Common use of Professional Development and Training Clause in Contracts

Professional Development and Training. The Employer will make available twelve hours of work-related external training for each employee. In addition, the employer will be responsible for registration costs associated with the twelve hours of work- related external training. The employer will solicit input from each individual employee regarding the nature and level of work-related training being sought. Input will also be sought from the Union. Training must be work-related in order for it to be considered for approval by the Employer. All unused hours of training will expire annually on April 1. The hours available for voluntarily requested work-related training exclude mandatory training and will not carry over beyond April 1 of each year. Disputed issues regarding the application of this Article will be considered by the Labor Management Committee only after a deputy director has reviewed the issue and been unable to resolve the disputed issue.