbitrations, fact-finding, and mediation, shall not be deducted from the allotted Union hours. Only time spent during scheduled working hours by representatives who are employees shall be charged against the paid-time allowance. Such paid time shall be charged and paid on written notice to the College’s Senior Human Resources Manager or designee. Such written notice shall include the names of the employees authorized to use the paid-time allowance, the amount each employee is authorized to use, and the nature of Union business. Such time shall be notated on the respective cost center payroll sheets as paid Union business, and each employee shall complete a Departmental Approval and Data Entry Form, which must be signed by the effected employee's immediate supervisor or designee.