Union Pool Time Sample Clauses
The 'Union Pool Time' clause defines how time worked by employees who are members of a union is tracked and managed, particularly in relation to pooled or collective time arrangements. Typically, this clause outlines the rules for accumulating, using, or distributing hours among union members, such as in overtime pools or shared shift systems. Its core function is to ensure fair and transparent allocation of work hours and benefits among unionized employees, thereby preventing disputes and promoting equitable treatment within the workforce.
Union Pool Time. Section 1 The City agrees to establish a fund called Union Pool Time and allow Union officials to utilize Union Pool Time for Union activities to be limited to negotiations, conferences, and other official meetings as directed by the Union Board.
Section 2 When the fund has been depleted, it will be the Union’s responsibility to replenish the fund through donations of Vacation Leave from its members. Each December, the Union will provide the City’s Finance Division with a roster of personnel wishing to donate to the Pool. The roster shall include the Union Member’s name, employee number, the number of hours they intend to donate and the member’s signature.
Section 3 Union Officials may utilize the hours in this pool for official Union functions provided that emergency response vehicles are not removed from service or that staffing is not reduced below the departmental minimum staffing level for each unit.
Section 4 After January 31 of each year, the Union may request to fill any vacant vacation slot with Union Pool Time for official Union business thereby securing the time slot for their use.
Union Pool Time. The Employer will grant four hundred (400) hours annually for use as AFSCME Pool Time. The total Pool Time may exceed four hundred (400) hours by employee contributions to this Pool. This time shall be used for the purpose of attending or handling a grievance meeting, negotiating session or arbitration; or attending AFSCME functions. Approval of such time shall be authorized by the AFSCME President, First Vice- President, Second Vice-President, or Secretary. Time will be charged in increments of one-half (1/2) hour. AFSCME may rollover not more than a total of two hundred (200) unused hours to a subsequent contract. . The employee that is to be off shall furnish an authorized request from AFSCME to his or her immediate supervisor, with reasonable advanced notice. This request will then be forwarded to the Department Director/Administrator, who shall then forward the request to the Chief Human Resources Officer for approval. Employees wishing to utilize this benefit are to use the established Union Pool Time Leave Request Form which will be available through the Human Resources Website, and shall also attach formal documentation from the Union for the meeting/function/activity causing the need for leave. It will be the responsibility of the Union to ensure that all their members are properly informed of activities, and that the proper steps are taken in order to be granted Union Pool Leave in order to participate in said activity. Employees receiving the Pool Time leave will be awarded leave hours based on the “cash value” of the leave. For purposes of negotiations, once the Union has informed the Chief Human Resources Officer who the negotiating members will be on behalf of the Union, the Chief Human Resources Officer will then inform management staff of these employees participation in the process. It will still be the responsibility of the Union Representatives to follow the proper protocol in requesting Union Pool Time for each negotiation session they wish to be considered for authorization to attend.
Union Pool Time. Employees may contribute up to eight (8) hours of earned annual leave each year to a Union Pool Time Bank. The contributions shall be voluntary and shall be made during the months of November and April each year. Union pool time may be utilized to avoid the loss of pay when permission is granted to clock out for any of the following purposes:
A. Preparation for and participating in collective bargaining, the contractual grievances and arbitrations.
B. Attending meetings and conventions relating to union business.
C. Engaging in other Union related activities. Administration of the Union Pool Time Bank shall be the sole responsibility of the Union and the only responsibility of the City is to transfer the earned annual leave upon the employee's written authorization to the Union Pool Time Bank and to pay employee's from the Bank upon a written request from the Union President or his/her designee specifying the hours, rate and activities for which the employee is to be paid.
Union Pool Time. Union members shall maintain a minimum balance of 120 hours of union pool which may be drawn upon at the discretion of the union. Donations of vacation time to this pool shall be donated in equal hours as needed to maintain the 120 hour balance and processed in writing upon union forms. The union will notify the Fire Chief, or his/her designee, as to the disbursement of union pool time.