UNION TIME POOL. 27.1 All members of the bargaining unit who are not on probation as new employees may contribute 4 or more hours per year (either from personal leave hours, or compensatory time banks) to the union time pool. Provided that the maximum number of hours which may be accumulated in the pool under this Article is 240 hours.
UNION TIME POOL. Effective upon ratification by the parties, a member of the bargaining unit shall voluntarily transfer one hour for annual leave time per fiscal year into a Union Time Pool so that City Union representatives may remain in a paid status while on approved union leave. One (1) hour will be deducted from the said volunteer member’s accrued annual or PTO (PAID TIME OFF) leave in the second pay period of October based upon written authorization by the employee. All authorization forms must be submitted collectively by the Union to the City in the first week of October. Leave shall be granted in order to attend union conferences, training sessions, or other related union business. The department director may approve leave time in advance. Pool time shall not be unduly withheld. All requests for the use of the Union time pool shall be submitted through and include authorization from the Union president if the absence is to be covered by payments from the Union time pool. Charges against the Union Time Pool shall be documented by the use of a Union Time Pool authorization form to be completed for each request. At a minimum, the form will identify the name of the user, the number of hours requested, employee's current hourly rate, the purpose of the request, and the signatures of the employee, department director or designee and the Union President. A record of all time donated and drawn against the Union Time Pool shall be kept by the department director or designee and Union President and a detailed summary will be submitted on October 1 and April 1 or each fiscal year to the Human Resources Department.
UNION TIME POOL. A. In accordance with article 7.01, the County is authorized to, and charged with the duty to, deduct one (1) hour of annual leave from every unit members’ leave bank and deposit it into the Union Time Pool during the first pay period of the calendar year. The Union agrees that it shall hold the County safe and harmless and shall indemnify the County against any claims or litigation made against the County or its personnel for donations to the Union Time Pool.
UNION TIME POOL. Effective upon ratification by the parties, a member of the bargaining unit shall voluntarily transfer one hour for annual leave time per fiscal year into a Union Time Pool so that City Union representatives may remain in a paid status while on approved union leave. One (1) hour will be deducted from the said volunteer member’s accrued annual leave in the second pay period of October based upon written authorization by the employee. All authorization forms must be submitted collectively by the Union to the City in the first week of October. Leave shall be granted in order to attend union conferences, training sessions, or other related union business. The Department Director may approve leave time in advance. Pool time shall not be unduly withheld. All requests for the use of the Union time pool shall be submitted through and include authorization from the Union president if the absence is to be covered by payments from the Union time pool.
UNION TIME POOL. 19 It shall be the Union's responsibility to supply to the City a Union Time Pool 20 Authorization form which includes the name of the employee and the hours of 21 vacation time donated by the employee to the pool. The form must be signed 22 by the employee donating time. Time donation may be made each April 1 and 23 October 1 and shall be in increments of not less than three (3) hours nor more 24 than forty-eight (48) hours. Time Pool hours may be drawn upon at the 25 discretion of the Union in increments of at least one (1) hour.
UNION TIME POOL. 24.01 Each employee may contribute up to 24.75 hours of vacation to Union Time Pool per year. The Union may use this time at its discretion for official union business, upon prior approval of the Police Chief or their designee. The Organization President will notify the Police Chief or their designee at least twenty-four hours in advance in writing of the date time will be taken. In emergencies, notification time may be waived with the approval of Police Chief. However, in all cases the Police Chief or their designee may withhold approval if adequate personnel are not available to maintain services.
UNION TIME POOL. The County and Union agree to establish a Union Time Pool for the purpose of conducting Union business. Effective the first pay period of each Fiscal Year, one (1) hour of Annual Leave shall be deducted from the Annual Leave balance of each Union member and added to the Time Pool balance, hour for hour. Union members who have a balance less than one hour of Annual Leave at the time of the deduction do not have to make a contribution to the Time Pool according to the schedulelisted above, however the member shall have the deduction made the first pay period thereafter that the member has an Annual Leave balance of one hour or greater. Hours not used at the end of each fiscal year shall be carried over from year to year. Determination of a request as being “Union Business” shall be at the sole discretion of the District Vice President or designee. Any request to utilize the Union Time Pool must be initiated in writing through the chain of command, in the prescribed manner. Time off from duty under this provision must be approved by the Public Safety Director or designee and must be requested in amounts no less than 4 hours. Requests to utilize Union Time Poolwill not be unreasonably denied, provided Union’s request does not interfere with Fire/EMS Department operations. Absences utilizing Union Time Pool shall count against the number of employees allowed off under the provisions of Article 18.5, except for collective bargaining, or unless otherwise approved by the Public Safety Director ordesignee. If the Union Time Pool balance should fall below 48 hours, one (1) additional hour shall be deducted from the Annual Leave balance of each Union member and added to the Time Pool balance, hour for hour. Union and employees agree to hold County harmless and defend County against any and all claims by any and all employees under this Section.
UNION TIME POOL. Section 1: There shall be created a pool of time to be known as the Union Time Pool. On the first Monday in January of each year, six (6) hours of time shall be credited to the Union Time Pool from each union member’s accumulated vacation time. If a union member does not have a sufficient number of hours of accumulated vacation time, the six (6) hours for the Union Time Pool shall then be taken from the union member’s vacation bank as soon as it becomes available. The union member will be notified by the Finance Department. A union member can
UNION TIME POOL. Section 42.1 There will be a Union time pool created as established in the rank and file collective bargaining agreement that will allow bargaining unit members to contribute earned vacation hours, holiday leave hours (in twenty-four (24) hour increments), and/or up to twenty- four (24) hours of sick time annually for use by the Union so long as seventy-two (72) hours remain in the employee’s sick leave accrual after the deduction. The Union Secretary will present the proper forms to the Personnel Department and will assist in administration of the time pool if requested. Time off (using the time pool) will be subject to the Fire Chief or his designee’s approval. Requests must be authorized by a Union Officer before submission to the Fire Chief or his designee. The maximum accumulated hours in the pool shall be one thousand, six hundred (1,600).
UNION TIME POOL. (a) Effective the first full pay period on or after October 1, 2016, the City made available forty (40) hours per fiscal year as Union Time Pool leave that employees holding the Union elected positions of President, Vice President, Treasurer and Secretary may use, as prescribed in this Agreement, to attend local and state SGEU meetings, SGEU conferences and/or Florida legislative sessions. Effective at the start of the first full pay period after ratification of this 2017-2020 Agreement by the City Commission, the annual Union Time Pool hours made available by the City shall be increased to eighty (80) hours per fiscal year.
