Common use of Employee Requested Training Clause in Contracts

Employee Requested Training. All employee requested training, as distinguished from Employer required training provided for in Section 1 above, shall be subject to and in accordance with the following terms and conditions: (a) The Employer will generally approve, without requiring and without compensation (i.e. wages), employee requested participation in training opportunities when and if: (i) The employee is a regular, full-time employee having completed not less than one (1) year of continuous employment for the Department of Public Works or the GHSLWW Treatment Plant; and (ii) The requested training opportunity consists of a class or classes which, in the sole judgement and discretion of the Employer, will provide the requesting employee with skills or knowledge useful for the operation or maintenance of the Department of Public Works, or the GHSLWW Treatment Plant; and (iii) The employee's participation in the requested training opportunity will not interfere with or adversely affect the scheduling, operation or needs of the Department of Public Works, or the GHSLWW Treatment Plant; will not occur during the employee's scheduled working time; and will not result in any increased costs to the Employer (e.g. payment of overtime, use of substitute help, etc.); and (iv) The request for such training opportunity participation is made by the employee, in writing, to the Department of Public Works, or the GHSLWW Treatment Plant not less than fourteen (14) days in advance of the commencement of the training opportunity. (b) Upon receipt of an employee's written request for participation in a training opportunity pursuant to Section 32.2(a) above, the Department of Public Works Director or the Wastewater Plant Superintendent shall review such request to determine its compliance with all of the provisions of said Section 32.2(a). If the Department of Public Works Director or the Wastewater Plant Superintendent determines that the employee's request complies with Section 32.2(a) above, and that it is otherwise acceptable, the Department of Public Works Director or the Wastewater Plant Superintendent shall approve the request in writing. In the event of competing or conflicting employee requests for participation in training opportunities, preference shall be given to the more senior employee unless the more senior employee has, during the same fiscal year (of the Employer), previously requested and received approval for another training opportunity and the less senior employee has not (in which event preferences shall be given to the less senior employee). (c) If an employee's participation in a training opportunity complies with Section 32.2(a) above, and if the employee's written request for participation in said training opportunity is approved by the Director or Superintendent in writing as provided in Section 32.2(b) above, then the employee shall be eligible to receive reimbursement from the Employer for certain costs of such training; provided, however, that all such reimbursement shall be subject to the following limitations: (i) The Employer's reimbursement for the costs of such training opportunities will apply only with respect to sums necessarily expended by the employee for required tuition, fees and/or course materials; and (ii) No employee shall be eligible for reimbursement by the Employer in any amount in excess of eight hundred ($800.00) dollars per fiscal year (of the Employer), and then only during the period following completion of one (1) year of employment; and (iii) The employee must furnish the Employer with proper receipts for the required tuition, fees and/or course materials for which reimbursement is sought; and (iv) The employee must furnish the Employer with satisfactory evidence of the employee's successful completion of the training opportunity while still in the employ of the Employer. (d) It is understood and agreed that the Employer shall at all times have the right to determine how many employees may participate in employee requested training opportunities at any particular time; and it is further understood and agreed that the Employer need not adjust or change employee shifts, schedules or assignments in order to accommodate any employee request for participation in training opportunities. (e) All employee participation in training opportunities which do not qualify for reimbursement under the provisions of this Section 32.2 (e.g. training opportunities involving employees with less than one (1) year of employment at the Department of Public Services or GHSLWW Treatment Plant or employees having exhausted their reimbursement allotment, etc.), shall nevertheless comply with the requirements of Section 32.2(a)(iii) above.