Use of Official Time. The employee, and his or her designated representative, may use reasonable amounts of official time to prepare and present grievances. The scheduling of the use of official tie is subject to supervisory determination, taking into account mission requirements.
Use of Official Time. The Employer and Council 169 share the mutual responsibility of ensuring that official time is used only for purposes authorized in this agreement. The Employer and Council 169 support the prudent use of official time and will authorize only the amount necessary to complete the authorized representational function.
Use of Official Time. A. Local Officials
Use of Official Time. Union Representatives will be granted official time in accordance with Sections 7131 (a) and (c) of 5 U.S.C. 7131 and for committee meetings convened at the Employer’s request; arbitrations; other administrative hearings arising from the labor-management activities; or labor-management training and meetings authorized by the Employer. In addition, Stewards will be granted reasonable time to conduct necessary representational duties as required by law, regulation, or this Agreement. Reasonable time is defined as that period of time necessary to accomplish representational obligations established by the terms and provisions of this Agreement. A bank of 1200 hours of official time will be set aside each calendar year for use by the Shop Chair, Chief Xxxxxxx, and Assistant Chief Xxxxxxx to perform contract administration and representational activities. Union Officials may draw on this bank in amounts not to exceed 24 hours by any one official in any one pay period. The Union will notify the supervisor prior to the use of official time that time from the bank will be used, and will also notify the Principal Management Contact in writing, no later than the second workday following the end of the pay period, of the number of hours used from the bank each pay period. Workloads of the aforementioned Union Officials will be adjusted to accommodate time used for representational duties unless to do so would interfere with the Employer’s ability carry out its missions. In the event the bank of official time is exhausted before the end of the calendar year, and when work conditions are such that the Union Official may be excused from work, the above Union Officials will be granted reasonable time to conduct necessary representational duties as required by law, regulation, or this Agreement. Requests for official time for stewards and for official time in excess of the bank by the aforementioned Union Officials will be made on the “Request for Official Time” form, included as Appendix 5. When use of official time is denied, the reason for the denial will be included on this form.
Use of Official Time. Check-Out, Check-In
Use of Official Time. A. Permitted Use of Official Time Union representatives may request official time from the Employer, and the Employer shall grant the use of official time for purposes identified in Section 4.3. The Representative shall not be released from his/her work assignments until the supervisor or the supervisor’s designee grants approval for the official time. Everything in this Article applies whether the Representative will be using official time at his or her workstation or away from his or her workstation. For brief (less than 10 minutes) incoming and outgoing telephone calls and/or personal visits with the Union Representative by an employee or representative of the Employer to discuss a representational matter, no prior approval is required. Official time shall be approved unless approval would result in interfering with the completion of key work assignments of the work unit.
Use of Official Time. Check-Out, Check-In A bargaining unit employee(s) or the designated Union Representative who desires to use official time under this Article may be authorized a “reasonable amount of time as follows:
Use of Official Time. Union representatives may use official time, which is limited to the time an employee would otherwise be in a duty status, only for the following purposes:
Use of Official Time. 12.1 Union officers, officials and stewards shall be permitted up to a total of eight (8) hours per pay period, averaged over a six (6) month period during working hours without loss of leave or pay to effectively represent employees in accordance with this Agreement. Should the Union demon- strate a need for more official time to perform representational duties as defined in 5 U.S.C., Chapter 71, official time shall be granted in any amount the agency and the exclusive representative involved agree to be reasonable, necessary and in the public interest. The Parties agree that the Union will guard against the abuse of official time.
Use of Official Time. The procedures described above are intended to standardize requesting and approving official time use and to insure that time used by Union officials during duty hours in the performance of their official Union duties will be with the prior knowledge and permission of the official’s immediate supervisor and will preclude undue interference with assigned essential duties. In the event the Union official’s official business cannot be concluded within the time approved for official time, the Union Official will contact their immediate supervisor telephonically and request additional time. If the immediate supervisor denies the verbal request, the Employee and the supervisor will seek mutual agreement on an alternate time for absence. Should the supervisor deny the additional time, this denial will exclude the agency from claiming the Union abandoned the issue or meeting involved. The Union and the Employer will take reasonable action to prevent missing any deadline imposed by law, rule, regulation, or provision of this Agreement.
