Released Time for UFF Representative(s) Clause Samples

Released Time for UFF Representative(s). ‌ The University agrees to provide a total of two (2) units of released time per Semester (Fall and Spring) to full-time Faculty designated by the UFF for the purpose of carrying out the UFF’s obligations in representing Faculty and administering this Agreement. The UFF may designate Faculty to receive released time during the Academic Year, subject to the condition that no more than one (1) Faculty Member per fifteen (15) Faculty Members per Department/Unit may be granted released time at any one time, nor may any Faculty Member be granted more than a one (1) unit reduction in a single Semester. The University agrees to provide one (1) additional unit of released time for those Semesters (Fall or Spring only) when UFF and the University are engaged in collective bargaining (as indicated by the dates included in Article 32 (Amendment and Duration)). The UFF will provide the University with a list of requested representatives for the Academic Year no later than May 1 of the preceding Academic Year. Upon approval of the representatives by the University, the representatives will serve for one (1) Academic Year. Substitutions for the Spring Semester may be made upon written notification submitted by the UFF to the University no later than October 15. A “unit” of released time will consist of a reduction in teaching load of one (1) course per Fall or Spring Semester for instructional Faculty or, for non-instructional Faculty, a reduction in workload of ten (10) hours per week. Released time will be used for conducting University-related UFF business, at the University or State level, and will not be used for lobbying or other political representation. Leave for lobbying or other political representation may be purchased by the UFF pursuant to Section 3.4 (Leave of Absence—Union Activity). Faculty who are on leave of any kind, other than leave pursuant to Section 3.4 (Leave of Absence—Union Activity) will not be eligible to receive released time. Upon the failure of the UFF to provide a list of representatives by the specified deadlines, the University may refuse to honor any of the released time requests which were submitted late. Substitutions submitted after the October 15 deadline will be allowed at the discretion of the University.