Union Time Bank. The Union President or his designated representative(s) shall have available a bank of three hundred (300) hours maximum per contract year to conduct Union business. This means the combined hours used by the Union President and his designated representative(s) to conduct the activities described in this Article shall not exceed three hundred (300) hours per contract year. No hours from this bank shall be carried forward past the expiration of the contract year.
Union Time Bank. The City and Union agree to establish and maintain a time bank to provide for backfilling of positions vacated by union members while attending union functions or conducting the business of the Union. All requests for use of the time bank shall be submitted to the Union President or designee. The Union President or designee shall have sole discretion as to the granting of time bank leave.
Union Time Bank. 3.3.1 On January 1st of each year, the Company shall grant the Union fifteen hundred (1500) time bank credit hours per calendar year. Unused time bank credits can be carried forward to the following year for the duration of this contract. Upon completion of this contract, the unused time bank credits may be used for the purpose of negotiating the following agreement.
Union Time Bank. A Union Time Bank shall be maintained, allowing members of Local 3501 designated by the Union President to utilize the time bank for union activities. Use of Union Leave shall be approved through the time-off request process and shall not be unreasonably denied by the City. To contribute vacation hours to the Union Bank, an employee must submit a "Voluntary Authorization for Deduction of Vacation or CTO Hours" form provided by the Human Resources Division. The City shall deduct vacation or CTO hours in the pay period following receipt of a completed authorization form. There shall be no retroactive deductions, pay-offs, or use of these hours for non-union business. Participating employees can voluntarily elect to contribute an unlimited number of vacation hours (or compensatory hours) to the Union Bank. The Union can initiate this process on an annual basis in February of each year, or as needed on an emergency basis as determined by the Union. These hours will be immediately converted into dollar values based upon each employee’s hourly rate in effect on the dates listed above. When a member takes Union Business Leave, a dollar amount shall be charged to the Union Bank at the hourly overtime cost of that employee’s replacement. Union Business Leave is authorized only to the amount of credit existing within the Bank. An employee will always be hired back to fill a Union Leave position, regardless of the current staffing level. The Union Bank of vacation hours contributed by employees shall be maintained by the Human Resources Division. The Finance Division will issue a report twice-yearly (January and July) detailing amounts of contributions and deducted leaves.
Union Time Bank. NOTE: The Union time bank allotments for the first year of this Agreement will be pro-rated based on the number of full monthly scheduling periods remaining in the year following the effective date of this Agreement.
Union Time Bank. 11-3.01 In the event a Flight Attendant gets elected to the Union’s executive (President, Vice-President, Swoop Base Vice President, Recording Secretary, and Treasurer, which may change upon mutual agreement between the Company and Union), each such elected Flight Attendant will be allotted ninety (90) Company-paid hours annually as of January 1st of each year. Any flight release in excess of ninety (90) hours shall be reimbursed to the Company in accordance with 11-7 below. The Recording Secretary shall advise the Company if UFR is to be deducted from this bank at the time it is requested. 11-3.02 Union time bank hours in 11-3.01 above shall only be accessed for time spent performing Union business in relation to the Company. Time bank hours may not be accessed for any flight release for Union members and representatives while participating in recognized Union activities, including but not limited to: Union conventions, executive meetings, Union committees not referenced in Article 12 – Union-Management Relations, meetings to discuss internal Union business, Union workshops, training, conventions, grievance preparation meetings, mediations, and arbitrations.
Union Time Bank. Upon request of the Local 2400, the Department shall create a Union time bank. Employees may utilize the Union Time Bank for attending Union/SMCFDFFA sponsored meetings, training, and events. Local 2400 shall provide the Fire Chief or designee by April 1, of each year the specific amount that the employee shall contribute, under no circumstances shall the designated contribution exceed 2 hours per year. The employee’s contribution shall come from their earned vacation balances in the first full pay roll period in July of each year to the Union Time Bank. An employee may contribute additional accrued vacation balance. Additional contributions must be made in one (1) hour increments and are irrevocable. All requests for use of the Union Time Bank shall be submitted to the District Vice President or his/her designee. The District Vice President or his/her designee shall submit release time requests in accordance with the Departments backfill procedures. All withdrawals from the Union Time Back shall be done on an hourly basis. Tracking of deposits shall be done on an hourly basis and withdrawals done on an hourly basis. The Department shall develop a system to account for the Union Time Bank. The Department shall provide quarterly statements to the District Vice President of the San Mateo Consolidated Firefighters Association IAFF Local 2400, which shall include: • An accounting of all hourly deposits • An accounting of all hourly withdrawals • The current hour balance of the Union Time Bank
Union Time Bank. Section 1. The Employer shall donate one thousand-five hundred (1500) hours annually to a Union time bank, to be used at the discretion of the Union and subject to minimum count(s). This time shall not be carried over from one calendar year to the next; unused time shall be revoked at the end of each calendar year. Any employee may donate non-FLSA earned time to the bank.
Union Time Bank. This time is used by Union Officers for official business and shall not exceed a cumulative balance of 450 hours. The City agrees to lower the union time bank cap to 450 hours.
Union Time Bank. The CWA represented by four (4) members of the Executive Board, as determined by the President, shall have the right to conduct union business (under the conditions described in this Section) through the use of a time bank. The Time Bank hours for the period covering October 1, 2012 through September 30, 2013 shall be 1,500 hours. Effective October 1, 2013, the Time Bank shall be 2,250 hours each contract year. Unused time bank hours from one contract year shall rollover to the next contract year, not to exceed a total maximum of 2,250 hours per contract year. No more than two (2) of the designated Union representatives may use time from the Union Time Bank at the same time. The President or designated union representative of the CWA shall provide a minimum of twenty-four (24) hours’ notice to the appropriate Department Director or designee for any leave to be granted. Such leave shall not be granted unless previously approved in writing by the CWA President. Time for attendance at negotiations for a successor agreement is addressed in Article 2.6. of this Agreement. The time bank shall be used for union representation as outlined in Section 2.1, 2.10, and Article 4 of this agreement. All other union convention time other than union convention time referred in Section 8.22 shall be part of the Union Time Bank. Representatives must return to work immediately upon conclusion of the meeting that was the reason for the approved Union time off. If the Union Time Bank is exhausted, no more paid time off to conduct union business on City time shall be requested, paid or approved. Attendance at a pension board meeting by a designated union representative as a pension board member shall not be counted against the union time bank.
