PBA BUSINESS. A. The President of the Broward County PBA and/or the persons designated by said President shall have full authority to conclude an Agreement on behalf of the Union, subject to a ratification vote of the members of the Bargaining Unit. It is understood that the Union President and/or his/her designee is the official representative of the Union for the purpose of negotiating with the City. Negotiations entered into with persons other than those as defined herein, regardless of their position or association with the Union, shall be deemed unauthorized and shall have no weight or authority in committing or in any way obligating the Union.
PBA BUSINESS. Section 1. PBA representatives who are employees of the St. Petersburg Police Department and recognized by the Employer as such may be granted time off, up to a maximum of five (5) employees in any one instance, by Department management to conduct business in connection with the PBA and to attend city, county, or state public hearings or meetings; Civic Association meetings; or fund raising activities for registered (IRS) charitable organizations. Employees and representatives performing any of the activities provided for elsewhere in this Agreement that provides time off without loss of pay will be compensated in accordance with the provisions of this Article. Attendance at any PBA business activities outside of an employee's regular scheduled working hours shall not be deemed as time worked and will not be covered by PBA Business leave hours.
PBA BUSINESS. Section 1. The City will provide to the PBA at a reasonable cost, any and all copies of documents requested under provisions of Florida Statutes, Chapter 119, entitled “Public Records.” The City shall make available on-line to the PBA, the annual budget and the comprehensive annual financial report. The City will allow the PBA to use the existing PBA bulletin board space for PBA business in the Squad Room, Communications Center, Detective Bureau and the Substation. The boards will be used only for the following notices: recreational and social affairs of the PBA meetings, PBA elections, reports of PBA committees, and other official PBA communications. All notices posted on the PBA bulletin boards will contain the signature of the PBA Representative. Bulletin boards shall remain neat, organized and its information current. Notices and announcements shall not contain anything political or controversial, or reflecting negatively upon the City, any of its officials or employees. No material, notices or announcements which violate the provisions of this Section shall be posted. Any violations of this Section shall entitle the City to immediately remove any offending materials.
PBA BUSINESS. A. The PBA may designate up to three (3) local PBA representatives. A representative may attend one (1) union meeting per two (2) months, and any other emergency meeting scheduled during contract negotiations, without loss of pay, and if approved in advance by the Chief of Police or designee. Said approval may be granted only if the shift would still be adequately staffed and would not cause any overtime in the Department. Such approval shall be within the sole discretion of the Chief of Police or designee.
PBA BUSINESS. The City of Largo and the PBA will work collaboratively to ensure the PBA has the leave time needed to address union business. It is mutually beneficial for the City and the PBA to work together to ensure the business needs of the union are met. This leave will be considered Administrative Leave. Time off under this provision shall be granted at the discretion of the City; however, the use of this time will not be unduly restricted by the City given sufficient notice by the PBA.
PBA BUSINESS. 9.1 Without permission from the Employer, neither PBA representatives nor bargaining unit Deputies shall leave their posts or work stations for the purpose of investigating, presenting, handling or settling grievances. Without permission from the Employer, PBA representatives shall not contact any Deputy(s) or other person concerning grievance matters or PBA business during either the working / duty hours of the PBA representative or the working / duty hours of any Deputy(s) sought to be contacted. Subject to the operational needs of the Employer, the Employer shall not unreasonably deny, constrain, or obstruct the PBA representatives’ requests for leave to conduct qualifying types of PBA business as defined by the terms and conditions of this Agreement.
PBA BUSINESS. 5.1 Neither PBA representatives nor unit employees shall leave their posts or work stations for the purpose of investigating, presenting, handling or settling grievances without the express permission of their Shift or Bureau Commander (Captain or higher). PBA representatives shall not contact any employee or other person concerning grievance matters or PBA business during either the working hours of the PBA representative or the working hours of any employee sought to be contacted without the express prior permission of the Shift or Bureau Commanders (Captain or higher) of the employees involved. Such permission shall not be unreasonably denied.
PBA BUSINESS. SECTION 1. An employee, designated by the PBA, may be granted a leave of absence upon request of the PBA president or designee, for Union business. Such leave shall be treated as personal leave (vacation or leave without pay) and shall not exceed five (5) work days a calendar year.
PBA BUSINESS. 11.1: The PBA agrees that there shall be no solicitation of City employees for membership in the PBA, signing up of members, collection of initiation fees, dues or assessments, meetings, distribution of PBA or affiliated PBA literature or any other solicitation activity of the PBA during the working hours of City employees; provided, however, that this Section shall not be construed to prohibit communication of official PBA business to members prior to the beginning of the work shift and after the regularly scheduled work shift and during the employee's meal period provided said communications do not occur at or on City property, except as provided for in Article 12, Use of City Facilities.
PBA BUSINESS. SECTION I The PBA representative or unit employee shall not leave his/her post/workstation to investigate, present, handle or settle grievances, or act in administration of the collective bargaining agreement without permission of the Chief of Police or designee. An employee shall not conduct the aforementioned during his/her assigned work hours without the permission of the Chief of Police or designee. Such permission will not be unreasonably denied, based on the department's needs when the request is made. The PBA representative shall be granted PBA leave bank, vacation leave, comp time or leave without pay during the representative's regularly scheduled shift.
