R2022-173 Resolution Authorizing Collective Bargaining Agreement for Pay and Benefits - AFSCME Council 31 and Local 268 General Service Employees

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Section 4. An employee in the classified service who fails to return to duty at the time scheduled on his application for leave shall be considered to have resigned from such service in the absence of evidence of extenuating circumstances. Section 5.A full-time employee in the classified service who is called to serve for jury duty shall be paid his regular salary or wage. Any amount received by the employee for jury service shall be turned over to the City Treasury. The employee immediately upon being called for jury duty shall notify his immediate supervisor of the time thereof. Employees who complete jury duty prior to the end of their shift shall report to their supervisor and return to duty for the remainder of their scheduled duty day. If jury duty falls outside the employee's regularly scheduled duty day, an employee's scheduled duty day shall be changed to incorporate jury duty time. Section 6. All requests for leave of absence without pay will be administered in accord- ance with Administrative Policy& Procedure No. F-450. Section 7. Employees duly appointed to serve as members or alternates of the Union's bargaining committee for purposes of negotiating agreements with the City covering wages, hours, and other conditions of employment shall be permitted to attend bargaining sessions with the City concerning such agreements during regularly scheduled hours of duty with no loss of pay. Section 8. Employees who attend schools or training sessions during scheduled working hours that are work related shall be paid at their regular rate of pay for all hours actually spent in class or in instruction. The City shall generally encourage equal access to training opportunities to the extent that operational requirements of the departments permit. Section 9. An employee duly appointed or elected as a Union officer or steward may conduct Union business during the first and last hours of his or her assigned shift, but only after notifying said employee's immediate non-bargaining unit supervisor. Section 10. All requests for leave pursuant to the Family Medical Leave Act shall be in accordance with Administrative Policy& Procedure No. F-451. Section 11. The Union shall be permitted to conduct a thirty (30) minute orientation ses- sion for new employees at the conclusion of the new employee's first thirty (30) days of employ- ment, without loss of compensation to the employee. The session shall be scheduled in coordi- nation with the Human Resources Department and at the convenience of the new employee's operating department. Section 12. Authorized leave of absence without pay may be granted to an employee for official Union business. Such time shall be used for the attendance of labor-related training and seminars selected by the Union. Only those employees serving as the Union's officers and shop stewards shall be eligible for such unpaid release time. The Union shall give reasonable advance notice when such employees will be utilizing such unpaid leave. The employee may use accrued vacation, holiday, or compensatory time in lieu of unpaid leave; use of such paid leave time shall not be unreasonably denied. 23