EMPLOYEE REPRESENTATIVES The Union may, by written notice to the Director of Human Resources and the Director of Health and Human Services, designate the Union Chapter President and five (5) of its members as shop stewards. Shop stewards shall be permitted reasonable time for Union activities. Total employee time in all the Union bargaining units spent on Union business during each week shall not exceed twenty (20) hours and no individual employee shall spend more than four (4) hours of County time on Union business, exclusive of the Professional Performance, Safety, and MOU Cleanup Committees. Union activity shall be defined as participating in resolution of contract disputes during the life of the Agreement and the adjustment of grievances of employees in the bargaining unit, subject to the limitations set forth in this Agreement. These permitted activities performed during the normal employee duty time of such designated shop stewards shall fall within one of the following categories: 1. Discuss with an employee a grievance or complaint. 2. Make inquiries in order to obtain relevant information related to a grievance, including discussions with supervisors, other employees or other management officials. 3. Assist employees in preparation for, or represent employees and review steps of the grievance procedure or arbitration. 4. Participate in discussions or meetings with supervisors, other management officials, or other involved parties, e.g., the Union, regarding grievances and such other issues directly related to wages, hours or working conditions, and mutually agreed-upon matters. 5. Prepare for scheduled meetings between the County and the Union. When any shop ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ is conducting business as defined above, the ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ will request the permission of his/her immediate supervisor in reasonable advance of any meeting, advising the supervisor of his/her destination and when he/she expects to return. Upon returning to his/her duty station, the shop ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ will notify his/her supervisor. Upon arriving at the work place of an employee to be represented, the shop ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ shall normally be permitted to contact the employee. The represented employee also shall be required to request permission for time off in reasonable advance of any meeting. To the maximum extent possible, interviews between representatives and the employees will be held away from other employees and away from the public. All union activities shall be conducted in such a manner as not to disrupt departmental business or the activities of the employees involved.
Employee Representative The employee may choose someone to represent him or her at any step in the procedure. No person hearing a grievance need recognize more than one representative for any employee at any one time, unless he or she so desires.
Union Delegate/Employee Representative Facilities The Employer shall provide an agreed facility for the use of the Union Delegate/ Employee representative to perform their duties and functions as the on-site representative of the Employees. The provision of the following facilities is to ensure that the Union Delegate/Employee Representative is able to effectively perform their functions in a professional and timely manner. The facilities shall include but need not exceed: (a) a telephone; (b) a table and chairs (c) a filing cabinet; (d) air-conditioning/heating; (e) access to stationery and other administrative facilities use of e-mail, (if available on site), following consultation between the Union Delegate/Employee Representative and Site Management. (f) a private lockable area (g) access to a computer.
Employee Representation Clauses 50, 51 and 52 of this Agreement outline the rights for Employee representatives and Union Delegates when assisting Employees. For clarity, each Employee has the right to determine whether they wish to be represented by a Union Delegate, Employee Representative, another representative of their choosing, or not at all. Such representatives (or individual Employees) are entitled to the protections of Division 4 of Part 3-1 of the Fair Work Act in relation to their involvement in lawful industrial activities.