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2022-2025 MOU City of Santa Ana & SEIU Full-Time Employees Unit Page 78 <br />business hours, a reasonable number of union officers, employee <br />representatives, or other union officials shall be allowed reasonable time off <br />without any loss of compensation or other benefits. <br />2. Such union officers and employee representatives shall not leave their <br />duty/work station or assignment without the prior knowledge of their supervisor <br />or manager. <br />3. Such meetings are subject to scheduling in a manner consistent with City <br />operating needs and work schedules. <br />E. Release Time Process <br />1. Release of employees for Union Business Leave shall be done on the same basis <br />as employees who are released from duty for vacation leave, except that <br />requests for Union Business Leave shall not unreasonably interfere with the <br />operation of the City department and shall be approved by the employee’s <br />Department Head. <br />2. The Department Head shall not unreasonably withhold permission to utilize <br />Chapter Chair/President’s Leave and/or Union Business Leave from any <br />employee who has been duly authorized by the Union to take such leave. <br />3. The President shall have half of the normal work week, or one thousand and <br />forty (1,040) hours per year, of time off to conduct union business. Such time <br />shall be paid by the City and reimbursed to the City by the Union. <br />4. Release time used under this section must be appropriately coded into the City’s <br />payroll system each pay period, so that it can be properly tracked by the City. <br />The City shall provide separate payroll codes for the different types of release <br />time. <br />17.3 Worksite Access <br />A. Union officers, worksite leaders, stewards and/or union staff shall be permitted to <br />visit break and lunch areas designated by the City, before or after work, or during <br />designated lunch periods for the purpose of discussing union business, provided <br />that arrangements are made in advance with the manager responsible for the <br />worksite. <br />B. Such visits shall not disrupt the work of City employees or interfere with the normal <br />operations of the department, or with established safety and security requirements. <br />Where any such problems arise, the Union and the City will agree on an alternate <br />meeting/conference facility for the purpose of providing a place for the Union to <br />hold meetings before or after work or during lunch periods. If the alternate meeting <br />site is a City facility during non-working hours, its scheduling and use shall be