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B. Union Business Leave <br /> In addition to the above time, union officers, worksite leaders, and stewards shall <br /> be granted three hundred (300) hours of release time per fiscal year. This leave is <br /> cumulative, meaning the total amount of hours allowed each fiscal year is to be <br /> shared by all eligible employees in the unit and is not an individual annual allotment <br /> of hours for each employee. <br /> The purpose of this additional three hundred(300) hours per fiscal year shall be to <br /> enable the union officers, worksite leaders, and stewards to participate in union <br /> activities which may include conventions,seminars and meetings that are otherwise <br /> not covered by this MOU. Such time shall be paid by the Union who will reimburse <br /> the City for the hours used by employees of the unit. <br /> Such union officers, worksite leaders, or stewards shall provide at least forty-eight <br /> (48) hours' advance notice and make arrangements with their supervisors prior to <br /> absenting themselves for such purposes. <br /> The union officers, worksite leaders, and stewards shall be required by the City to <br /> record and report to their supervisors on the work time spent on Union business. <br /> Any unauthorized or unapproved time used by a union officer, worksite leader, or <br /> steward to conduct union business shall be charged to that employee's vacation or <br /> comp time leave bank. <br /> Time spent by the Union's Chapter Chair/President, officers worksite leaders, or <br /> stewards on Chapter Chair/President's Leave and/or Union Business Leave, under <br /> this section, shall not be considered time worked for computation of overtime <br /> according to the FLEA. <br /> C. Chapter Chair/President's Leave <br /> 1. During the term of this .MOU, the City agrees to grant the Union's Chapter <br /> Chair/President (President) half of their work week as paid release time which <br /> shall be reimbursed to the City by the Union. Such release time is subject to the <br /> following terms and conditions: <br /> a. The President will conduct any union business performed during the half of <br /> their work week while on release time under this section off the worksite. <br /> However,the President may conduct union business on worksites pursuant <br /> to Section 17.3 -Worksite Access. <br /> b. The Department Director of the President may approve additional time off <br /> for the President to attend union seminars and other business on a <br /> prescheduled basis. Such additional time off shall be paid for by the Union <br /> or deducted from the President's vacation or compensatory time bank. <br /> 2025 MOU City of Santa Ana &SEIU Full-Time Employees Unit Page 73 <br />